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The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in the tails of magnetar giant $\gamma$-ray flares have long been interpreted as normal oscillation modes of these stars. However, most studies modelling QPOs have neglected some key features…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Pantelis Pnigouras , Samuel K. Lander

Apparent slipping motions of flare ribbon kernels and the formation of hard X-ray (HXR) footpoints are important signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar flares. Ultraviolet (UV) and HXR ribbon emission can show quasi-periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Juraj Lorincik , Hannah Collier , Vanessa Polito , Laura A. Hayes , William H. Ashfield , Nabil Freij

We studied a solar flare with pronounced quasi-periodic pulsations detected in the microwave, X-ray, and radio bands. We used the methods of correlation, Fourier, and wavelet analyses to examine the temporal fine structures and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-02 E. G. Kupriyanova , L. K. Kashapova , H. A. S. Reid , I. N. Myagkova

Fast sausage modes (FSMs) in flare loops have long been invoked to account for rapid quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) with periods of order seconds in flare lightcurves. However, most theories of FSMs in solar coronal cylinders assume a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Mingzhe Guo , Bo Li , Mijie Shi

Evolution of a coronal loop in response to an impulsive energy release is numerically modelled. It is shown that the loop density evolution curves exhibit quasi-periodic perturbations with the periods given approximately by the ratio of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. M. Nakariakov , D. Tsiklauri , A. Kelly , T. D. Arber , M. J. Aschwanden

Quasi-periodic oscillations in solar flaring emission have been observed over the past few decades. To date, the underpinning processes resulting in the quasi-periodic oscillations remain unknown. In this paper, we report a unique event…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-08 Yining Zhang , Ting Li , Jing Ye

Some observations suggest that solar spicules show small amplitude and high frequency oscillations of magneto-acoustic waves, which arise from photospheric granular forcing. We apply the method of MHD seismology to determine the period of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Ajabshirizadeh , E. Tavabi , S. Koutchmy

The excitation mechanism of coronal quasi-period fast-propagating (QFP) wave trains remains unresolved. Using Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory observations, we study a narrow and a broad QFP wave train…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-15 Xinping Zhou , Yuandeng Shen , Chengrui Zhou , Zehao Tang , Ahmed Ahmed Ibrahim

Turbulent plasma motion is common in the universe, and invoked in solar flares to drive effective acceleration leading to high energy electrons. Unresolved mass motions are frequently detected in flares from extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Wenzhi Ruan , Limei Yan , Rony Keppens

We present the first \emph{Solar Dynamics Observatory}/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly observations of the large-amplitude longitudinal (LAL) oscillations in the south and north parts (SP and NP) of a solar filament on 2012 April 7. Both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ting Li , Jun Zhang

Two well known turbulent dynamo and MHD oscillation mechanisms are critically examined and fundamental difficulties are presented. Following new ideas on the genesis of the solar cycle and activity phenomena are presented. Inevitability of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 K. M. Hiremath

We propose a method for diagnosing the physical conditions in the solar atmosphere using an increase in oscillation amplitudes resulting from minuscule solar flares. As an example, we consider a B2 flare, which caused a sharp short-lived…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Andrei Chelpanov , Nikolai Kobanov

Solar and stellar flares are powerful events which produce intense radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Multiwavelength observations are highly important for understanding the nature of flares, because different flare-related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov

Recent polarimetric mm-observations of the galactic centre by Wielgus et al. (2022a) showed sinusoidal loops in the Q-U plane with a duration of one hour. The loops coincide with a quasi-simultaneous X-ray flare. A promising mechanism to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-01 Mahdi Najafi-Ziyazi , Jordy Davelaar , Yosuke Mizuno , Oliver Porth

Drifting pulsation structures (DPSs) are considered to be radio signatures of the plasmoids formed during magnetic reconnection in the impulsive phase of solar flares. In the present paper we analyze oscillations and waves in seven examples…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 M. Karlicky , J. Rybak , M. Barta

Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) observed during Soft Gamma Repeaters giant flares are commonly interpreted as the torsional oscillations of magnetars. The oscillatory motion is influenced by the strong interaction between the shear modes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Maarten van Hoven , Yuri Levin

In this, paper we study the possibility of generation of electromagnetic waves in the magnetospheres of radio magnetars by means of the quasi-linear diffusion (QLD). Considering the magnetosphere composed of the so-called beam and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Zaza Osmanov

In solar-like oscillators, acoustic waves are excited by turbulent motion in the convective envelope and propagate inward, generating a variety of standing pressure modes. When combining together the power of several solar acoustic modes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 E. Panetier , R. A. García , S. N. Breton , A. Jiménez , T. Foglizzo

Context: The origin of the variable component of the solar wind is of great intrinsic interest for heliophysics and space-weather, e.g. the initiation of coronal mass ejections, and the problem of mass loss of all stars. It is also related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Bocchialini , F. Baudin , S. Koutchmy , G. Pouget , J. Solomon

Magneto-elastic oscillations of neutron stars are believed to explain observed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the decaying tail of the giant flares of highly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). Strong efforts of the theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Michael Gabler , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Alexei Mate , Nikolaos Stergioulas , José A. Font , Ewald Müller