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We study the behaviour and properties of the solar wind using a 2.5D Alfv\'en wave driven wind model. We first systematically compare the results of an Alfv\'en wave (AW) driven wind model with a polytropic approach. Polytropic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 Soumitra Hazra , Victor Réville , Barbara Perri , Antoine Strugarek , Allan Sacha Brun , Eric Buchlin

Radio signals propagating via the solar corona and solar wind are significantly affected by compressive waves, impacting properties of solar bursts as well as sources viewed through the turbulent solar atmosphere. While static fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Francesco Azzollini , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed sub-Alfvenic solar wind intervals during encounters 8 - 14, and low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in these regions may differ from that in super-Alfvenic wind. We apply a new mode-decomposition…

We present numerical simulations of reduced magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) turbulence in a magnetic flux tube at the center of a polar coronal hole. The model for the background atmosphere is a solution of the momentum equation, and includes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 A. A. van Ballegooijen , M. Asgari-Targhi

The effect of solar rotation on the proton-alpha differential flow speed, $v_{\alpha p}$, and consequently on the angular momentum transport in the solar wind, is explored. It is found that the force introduced by the azimuthal components…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Bo Li , Shadia Rifai Habbal , Xing Li

Motivated by recent Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of "switchbacks" (abrupt, large-amplitude reversals in the radial magnetic field, which exhibit Alfv\'enic correlations) we examine the dynamics of large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves in…

How the solar wind is accelerated to its supersonic speed is intimately related to how it is heated. Mechanisms based on ion-cyclotron resonance have been successful in explaining a large number of observations, those concerning the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-03 Bo Li , Shadia Rifai Habbal

The origin and evolution of the 1/f power law observed in the energy spectrum of solar coronal and solar wind fluctuations at scales of around an hour is not entirely understood. Several existing theories aim at explaining it, involving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The interaction between Alfven-wave turbulence and the background solar wind affects the cross helicity in two ways. Non-WKB reflection converts outward-propagating Alfven waves into inward-propagating Alfven waves and vice versa, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez , Daniel Verscharen , Kristopher G. Klein , Alfred Mallet

We investigate compressive turbulence at sub-ion scales with measurements from the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission. The tetrahedral configuration and high time resolution density data obtained by calibrating spacecraft potential allow an…

Alfv\'en waves are responsible for the transfer of magnetic energy in the magnetized plasma. They are involved in heating solar atmosphere and driving solar wind through various nonlinear processes. Since the magnetic field configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Takahito Sakaue , Kazunari Shibata

Our study investigates the properties of Alfv\'en waves in partially ionised solar plasmas in the presence of steady, field-aligned, flows of charged and neutral particles. Our work aims to understand how such flows modify wave propagation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-17 Nada F. Alshehri , Istvan Ballai , Viktor Fedun , Gary Verth

Absorbtion of Alfven waves is considered to be the main mechanism of heating in the solar corona. It is concluded that the sharp increase of the plasma temperature by two orders of magnitude is related to a self-induced opacity with respect…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. M. Mishonov , M. V. Stoev , Y. G. Maneva

The $1/f$ noise is a ubiquitous phenomenon in natural systems. Since the advent of space exploration, the $1/f$ range has been consistently observed in \textit{in situ} solar wind measurements throughout the heliosphere, sparking decades of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Zesen Huang , Marco Velli , B. D. G. Chandran , Chen Shi , Yuliang Ding , Lorenzo Matteini , Kyung-Eun Choi

The solar wind emanates from the hot and tenuous solar corona. Earlier studies using 1.5 dimensional simulations show that Alfv\'{e}n waves generated in the photosphere play an important role in coronal heating through the process of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Takuma Matsumoto , Takeru Ken Suzuki

Modeling fast solar wind based on the kinetic theory is an important task for scientists. In this paper, we present a two-fluid model for fast solar wind with anisotropic Kappa-Maxwellian electrons and Bi-Maxwellian protons. In the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Somayeh Taran , Hossein Safari , Farhad Daei

We suggest that the observed long-period Alfv{\'e}n waves in the solar wind may be generated in the solar interior due to the pulsation of the Sun in the fundamental radial mode. The period of this pulsation is about 1 hour. The pulsation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , G. Belvedere

Parker Solar Probe measurements have recently shown that coherent fast magnetosonic and Alfv\'{e}n ion-cyclotron waves are abundant in the solar wind and can be accompanied by higher-frequency electrostatic fluctuations. In this letter we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-26 I. Y. Vasko , F. S. Mozer , T. Bowen , J. Verniero , X. An , A. V. Artemyev , J. W. Bonnell , J. Halekas , I. V. Kuzichev

We have performed a 2.5 dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation that resolves the propagation and dissipation of Alfven waves in the solar atmosphere. Alfvenic fluctuations are introduced on the bottom boundary of the extremely large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Takuma Matsumoto , Takeru K. Suzuki

Aims: Propagation and energy transfer of torsional Alfv\'en waves in solar magnetic flux tubes of axial symmetry is studied. Methods: An analytical model of a solar magnetic flux tube of axial symmetry is developed by specifying a magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 K. Murawski , A. Solov'ev , Z. E. Musielak , A. K. Srivastava , J. Kraskiewicz