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The term `solar tornadoes' has been used to describe apparently rotating magnetic structures above the solar limb, as seen in high resolution images and movies from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard the Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 Peter Levens , Nicolas Labrosse , Lyndsay Fletcher , Brigitte Schmieder

Observations in the 171 AA channel of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of the space-borne Solar Dynamics Observatory show tornadoes-like features in the atmosphere of the Sun. These giant tornadoes appear as dark, elongated and apparently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Sven Wedemeyer , Eamon Scullion , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Antonija Bosnjak , Patrick Antolin

We perform numerical simulations of impulsively generated magnetic swirls in an isolated flux tube which is rooted in the solar photosphere. These swirls are triggered by an initial pulse in a horizontal component of the velocity. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 K. Murawski , P. Kayshap , A. K. Srivastava , D. J. Pascoe , P. Jelínek , B. Kuźma , V. Fedun

Solar flares are currently understood as the explosive release of energy stored in the form of stressed magnetic fields. In many cases, the released energy seems to take the form of large numbers of electrons accelerated to high energies or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-18 George H. Fisher

How the turbulent energy cascade develops below the magnetohydrodynamic scales in space and astrophysical plasmas is a major open question. Here, we measure the power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in Parker Solar Probe's observations…

The propagation and dissipation of magnetohydrodynamic waves play a key role in transporting energy from the solar photosphere to the chromosphere. Using high-resolution three-dimensional radiative MHD simulations, we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-21 Nitin Yadav , Apanba Khuman

Vortex flows have been found in the photosphere, chromosphere and low corona in observations and simulations. It has been suggested that vortices play an important role for channeling energy and plasma into the corona, but the impact of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 C. Breu , H. Peter , R. Cameron , S. K. Solanki

Magnetism defines the complex and dynamic solar corona. Twists and tangles in coronal magnetic fields build up energy and ultimately erupt, hurling plasma into interplanetary space. These coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are transient riders…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 Sarah Gibson

The topology and dynamics of the three-dimensional magnetic field in the solar atmosphere govern various solar eruptive phenomena and activities, such as flares, coronal mass ejections, and filaments/prominences. We have to observe and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 Yang Guo , Xin Cheng , M. D. Ding

An integrated Magneto-Fluid model, that accords full treatment to the Velocity fields associated with the directed plasma motion, is developed to investigate the dynamics of coronal structures. It is suggested that the interaction of the…

The issue of predicting solar flares is one of the most fundamental in physics, addressing issues of plasma physics, high-energy physics, and modelling of complex systems. It also poses societal consequences, with our ever-increasing need…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 R. T. James McAteer , Peter T. Gallagher , Paul A. Conlon

Observations of galaxy clusters show that the intracluster medium (ICM) is likely to be turbulent and is certainly magnetized. The properties of this magnetized turbulence are determined both by fundamental nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley

Swirl-shaped flow structures have been observed throughout the solar atmosphere, in both emission and absorption, at different altitudes and locations, and are believed to be associated with magnetic structures. However, the distribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-06 Quan Xie , Jiajia Liu , Chris J. Nelson , Robert Erdélyi , Yuming Wang

Plasma turbulence cascading from MHD to kinetic scales in the heliospheric plasma is believed to play a key role in coronal heating and fast solar wind acceleration, but the properties of the turbulence remain poorly constrained by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 Eduard P. Kontar , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Alexander Pitna

With the adaptation of the FLASH code we simulate magnetohydrodynamic-gravity waves and vortices as well as their response in the magnetized three-dimensional (3D) solar atmosphere at different heights to understand the localized energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. Murawski , I. Ballai , A. K. Srivastava , D. Lee

High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere have identified a wide variety of spiralling motions in the solar plasma. These spirals vary in properties, but are observed to be abundant at the solar surface. In this work these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-01 S. J. Mumford , R. Erdélyi

The extreme space weather conditions resulting from high energetic events likes solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) demand for reliable space weather forecasting. The magnetic flux tubes while rising through the convection zone…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 B Lekshmi , Kiran Jain , Rudolf W. Komm , Dibyendu Nandy

Within the framework of a two-fluid description possible pathways for the generation of fast flows (dynamical as well as steady) in the lower solar atmosphere is established. It is shown that a primary plasma flow (locally sub-Alfv\'enic)…

Magnetic flux ropes are characterized by coherently twisted magnetic field lines, which are ubiquitous in magnetized plasmas. As the core structure of various eruptive phenomena in the solar atmosphere, flux ropes hold the key to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-10 Rui Liu

We have discovered small whirlpools in the Sun, with a size similar to the terrestrial hurricanes (<~0.5 Mm). The theory of solar convection predicts them, but they had remained elusive so far. The vortex flows are created at the downdrafts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. A. Bonet , I. Marquez , J. Sanchez Almeida , I. Cabello , V. Domingo