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In the present paper, we derive a new dispersion relation for slow magnetoacoustic waves invoking the effect of thermal conductivity, compressive viscosity, radiation and unknown heating term along with the consideration of heating cooling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 Abhinav Prasad , A. K. Srivastava , T. J. Wang

Longitudinal intensity oscillations along coronal loops that are interpreted as signatures of magneto-acoustic waves are observed frequently in different coronal structures. The aim of this paper is to estimate the physical parameters of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 A. Abedini

Slow magnetoacoustic waves are routinely observed in astrophysical plasma systems such as the solar corona. As a slow wave propagates through a plasma, it modifies the equilibrium quantities of density, temperature, and magnetic field. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 T. J. Duckenfield , D. Y. Kolotkov , V. M. Nakariakov

We present a detailed analysis of a reflecting intensity perturbation in a large coronal loop that appeared as sloshing oscillation and lasted for at least one and a half periods. The perturbation is initiated by a microflare at one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Fanxiaoyu Xia , Tongjiang Wang , Yang Su , Jie Zhao , Qingmin Zhang , Astrid M. Veronig , Weiqun Gan

Turbulent reacting flows confined to ducts are plagued by thermoacoustic instability, a state in which a positive feedback between flow, flame and acoustic perturbations leads to the emergence of catastrophically high-amplitude oscillatory…

We investigate several key questions of plasma heating in open-field regions of the corona that connect to the solar wind. We present results for a model of Alfven-wave-driven turbulence for three typical open magnetic field structures: a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Lauren N. Woolsey , Steven R. Cranmer

A systematic study of the linear thermal stability of a medium subject to cooling, self-gravity and thermal conduction is carried out for the case when the unperturbed state is subject to global cooling and expansion. A general, recursive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. J. Gomez-Pelaez , F. Moreno-Insertis

We investigate the impact of turbulent suppression of parallel heat conduction on the cooling of post-flare coronal loops. Depending on the value of the mean free path $\lambda_T$ associated with the turbulent scattering process, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Nicolas H. Bian , Jonathan M. Watters , Eduard P. Kontar , A. Gordon Emslie

Recent studies of a flaring loop oscillation event on 2013 December 28 observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have revealed the suppression of thermal conduction and significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-10 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman

Magnetohydrodynamic waves are believed to play a significant role in coronal heating, and could be used for remote diagnostics of solar plasma. Both the heating and diagnostic applications rely on a correct inversion (or backward modelling)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Ding Yuan , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The spectral and timing properties of an oscillating hot thermal corona are investigated. This oscillation is assumed to be due to a magneto-acoustic wave propagating within the corona and triggered by an external, non specified,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 C. Cabanac , G. Henri , P. - O Petrucci , J. Malzac , J. Ferreira , T. M. Belloni

Cool, dense condensations such as coronal rain and prominences suggest that coronal plasma can undergo runaway radiative cooling. Connecting this behaviour to linear thermal modes requires us to fully understand the deeper connection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Adrian Kelly , Rony Keppens , Jordi De Jonghe

Oscillations in coronal loops are usually interpreted in terms of uncoupled magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. Examples of these waves are standing transverse motions, interpreted as the kink MHD modes, and propagating slow modes, commonly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Terradas , J. Andries , E. Verwichte

The expansion of coronal loops in the transition region may considerably influence the diagnostics of the plasma emission measure. The cross sectional area of the loops is expected to depend on the temperature and pressure, and might be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 M. Guarrasi , F. Reale , S. Orlando , A. Mignone , J. A. Klimchuk

Observations of slow magneto-acoustic waves have been demonstrated to possess a number of applications in coronal seismology. Determination of the polytropic index ($\gamma$) is one such important application. Analysing the amplitudes of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 S. Krishna Prasad , J. O. Raes , T. Van Doorsselaere , N. Magyar , D. B. Jess

We aim to study the standing fundamental kink mode of coronal loops in the nonlinear regime, investigating the changes in energy evolution in the cross-section and oscillation amplitude of the loop which are related to nonlinear effects, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-02 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere

We analyse transverse oscillations of a coronal loop excited by continuous monoperiodic motions of the loop footpoint at different frequencies in the presence of gravity. Using the MPI-AMRVAC code, we perform three-dimensional numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Andrey Afanasyev , Konstantinos Karampelas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Acoustic waves excited in the photosphere and below might play an integral part in the heating of the solar chromosphere and corona. However, it is yet not fully clear how much of the initially acoustic wave flux reaches the corona and in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Julia M. Riedl , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Fabio Reale , Marcel Goossens , Antonino Petralia , Paolo Pagano

Kink oscillations in coronal loops have been extensively studied for their potential contributions to coronal heating and their role in plasma diagnostics through coronal seismology. A key focus is the strong damping of large-amplitude kink…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-25 Sihui Zhong , Andrew Hillier , Iñigo Arregui

We compute the evidence in favour of two models, one based on field-aligned thermal conduction alone and another that includes thermal misbalance as well, in explaining the damping of slow magneto-acoustic waves in hot coronal loops. Our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-30 I. Arregui , D. Y. Kolotkov , V. M. Nakariakov