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We have simulated the 3D emergence and interaction of two twisted flux tubes, which rise from the interior into the outer atmosphere of the Sun. We present evidence for the multiple formation and eruption of flux ropes inside the emerging…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Archontis , A. W. Hood

The primary focus of this paper is on the particle acceleration mechanism in solar coronal three-dimensional reconnection null-point regions. Starting from a potential field extrapolation of a Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-09 G. Baumann , T. Haugbølle , Å. Nordlund

Solar flares are accessible to a broad variety of observational methods to see and investigate the {\em magnetic reconnection} phenomenon in high-temperature strongly-magnetized plasma of the solar corona. An analysis of the topological…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-30 Boris V. Somov

Solar jets, characterized by small-scale plasma ejections along open magnetic field lines or the legs of large-scale coronal loops, play a crucial role in the dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Although spectral and EUV images have been…

Turbulent flows in the solar wind, large scale current sheets, multiple current sheets, and shock waves lead to the formation of environments in which a dense network of current sheets is established and sustains "turbulent reconnection".…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Loukas Vlahos , Theophilos Pisokas , Heinz Isliker , Vassilios Tsiolis , Anastasios Anastasiadis

We present a 2D kinematic model to study the acceleration of solar energetic particles (SEPs) at a shock driven by a coronal mass ejection. The shock is assumed to be spherical about an origin that is offset from the center of the Sun. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-27 Xiaohang Chen , Joe Giacalone , Fan Guo

In this work, a gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) event observed by multispacecraft has been simulated. The time profiles of SEP fluxes accelerated by an interplanetary shock in the three-dimensional interplanetary space are obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 G. Qin , Y. Wang

During solar flares, a large flux of energetic electrons propagate from the tops of reconnecting magnetic flux tubes toward the lower atmosphere. Over the course of the electrons' transport, a co-spatial counter-streaming return current is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 Meriem Alaoui , Gordon D. Holman , Joel C. Allred , Rafael T. Eufrasio

The physical processes that heat the solar corona and accelerate the solar wind remain unknown after many years of study. Some have suggested that the wind is driven by waves and turbulence in open magnetic flux tubes, and others have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen

Insights into the processes of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) propagation are essential for understanding how solar eruptions affect the radiation environment of near-Earth space. SEP propagation is influenced by turbulent magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-11 T. Laitinen , F. Effenberger , A. Kopp , S. Dalla

The multitude of recent multi-point spacecraft observations of solar energetic particle (SEP) events have made it possible to study the longitudinal distribution of SEPs in great detail. SEPs, even those accelerated during impulsive events,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-12 R. D. Strauss , H. Fichtner

Particle acceleration during magnetic reconnection is a long-standing topic in space, solar and astrophysical plasmas. Recent 3D particle-in-cell simulations of magnetic reconnection show that particles can leave flux ropes due to 3D…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Grant Johnson , Patrick Kilian , Fan Guo , Xiaocan Li

Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process crucial for heating the solar corona and generating the solar wind, but resolving and characterizing it on the Sun remains challenging. Using high-quality data from the…

We present two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of line-tied asymmetric magnetic reconnection in the context of solar flare and coronal mass ejection current sheets. The reconnection process is made asymmetric along the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 N. A. Murphy , M. P. Miralles , C. L. Pope , J. C. Raymond , H. D. Winter , K. K. Reeves , D. B. Seaton , A. A. van Ballegooijen , J. Lin

The aim of this paper is to investigate the properties of magnetic reconnection at a 3D null point, with respect to their dependence on the symmetry of the magnetic field around the null. In particular we examine the rate of flux transport…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. K. Al-Hachami , D. I. Pontin

The topology of the coronal magnetic field produces a strong impact on the properties of the solar corona and presumably on the origin of the slow solar wind. To advance our understanding of this impact, we revisit the concept of so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 R. Lionello , V. S. Titov , Z. Mikić , J. A. Linker

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey

Plenty of saddles on a multidimensional potential energy surface(PES) of two-dimensional microclusters, where atoms are interacting via Morse potential, are numerically located. The reaction paths emanating from the two types of the local…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Yasushi Shimizu , Shin-ichi Sawada , Kensuke S. Ikeda

Magnetic field embedded in a perfectly conducting fluid preserves its topology for all time. Although ionized astrophysical objects, like stars and galactic disks, are almost perfectly conducting, they show indications of changes in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-03-16 A. Lazarian , G. Kowal , E. Vishniac , K. Kulpa-Dubel , K. Otmianowska-Mazur

Magnetic reconnection is essential to release the flux rope during its ejection. The question remains: how does the magnetic reconnection change the flux rope structure? Following the original study of \citet{Qiu2007}, we compare properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-30 Qiang Hu , Jiong Qiu , B. Dasgupta , A. Khare , G. M. Webb