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Aims. We seek indications or evidence of transmission/conversion of magnetoacoustic waves at the magnetic canopy, as a result of its impact on the properties of the wave field of the photosphere and chromosphere. Methods. We use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-30 Ioannis Kontogiannis , Georgia Tsiropoula , Kostas Tziotziou

Sunspots are transient, magnetically intense features that host oscillations linked to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. These waves may contribute to plasma heating and drive mass flows in the solar wind. Beyond their energetic role, they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , Libo Fu , Ding Yuan , Song Feng , Yuandeng Shen

Sunspots host a large variety of oscillatory phenomena, whose properties depend on the nature of the wave modes and the magnetic and thermodynamic structure of the spot. Umbral chromospheric oscillations exhibit significant differences…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 T. Felipe

Waves are observed at all layers of the solar atmosphere and the magnetic field plays a key role in their propagation. While deep down in the atmosphere the p-modes are almost entirely of acoustic nature, in the upper layers magnetic forces…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Elena Khomenko , Irantzu Calvo Santamaria

We investigate wave propagation and energy transport in magnetic elements, which are representatives of small scale magnetic flux concentrations in the magnetic network on the Sun. This is a continuation of earlier work by Hasan et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 G. Vigeesh , S. S. Hasan , O. Steiner

It is well-known that the global acoustic oscillations of the Sun's atmosphere can excite resonance modes within large-scale magnetic concentrations. These structures are conduits of energy between the different layers of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 M. Berretti , M. Stangalini , G. Verth , V. Fedun , S. Jafarzadeh , D. B. Jess , F. Berrilli

The problem of solar chromospheric heating remains a challenging one with wider implications for stellar physics. Several studies in the recent past have shown that small-scale inclined magnetic field elements channel copious amount of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-14 S. P. Rajaguru , C. R. Sangeetha , Durgesh Tripathi

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetoacoustic wave propagation are performed in a sunspot atmosphere with a computational domain covering from the photosphere to the chromosphere. The wave source, with properties resembling the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-21 T. Felipe , E. Khomenko , M. Collados

We characterize waves in small magnetic elements and investigate their propagation in the lower solar atmosphere from observations at high spatial and temporal resolution. We use the wavelet transform to analyze oscillations of both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-31 Shahin Jafarzadeh , S. K. Solanki , M. Stangalini , O. Steiner , R. H. Cameron , S. Danilovic

Waves connect all the layers of the Sun, from its interior to the upper atmosphere. It is becoming clear now the important role of magnetic field on the wave propagation. Magnetic field modifies propagation speed of waves, thus affecting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Elena Khomenko

Waves and shocks traveling through the solar chromospheric plasma are influenced by its partial ionization and weak collisional coupling, and may become susceptible to multi-fluid effects, similar to interstellar shock waves. In this study,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente

Aims. In this paper we analyse numerically the propagation and dispersion of acoustic waves in the solar-like sub-photosphere with localised non-uniform magnetic field concentrations, mimicking sunspots with various representative magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Shelyag , S. Zharkov , V. Fedun , R. Erdelyi , M. J. Thompson

We present a study of wave processes in the sunspot region NOAA 12670 on 2017 August 10 observed by the Goode Solar Telescope in the TiO 7057 A and Ha 6563 A spectral lines. To study the distribution of power oscillations and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Robert Sych , Yuzef Zhugzhda , Xiaoli Yan

Oscillation amplitudes are generally smaller within magnetically active regions like sunspots and plage, when compared to their surroundings. Such magnetic features, when viewed in spatially-resolved powermaps, appear as regions of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-30 S. Krishna Prasad , D. B. Jess , R. Jain , P. H. Keys

Context. There remains much mystery about how or if wave-energy in the photosphere can be transferred sufficiently upwards through the solar atmosphere to contribute to coronal heating. In light of a plethora of theoretical and idealised…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 George Cherry , Boris Gudiksen , Adam J. Finley , Quentin Noraz

MHD wave propagation inside the Sun's atmosphere is closely related to the magnetic field topology. For example, magnetic fields are able to lower the cutoff frequency for acoustic waves thus allowing waves which would otherwise be trapped…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Stangalini , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli , S. M. Jefferies

In the current analysis, we use spectroscopic observations of the quiet-Sun made by IRIS instrument, and investigate wave propagation. We analyze various spectral lines formed in different atmospheric layers such as the photosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-18 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , P. Kayshap , Ding Yuan , E. Scullion

In this work, we present a study of the propagation of low-frequency magneto-acoustic waves into the solar chromosphere within small-scale inclined magnetic fields over a quiet-magnetic network region utilizing near-simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-27 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , S. P. Rajaguru , Shibu K. Mathew , Ankala Raja Bayanna

We present two-dimensional simulations of wave propagation in a realistic, non-stationary model of the solar atmosphere. This model shows a granular velocity field and magnetic flux concentrations in the intergranular lanes similar to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-29 C. Nutto , O. Steiner , M. Roth

Here we review the recent progress made in the detection, examination, characterisation and interpretation of oscillations manifesting in small-scale magnetic elements in the solar photosphere. This region of the Sun's atmosphere is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 David B. Jess , Gary Verth