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We developed a new numerical code that is able to perform 2.5D simulations of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave propagation in the corona, and its interaction with a low density region, such as a coronal hole (CH). We show that the impact of…

Fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in the solar corona are often known to be produced by solar flares and eruptive prominences. We here simulate the effect of the interaction of an external perturbation on a magnetic null in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Sripan Mondal , A. K. Srivastava , David I. Pontin , Eric R. Priest , R. Kwon , Ding Yuan

We investigate the excitation of magnetoacoustic-gravity waves generated from localized pulses in the gas pressure as well as in vertical component of velocity. These pulses are initially launched at the top of the solar photosphere that is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Murawski , A. K. Srivastava , J. A. McLaughlin , R. Oliver

In this second paper of the series on internal gravity waves (IGWs), we present a study of the generation and propagation of IGWs in a model solar atmosphere with diverse magnetic conditions. A magnetic field free, and three magnetic models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 G. Vigeesh , M. Roth , O. Steiner , J. Jackiewicz

The nature of MHD waves within inhomogeneous media is fundamental to understanding and interpreting wave behavior in the solar atmosphere. We investigate fast magnetoacoustic wave behavior within gravitationally stratified, magnetically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 Ryan T. Smith , James A. McLaughlin , Gert J. J. Botha

Rigorous theories of the tearing instability are mathematically quite involving. Therefore, the present note aims to demonstrate how their main results can be reproduced by a simple qualitative analysis of the respective magnetohydrodynamic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-09-18 Grigory Vekstein

It is shown that in the presence of a background magnetic field within solar interior a cavity for low frequency MHD eigen modes (with periods 1-10 days) near equatorial plane can arise. The lower boundary of the cavity coincides with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 N. S. Dzhalilov , V. B. Semikoz

Motivated by the problem of local solar subsurface magnetic structure, we have used numerical simulation to investigate the propagation of waves through monolithic magnetic flux tubes of different size. A cluster model can be a good…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Khalil Daiffallah

In the past few years observations by high-resolution space imaging telescopes and spectrometers have confirmed that a great variety of MHD waves are supported in the solar corona of a low-beta plasma and fine structure. MHD waves are an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tongjiang Wang

We investigate analytically the magnetic instability in a rotating and electrically conducting fluid induced by an imposed magnetic field with its associated electric current. The short-wavelength approximation is used in the linear…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-22 Xing Wei

Recent numerical investigations of wave propagation near coronal magnetic null points (McLaughlin and Hood: Astron. Astrophys. 459, 641,2006) have indicated how a fast MHD wave partially converts into a slow MHD wave as the disturbance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-01 A. M. D. McDougall , A. W. Hood

In the present review article, we discuss the recent developments in studying the Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH) instability of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating in various solar magnetic structures. The main description is on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 I. Zhelyazkov

We present simulations of a comet interacting with the solar wind. Such simulations are treated in the framework of the ideal, 2D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), using the FLASH code in order to solve the equations of such a formalism. Besides,…

Internal gravity waves excited by overshoot at the bottom of the convection zone can be influenced by rotation and by the strong toroidal magnetic field that is likely to be present in the solar tachocline. Using a simple Cartesian model,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 K. B. MacGregor , T. M. Rogers

Magnetic waves are a relevant component in the dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Their significance has increased because of their potential as a remote diagnostic tool and their presumed contribution to plasma heating processes. We discuss…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 I. Arregui

Inertial waves propagate in homogeneous rotating fluids, and constitute a challenging and simplified case study for the broader class of inertio-gravity waves, present in all geophysical and astrophysical media, and responsible for…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-12 Anna Rabitti , Leo R. M. Maas

We numerically investigate the excitation and temporal evolution of oscillations in a two-dimensional coronal arcade by including the three-dimensional propagation of perturbations. The time evolution of impulsively generated perturbations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Rial , I. Arregui , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

Recent in-situ observations and numerical models indicated various types of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves contributing to the solar wind acceleration. Among them is an MHD wave decomposition at distances closer than 50 $R_{\odot}$ using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Shota Chiba , Munehito Shoda , Takeshi Imamura

We study vertical variations of wave-periods of magnetoacoustic two-fluid waves in the partially ionized lower solar atmosphere, consisting of ion (proton) + electron and neutral (atomic hydrogen) fluids, which are coupled by ion-neutral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 J. Kraśkiewicz , K. Murawski , Z. E. Musielak

Surface waves process the turbulent disturbances which drive dynamics in many space, astrophysical and laboratory plasma systems, with the outer boundary of Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetopause, providing an accessible environment to…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 M. O. Archer , M. D. Hartinger , F. Plaschke , D. J. Southwood , L. Rastaetter