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Phase mixing of standing continuum Alfv\'en waves and/or continuum slow waves in atmospheric magnetic structures such as coronal arcades can create the apparent effect of a wave propagating across the magnetic field. We observe a prominence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 J. O. Raes , T. Van Doorsselaere , M. Baes , A. N. Wright

The Alfven wave is analyzed in case of one quasineutral plasma propagating with some constant speed $v_0$ through another static quasineutral plasma. A dispersion equation is derived describing the Alfven wave coupled with the flow driven…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 J. Vranjes

Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are observed in various systems in space and laboratories, demonstrating an interesting property that the wave shapes are stable even in the nonlinear regime. The ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Hamdi M. Abdelhamid , Zensho Yoshida

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

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

It has been shown that magnetic fields play an important role in the stability of molecular clouds, mainly perpendicularly to the field direction. However, in the parallel direction the stability is a serious problem still to be explained.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Falceta-Goncalves , V. Jatenco-Pereira , M. de Juli

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

The nature of fast magnetoacoustic and Alfv\'en waves is investigated in a zero $\beta$ plasma in the neighbourhood of a pair of two-dimensional null points. This gives an indication of wave propagation in the low $\beta$ solar corona, for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 J. A. McLaughlin , A. W. Hood

Mutual conversion of various kinds of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves can have profound impacts on wave propagation, energy transfer, and heating of the solar chromosphere and corona. Mode conversion occurs when an MHD wave travels through…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Pankaj Kumar , Valery M. Nakariakov , Judith T. Karpen , Kyung-Suk Cho

We have measured the energy and dissipation of Alfvenic waves in the quiet Sun. A magnetic field was used to infer the location and orientation of the magnetic field lines along which the waves are expected to travel. The waves were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Hahn , Daniel Wolf Savin

Switchbacks -- abrupt reversals of the magnetic field within the solar wind -- have been ubiquitously observed by Parker Solar Probe (PSP). Their origin, whether from processes near the solar surface or within the solar wind itself, remains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Zade Johnston , Jonathan Squire , Alfred Mallet , Romain Meyrand

Alfv\'enic motions are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere and their observed properties are closely linked to those of photospheric p-modes. However, it is still unclear how a predominantly acoustic wave driver can produce these transverse…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Samuel Skirvin , Yuhang Gao , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Aims. We investigate the formation of small scales and the dissipation of MHD wave energy through non-linear interactions of counter-propagating, phase-mixed Alfvenic waves in a complex magnetic field. Methods. We conducted fully 3-D,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Jack Reid

Active regions are open wounds in the Sun's surface. Seismic oscillations from the interior pass through them into the atmosphere, changing their nature in the process to fast and slow magneto-acoustic waves. The fast waves then partially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-12 Paul S. Cally , Hamed Moradi

Alfv\'{e}n waves are believed to play an important role in the heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind emanating from coronal holes. Nonlinear interactions between the dominant ${\bf z}_{+}$ waves and minority ${\bf z}_{-}$ waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Mahboubeh Asgari-Targhi

Motivated by recent Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of "switchbacks" (abrupt, large-amplitude reversals in the radial magnetic field, which exhibit Alfv\'enic correlations) we examine the dynamics of large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves in…

In this talk we introduce our recent results of global 1D MHD simulations for the acceleration of solar and stellar winds. We impose transverse photospheric motions corresponding to the granulations, which generate outgoing Alfven waves.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Takeru K. Suzuki

Alfven waves are considered to be viable transporters of the non-thermal energy required to heat the Sun's quiescent atmosphere. An abundance of recent observations, from state-of-the-art facilities, have reported the existence of Alfven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mihalis Mathioudakis , David Jess , Robertus Erdelyi

Numerical simulations of force-free, degenerate (ffde)pulsar and black hole magnetospheres are often based on 1-D characteristics. In particular, the plasma wave polarizations that can be propagated along the 1-D characteristics determine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Brian Punsly

The paper is dedicated to the anniversary of the discovery of Alfv\'en waves. The concept of Alfv\'en waves has played an outstanding role in the formation and development of cosmical electrodynamics. A distinctive feature of Alfv\'en waves…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 A. V. Guglielmi , B. I. Klain , A. S. Potapov