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The solar wind is the extension of the Sun's hot and ionized corona, and it exists in a state of continuous expansion into interplanetary space. The radial distance at which the wind's outflow speed exceeds the phase speed of Alfvenic and…

Identifying the heating mechanisms of the solar corona and the driving mechanisms of solar wind are key challenges in understanding solar physics. A full three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation was conducted to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Takuma Matsumoto

In this paper we show that the phase mixing of continuum Alfv\'{e}n waves and/or continuum slow waves in magnetic structures of the solar atmosphere as, e.g., coronal arcades, can create the illusion of wave propagation across the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 T. Kaneko , M. Goossens , R. Soler , J. Terradas , T. Van Doorsselaere , T. Yokoyama , A. N. Wright

This work is an extension of Kaghashvili [1999] where ion-cyclotron wave dissipation channel for Alfv\'en waves was discussed. While our earlier study dealt with the mode coupling in the commonly discussed sense, here we study changes in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-10 Edisher Kh. Kaghashvili

The evolution of Alfven turbulence due to three-wave interactions is discussed using kinetic theory for a collisionless, thermal plasma. There are three low-frequency modes, analogous to the three modes of compressible MHD. When only Alfven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Q. Luo , D. B. Melrose

We used our newly developed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code to perform 2.5D simulations of a fast-mode MHD wave interacting with coronal holes (CH) of varying Alfv\'en speed which result from assuming different CH densities. We find that…

Estimating Alfven speeds is of interest in modelling the solar corona, studying the coronal heating problem and understanding the initiation and propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). We assume here that the corona is in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Regnier , E. R. Priest , A. W. Hood

Recent observations have confirmed that a significant fraction of the coronal Alfvenic wave spectrum originates in the photosphere. These waves travel from the photosphere to the corona, overcoming the barriers of reflection and dissipation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-01 Roberto Soler

We show that the coronal heating and the fast solar wind acceleration in the coronal holes are natural consequence of the footpoint fluctuations of the magnetic fields at the photosphere, by performing one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The role of interchange reconnection as a drive mechanism for the solar wind is explored by solving the global magnetic-field-aligned equations describing wind acceleration. Boundary conditions in the low corona, including a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 J. F. Drake , S. D. Bale , M. Swisdak , N. E. Raouafi , M. Velli

In a magnetised plasma on scales well above ion kinetic scales, any constant-magnitude magnetic field, accompanied by parallel Alfv\'enic flows, forms a nonlinear solution in an isobaric, constant-density background. These structures, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-01 Jonathan Squire , Alfred Mallet

Resonant absorption of fast magnetoacoustic (FMA) waves in an inhomogeneous, weakly dissipative, one-dimensional planar, strongly anisotropic and dispersive plasma is investigated. The magnetic configuration consists of an inhomogeneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-17 C. T. M. Clack , I. Ballai , M. Douglas

Finite-amplitude low-frequency Alfv\'en waves are commonly found in plasma environments, such as space plasmas, and play a crucial role in ion heating. The nonlinear interaction between oblique Alfv\'en wave spectra and ions has been…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Jingyu Peng , Jiansen He

Slow-mode shocks are important in understanding fast magnetic reconnection, jet formation and heating in the solar atmosphere, and other astrophysical systems. The atmospheric conditions in the solar chromosphere allow both ionised and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Ben Snow , Andrew Hillier

We study the propagation, reflection, and turbulent dissipation of Alfven waves in coronal holes and the solar wind. We start with the Heinemann-Olbert equations, which describe non-compressive magnetohydrodynamic fluctuations in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Joseph V. Hollweg

Super-Alfv\'enic turbulence is widespread in astrophysical environments, including molecular clouds and the diffuse plasma of galaxy clusters. At large scales, magnetic fields play only a minor dynamical role; however, for sufficiently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 A. Lazarian , Yue Hu , D. Pogosyan

We perform a 2.5 dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation to understand a comprehensive view of the formation of spicule-like cool jets due to initial transverse velocity pulses akin to Alfv\'en pulses in the solar chromosphere. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-02 B. Singh , A. K. Srivastava , K. Sharma , S. K. Mishra , B. N. Dwivedi

We report the detection of oscillatory phenomena associated with a large bright-point group that is 430,000 square kilometers in area and located near the solar disk center. Wavelet analysis reveals full-width half-maximum oscillations with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. B. Jess , M. Mathioudakis , R. Erdelyi , P. J. Crockett , F. P. Keenan , D. J. Christian

Magnetar flares excite strong Alfv\'{e}n waves in the magnetosphere of the neutron star. The wave energy can (1) dissipate in the magnetosphere, (2) convert to "fast modes" and possibly escape, and (3) penetrate the neutron star crust and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Xinyu Li , Jonathan Zrake , Andrei M. Beloborodov

In the approximation of linear dissipative magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) it can be shown that driven MHD waves in magnetic plasmas with high Reynolds number exhibit a near resonant behaviour if the frequency of the wave becomes equal to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-18 C. T. M. Clack , I. Ballai , M. S. Ruderman