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Three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetoacoustic wave propagation are performed in a sunspot atmosphere with a computational domain covering from the photosphere to the chromosphere. The wave source, with properties resembling the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-21 T. Felipe , E. Khomenko , M. Collados

The efficacy of fast/slow MHD mode conversion in the surface layers of sunspots has been demonstrated over recent years using a number of modelling techniques, including ray theory, perturbation theory, differential eigensystem analysis,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. S. Cally , M. Goossens

Using advanced numerical magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the magnetised solar photosphere, including non-grey radiative transport and a non-ideal equation of state, we analyse plasma motions in photospheric magnetic vortices. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Shelyag , P. S. Cally , A. Reid , M. Mathioudakis

Sunspots are prominent manifestations of solar magnetoconvection and imaging their subsurface structure is an outstanding problem of wide physical importance. Travel times of seismic waves that propagate through these structures are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Shravan Hanasoge , Aaron Birch , Laurent Gizon , Jeroen Tromp

The Sun's atmosphere hosts swirling plasma structures, known as solar vortices, which have long been thought to channel wave energy into higher layers. Until now, no direct observations have confirmed their role in the heating of the…

Surface waves process the turbulent disturbances which drive dynamics in many space, astrophysical and laboratory plasma systems, with the outer boundary of Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetopause, providing an accessible environment to…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 M. O. Archer , M. D. Hartinger , F. Plaschke , D. J. Southwood , L. Rastaetter

Aims. In this paper we analyse numerically the propagation and dispersion of acoustic waves in the solar-like sub-photosphere with localised non-uniform magnetic field concentrations, mimicking sunspots with various representative magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Shelyag , S. Zharkov , V. Fedun , R. Erdelyi , M. J. Thompson

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

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

It is well established now that the solar atmosphere, from photosphere to the corona and the solar wind is a highly structured medium. Satellite observations have confirmed the presence of steady flows. Here, we investigate the parallel…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 I. Zhelyazkov

Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are usually originated in the lower solar atmosphere which makes them…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 D. Banerjee , S. Krishna Prasad , V. Pant , J. A. McLaughlin , P. Antolin , N. Magyar , L. Ofman , H. Tian , T. Van Doorsselaere , I. De Moortel , T. Wang

We use images of high spatial and temporal resolution, obtained using both ground- and space-based instrumentation, to investigate the role magnetic field inclination angles play in the propagation characteristics of running penumbral waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. B. Jess , V. E. Reznikova , T. Van Doorsselaere , P. H. Keys , D. H. Mackay

We study the propagation of waves from the photosphere to the chromosphere of sunspots. From time series of cospatial Ca II H (including its line blends) intensity spectra and polarimetric spectra of Si I 1082.7 nm and He I 1083.0 nm we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 T. Felipe , E. Khomenko , M. Collados , C. Beck

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

Observations of the solar atmosphere show that internal gravity waves are generated by overshooting convection, but are suppressed at locations of magnetic flux, which is thought to be the result of mode conversion into magneto-acoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-01 G. Vigeesh , J. Jackiewicz , O. Steiner

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

Velocity oscillations "measured" simultaneously at the photosphere and the chromosphere -from time series of spectropolarimetric data in the 10830 A region- of different solar magnetic features allow us to study the properties of wave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Rebecca Centeno , Manuel Collados , Javier Trujillo Bueno

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, playing a crucial role in transporting energy through the solar atmosphere, manifest in various chromospheric structures. Here, we investigated MHD waves in a long-lasting dark fibril using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Maryam Saberi , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Ricardo Gafeira , Mikolaj Szydlarski , David Jess , Marco Stangalini

Gravity waves are generated by turbulent subsurface convection overshooting or penetrating locally into a stably stratified medium. While propagating energy upwards, their characteristic negative phase shift over height is a well-recognized…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , S. P. Rajaguru

Rapidly rotating stars show short-period oscillations in magnetic activity and polar appearance of starspots. The aim of this paper is to study large-scale shallow water waves in the tachoclines of rapidly rotating stars and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester , M. Carbonell , M. L. Khodachenko , H. Lammer , M. Leitzinger , P. Odert