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Magnetosonic waves are low-frequency, linearly polarized magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves commonly found in space, responsible for many well-known features, such as heating of the solar corona. In this work, we report observations of…

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Given the difficulty in directly determining prominence physical parameters from observations, prominence seismology stands as an alternative method to probe the nature of these structures. We show recent examples of the application of…

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In space weather studies and forecasting we employ magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations which can provide rather accurate reconstruction of the solar wind dynamics and its evolution. However, all MHD simulations are restricted by the input…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 G. M. Shaifullah , J. Magdalenic , C. Tiburzi , I. Jebaraj , E. Samara , P. Zucca

Magnetoseismology, a technique of magnetic field diagnostics based on observations of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, has been widely used to estimate the field strengths of oscillating structures in the solar corona. However, previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-05 Zihao Yang , Hui Tian , Steven Tomczyk , Richard Morton , Xianyong Bai , Tanmoy Samanta , Yajie Chen

Estimation of the energy cascade rate in the inertial range of solar wind turbulence has been done so far mostly within the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) theory. Here, we go beyond that approximation to include plasma…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 L. Z. Hadid , F. Sahraoui , S. Galtier

We calculate and analyze the longevity of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave modes that occur in the plane of a magnetic thin sheet. Initial turbulent conditions applied to a magnetically subcritical cloud are shown to lead to relatively rapid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-08-19 Shantanu Basu , Wolf B. Dapp

Axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) can be invoked for describing astrophysical magnetized flows and formulated to model stellar magnetospheres including main sequence stars (e.g. the Sun), compact stellar objects [e.g. magnetic white…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Lile Wang , Yu-Qing Lou

We investigate the propagation of MHD waves in a homogenous, magnetized plasma in a weakly stratified atmosphere, representing hot coronal loops. In most of earlier studies a time-independent equilibrium is considered. Here we abandon this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 R. Erdelyi , K. S. Al-Ghafri , R. J. Morton

Two of the central problems in our understanding of the solar chromosphere are how the upper chromosphere is heated and what drives spicules. Estimates of the required chromospheric heating, based on radiative and conductive losses suggest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 C. S. Brady , T. D. Arber

It is now well accepted that the detection of impulsively generated multiple MHD modes are potentially used in diagnosing the local plasma conditions of the solar corona. Analogously, such analyses can also be significantly used in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-24 A. K. Srivastava , S. Lalitha

Hall Magnetohydrodynamics (HMHD) extends ideal MHD by incorporating the Hall effect via the induction equation, making it more accurate for describing plasma behavior at length scales below the ion skin depth. Despite its importance, a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-29 Alejandro Mesa Dame , Hong Qin , Eric Palmerduca , Yichen Fu

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are often reported in the solar atmosphere and usually classified as slow, fast, or Alfv\'en. The possibility that these waves have mixed properties is often ignored. The goal of this work is to study and…

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Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) couples the Navier--Stokes and Maxwell equations into a nonlinear system of partial differential equations governing stellar interiors, astrophysical jets, fusion plasmas, and space weather. Numerical advances,…

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On the basis of simple principles we derive and investigate the equations of relativistic plasma magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an arbitrary gravitational field. An exact solution describing the motion of magnetoactive plasma against the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-06 Yu. G. Ignatyev

Smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics has reached a level of maturity that enables the study of a wide range of astrophysical problems. In this review, the numerical details of the modern SPMHD method are described. The three fundamental…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Terrence S. Tricco

We have performed 3D radiation MHD simulations extending from the convection zone to the corona covering a box 16 Mm$^3$ at 32 km spatial resolution. The simulations show very fine structure in the chromosphere with acoustic shocks…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-12 Mats Carlsson , Viggo H. Hansteen , Boris V. Gudiksen

Prominences or filaments are cool clouds of partially ionized plasma living in the solar corona. Ground- and space-based observations have confirmed the presence of oscillatory motions in prominences and they have been interpreted in terms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Roberto Soler , Jose Luis Ballester

We use holography to derive effective theories of fluctuations in spontaneously broken phases of systems with finite temperature, chemical potential, magnetic field and momentum relaxation in which the order parameters break translations.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-16 Aristomenis Donos , Christiana Pantelidou , Vaios Ziogas

Various radio observations have showed that the hot atmospheres of galaxy clusters are magnetized. However, our understanding of the origin of these magnetic fields, their implications on structure formation and their interplay with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 K. Dolag , F. A. Stasyszyn