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The high-frequency part of spectrum of electromagnetic waves propagating parallel to the external magnetic field is considered for the macroscopically motionless plasmas with the relativistic temperatures $T\sim m_{e}c^{2}$, where $m_{e}$…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Pavel A. Andreev

Star-Planet Magnetic Interactions (SPMI) have been proposed as a mechanism for generating stellar hot-spots with energy outputs on the order of $10^{19-21}$ watts. This interaction is primarily believed to be mediated by Alfv\'en waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Arghyadeep Paul , Antoine Strugarek , Victor Réville

Synchrotron maser emission is a leading candidate to explain the coherent emission from Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). This mechanism requires a population inversion in order to operate. We show that nonresonant interactions between Alfv\'{e}n…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-27 Killian Long , Asaf Pe'er

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

We present a mechanism for the formation of the low frequency 1/f magnetic spectrum based on numerical solutions of a shell reduced-MHD model of the turbulent dynamics inside the sub-Alfv\'enic solar wind. We assign reasonably realistic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Verdini , R. Grappin , R. Pinto , M. Velli

Hydromagnetic waves, especially those of frequencies in the range of a few milli-Hz to a few Hz observed in the Earth's magnetosphere, are categorized as Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) waves or pulsations. They have been extensively studied due…

Space Physics · Physics 2014-10-02 Jinlei Zheng , Qiang Hu , J. F. McKenzie , G. M. Webb

The characteristics of Alfv\'en waves propagating in a direction oblique to the ambient magnetic field in a stellar wind environment are discussed. A kinetic formulation for a magnetized dusty plasma is adopted considering Maxwellian…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 L. B. De Toni , R. Gaelzer , L. F. Ziebell

We study the heating of charged test particles in three-dimensional numerical simulations of weakly compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence (``Alfvenic turbulence''); these results are relevant to particle heating and acceleration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Remi Lehe , Ian J. Parrish , Eliot Quataert

We perform magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to investigate the propagation of Alfven wave in magnetic chromosphere. We use the 1.5-dimensional expanding flux tube geometry setting and transverse perturbation at the bottom to generate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-13 Yikang Wang , Takaaki Yokoyama

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,…

This paper is devoted to the study of the gravitational instability of a medium permeated by a uniform magnetic field along which a circularly polarized Alfven wave propagates. We concentrate on the case of perturbations purely transverse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Adriana Gazol , Thierry Passot

Mode conversion occurs when a wave passes through a region where the sound and Alfven speeds are equal. At this point there is a resonance, which allows some of the incident wave to be converted into a different mode. We study this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-10 A. M. D. McDougall , A. W. Hood

We present comparison of numerical simulations of propagation of MHD waves,excited by subphotospheric perturbations, in two different ("deep" and "shallow") magnetostatic models of the sunspots. The "deep" sunspot model distorts both the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-08 K. Parchevsky , A. Kosovichev , E. Khomenko , V. Olshevsky , M. Collados

Magnetic field modifies the properties of waves in a complex way. Significant advances has been made recently in our understanding of the physics of waves in solar active regions with the help of analytical theories, numerical simulations,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-02 Elena Khomenko

System-scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves within Earth's magnetosphere are often understood theoretically using box models. While these have been highly instructive in understanding many fundamental features of the various wave modes…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 M. O. Archer , D. J. Southwood , M. D. Hartinger , L. Rastaetter , A. N. Wright

An inhomogeneous cosmological magnetic field will create Alfven-wave modes that induce a small rotational velocity perturbation on the last scattering surface of the microwave background radiation. The Alfven-wave mode survives Silk damping…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Kandaswamy Subramanian , John D. Barrow

Alfv\'en-wave-driven 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models, which are increasingly used to predict stellar wind properties, contain unconstrained parameters and rely on low-resolution stellar magnetograms. We explore the effects of the input…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-08 S. Boro Saikia , M. Jin , C. P. Johnstone , T. Lüftinger , M. Güdel , V. S. Airapetian , K. G. Kislyakova , C. P. Folsom

Highly dynamic magnetospheric perturbations in neutron star environments can naturally account for the features observed in Gamma-ray Burst spectra. The source distribution, however, appears to be extragalactic. Although noncatastrophic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 M. Fatuzzo , F. Melia

We study the formation and evolution of a turbulent spectrum of Alfv\'en waves driven by reflection off the solar wind density gradients, starting from the coronal base up to 17 solar radii, well beyond the Alfv\'enic critical point. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 A. Verdini , M. Velli , E. Buchlin

Magneto-atmospheres with Alfv\'en speed [a] that increases monotonically with height are often used to model the solar atmosphere, at least out to several solar radii. A common example involves uniform vertical or inclined magnetic field in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. S. Cally