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Fluctuations of solar wind magnetic field and plasma parameters exhibit a typical turbulence power spectrum with a spectral index ranging between $\sim -5/3$ and $\sim -3/2$. In particular, at $1$ AU, the magnetic field spectrum, observed…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , L. Sorriso-Valvo , R. Marino , R. De Marco , R. DAmicis

We investigate the role of active region spicules in the mass balance of the solar wind and energy supply for heating the solar atmosphere. We use high cadence observations from the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard the Hinode satellite…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 S. Zeighami , A. R. Ahangarzadeh Maralani , E. Tavabi , A. Ajabshirizadeh

Studies of solar wind turbulence traditionally employ high-resolution magnetic field data, but high-resolution measurements of ion and electron moments have been possible only recently. We report the first turbulence studies of ion and…

Solar intensity power spectra are usually characterised by coloured noise, with the spectral energy following a segmented power-law function of frequency, $S(f)\propto f^{-\alpha}$, over different frequency ranges. Typically, the power-law…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Sihui Zhong , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Valery M. Nakariakov

Radio signals propagating via the solar corona and solar wind are significantly affected by compressive waves, impacting properties of solar bursts as well as sources viewed through the turbulent solar atmosphere. While static fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Francesco Azzollini , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar

This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the turbulence spectrum of the solar wind in the near-Sun region R < 50 Rs, obtained from interplanetary scintillation measurements with the Ooty Radio Telescope at 327 MHz. The results clearly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. K. Manoharan

Solar radio type II bursts are slow-drifting bursts that exhibit various distinct features such as Fundamental (F) and Harmonic (H) emissions, band-splitting, and discrete fine structures in the dynamic spectra. Observationally, it has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Rishikesh G. Jha , K. Sasikumar Raja , R. Ramesh , C. Kathiravan , Christian Monstein

We present observations of persistent oscillations of some bright features in the upper-chromosphere/transition-region above sunspots taken by IRIS SJ 1400 {\AA} and upward propagating quasi-periodic disturbances along coronal loops rooted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Zhenyong Hou , Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Hui Fu

We investigate the scaling properties of the long-range temporal evolution and intermittency of SDO/AIA intensity observations in four solar environments: an active region core, a weak emission region, and two core loops. We use two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Ana Cristina Cadavid , Yeimy J. Rivera , John K. Lawrence , Damian J. Christian , Peter J. Jennings , A. Franco Rappazzo

We investigate properties of the ion-scale spectral break of solar wind turbulence by means of two-dimensional high-resolution hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. We impose an initial ambient magnetic field perpendicular to the simulation…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 Luca Franci , Simone Landi , Lorenzo Matteini , Andrea Verdini , Petr Hellinger

To investigate the power and spectral index anisotropy in the inertial range of solar wind turbulence, we use 70 intervals of electric field data accumulated by Cluster spacecraft in the free solar wind. We compute the electric field…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-09-24 Deepali , Supratik Banerjee

We study the nature of quiet-Sun oscillations using multi-wavelength observations from TRACE, Hinode, and SOHO. The aim is to investigate the existence of propagating waves in the solar chromosphere and the transition region via analyzing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-27 G. R. Gupta , S. Subramanian , D. Banerjee , M. S. Madjarska , J. G. Doyle

We analyze intermediate degree p-mode eigenfrequencies measured by GONG and MDI/SOHO over a solar cycle to study the source of their variability. We carry out a correlation analysis between the change in frequencies and several measures of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Kiran Jain , S. C. Tripathy , F. Hill

We present a study of multi-wavelength observations, of a C 2.3 solar flare in Active Region NOAA 12353, observed on 2015 May 23, which reveal new properties of acoustic waves in the flaring region. The space-, and ground-based data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-07 A. Wisniewska , E. Chmielewska , K. Radziszewski , M. Roth , J. Staiger

Solar flare emission at X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) energies can cause substantial enhancements in the electron density in the Earth's lower ionosphere. It is now become clear that flares exhibit quasi-periodic pulsations with…

The turbulent spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in the solar wind displays a spectral break at ion characteristic scales. At electron scales the spectral shape is not yet completely established. Here, we perform a statistical study of 102…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-11-28 O. Alexandrova , C. Lacombe , A. Mangeney , R. Grappin

In this study we combine the multiwavelength ultraviolet -- optical (Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO) and radio (Nobeyama Radioheliograph, NoRH) observations to get further insight into space-frequency distribution of oscillations at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Y. Kolobov , N. I. Kobanov , A. A. Chelpanov , A. A. Kochanov , S. A. Anfinogentov , S. A. Chupin , I. I. Myshyakov , V. E. Tomin

While the {\it Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager} (HMI) onboard the {\it Solar Dynamics Observatory} (SDO) provides Doppler velocity [$V$], continuum intensity [$I_C$], and line-depth [$Ld$] observations, each of which is sensitive to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-24 Rachel Howe , Kiran Jain , Richard S. Bogart , Deborah A. Haber , Charles S. Baldner

We found that oscillations of LOS velocity in H-alpha are different for various parts of faculae regions. Power spectra show that the contribution of low-frequency modes (1.2 - 2 mHz) increase at the network boundaries. Three and five-…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-10 N. I. Kobanov , V. A. Pulyaev

In the current analysis, we use spectroscopic observations of the quiet-Sun made by IRIS instrument, and investigate wave propagation. We analyze various spectral lines formed in different atmospheric layers such as the photosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-18 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , P. Kayshap , Ding Yuan , E. Scullion