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Context. Large-amplitude inversions of the solar wind's interplanetary magnetic field have long been documented; however, observations from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission have renewed interest in this phenomenon as such features,…

We recently presented evidences (Rajaguru et al. 2012) that seismic halos around expanding magnetic structures in the lower solar atmosphere are related to the acoustic to magnetoacoustic wave conversions, using multi-height data from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-28 S. P. Rajaguru , Xudong Sun , K. Hayashi , S. Couvidat

We present three-dimensional, hybrid-kinetic numerical simulations of driven Alfv\'{e}n-wave turbulence of relevance to the collisionless near-Earth solar wind. Special attention is paid to the spectral transition that occurs near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Lev Arzamasskiy , Matthew W. Kunz , Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Eliot Quataert

Alfven waves are transverse magneto-hydrodynamic waves resulting from motion of a conducting fluid in direction perpendicular to an applied magnetic field, that propagate along the magnetic field direction. I propose that Alfven-like waves…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-06-14 J. E. Hirsch

In the Earth auroral zone, the electron acceleration by Alfv\'en waves is sometimes a precursor of the non-propagating acceleration structures. In order to investigate how Alfv\'en waves could generate non-propagating electric fields, a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 Fabrice Mottez

Within the framework of a two-fluid description possible pathways for the generation of fast flows (dynamical as well as steady) in the lower solar atmosphere is established. It is shown that a primary plasma flow (locally sub-Alfv\'enic)…

Static distributions of temperature and wind velocity at the transition region are calculated within the framework of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of completely ionized hydrogen plasma. The numerical solution of the derived equations gives…

At this time there does not exist a robust set of rules connecting low and high $\beta$ waves across the $\beta \approx 1$ layer. The work here contributes specifically to what happens when a low $\beta$ fast wave crosses the $\beta \approx…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. A. McLaughlin , A. W. Hood

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

By explicitly taking into account effects of Alfven waves, I derive from a simple energetics argument a fundamental relation which predicts solar wind (SW) speeds in the vicinity of the earth from physical properties on the sun. Kojima et…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Takeru K. Suzuki

We present a model for FRBs where a large amplitude Alfven wave packet is launched by a disturbance near the surface of a magnetar, and a substantial fraction of the wave energy is converted to coherent radio waves at a distance of a few…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 Pawan Kumar , Z. Bosnjak

High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere have identified a wide variety of spiralling motions in the solar plasma. These spirals vary in properties, but are observed to be abundant at the solar surface. In this work these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-01 S. J. Mumford , R. Erdélyi

Interaction of Alfven waves with plasma inhomogeneities generates phase mixing which can lead to dissipate Alfven waves and to heat the solar plasma. Here we study the dissipation of Alfven waves by phase mixing due to viscosity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Z. Fazel , H. Ebadi

Torsional Alfven waves are likely excited with bursts in rotating magnetars. These waves are probably propagated through corotating atmospheres toward a vacuum exterior. We have studied the physical effects of the azimuthal wave number and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Taishi Okita , Yasufumi Kojima

Ground observatory and satellite-based determinations of temporal variations in the geomagnetic field probe a decadal to annual time scale range where Earth's core slow, inertialess convective motions and rapidly propagating,…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-02-15 Julien Aubert , Nicolas Gillet

Shock waves are simulated passing through the Alfv\'en-acoustic equipartition layer in a stratified isothermal magneto-atmosphere. The recent ray-theoretic calculations of N\'u\~nez (2019) predicted smoothing of the shock through this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Jamon D. Pennicott , Paul S. Cally

We examine the statistics of Alfvenic deflections in both sub-Alfvenic and super-Alfvenic solar wind with particular focus on a common parameter that underlies the definition of switchbacks: the magnetic deflection angle. Our findings are…

In the solar atmosphere, Alfv\'en waves are believed to play an important role in the transfer of energy from the photosphere to the corona and solar wind, and in the heating of the chromosphere. We perform numerical computations to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas , Ramon Oliver , Jose Luis Ballester

Counterpropagating Alfv\'en waves are ubiquitously observed in many astrophysical environments, such as a star surface and a planetary foreshock. We discuss an efficient particle acceleration mechanism in two counterpropagating circularly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-06 S. Isayama , K. Takahashi , S. Matsukiyo , T. Sano

We successfully utilise the SPARC code to model fast-Alfv\'en mode conversion in the region $c_A \gg c_S$ via 3-D MHD numerical simulations of helioseismic waves within constant inclined magnetic field configurations. This was achieved only…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 H Moradi , P S Cally