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We study the linear theory of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, namely the Alfv{\'e}n and the fast and slow magnetosonic modes in a rotating Hall-MHD plasma with the effects of the obliqueness of the external magnetic field and the Coriolis…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 A. P. Misra , R. Dey , V. Krishan

We study the influence of kinetic-scale Alfv\'enic turbulence on the generation of plasma radio emission in the solar coronal regions where the plasma/magnetic pressure ratio $\beta $ is smaller than the electron/ion mass ratio…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-03 Olena Lyubchyk , Eduard Kontar , Yuriy Voitenko , Nicolas Bian , Donald Melrose

We investigate the small but finite amplitude solitary Kinetic Alfv\'{e}n waves (KAWs) in low $\beta$ plasmas with superthermal electrons modeled by a kappa-type distribution. A nonlinear Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation describing the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Bains , B. Li , L. -D. Xia

Collisionless regime kinetic models for coherent nonlinear Alfven wave dynamics are studied using fluid moment equations with an approximate closure anzatz. Resonant particle effects are modelled by incorporating an additional term…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. V. Medvedev , P. H. Diamond

The transition region is a thin inhomogeneous region where Alfven waves' energy fluxes generated elsewhere in the solar atmosphere are effectively converted. Large-scale kinetic Alfven wave propagations, transmission, and reflection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-12 Petko Nenovski

In the context of coronal heating, among the zoo of MHD waves that exist in the solar atmosphere, Alfven waves receive special attention. Indeed, these waves constitute an attractive heating agent due to their ability to carry over the many…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 P. Antolin , K. Shibata

The propagation and the evolution of Alfvenic pulses in the solar coronal arcades is investigated by means of MHD numerical simulations. Significant transverse oscillations in coronal loops, triggered by nearby flare events, are often…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Luca Del Zanna , Eveline Schaekens , Marco Velli

A two-field Hamiltonian gyrofluid model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves retaining ion finite Larmor radius corrections and parallel magnetic field fluctuations is used to study direct turbulent cascades from the MHD to the sub-ion scales. For…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-06-13 T. Passot , P. L. Sulem , D. Laveder

Using spatio-temporal spectra we show direct evidence of excitation of magnetosonic and Alfv\'en waves in three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at small Mach numbers. For the plasma pressure dominated regime, or high…

Understanding the nature of the turbulent fluctuations below the ion gyroradius in solar-wind turbulence is a great challenge. Recent studies have been mostly in favor of kinetic Alfv\'en wave (KAW) type of fluctuations, but other kinds of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-19 S. S. Cerri , S. Servidio , F. Califano

Alfvenic waves are thought to play an important role in coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Here we investigate the dissipation of such waves due to phase mixing at the presence of shear flow and field in the stratified atmosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 H. Ebadi , M. Hosseinpour

The formation of kink wave fronts (KWFs) in a quasi-two-dimensional granular system is investigated numerically with a focus on the role of cohesive interactions between individual particles. The cohesive particle-particle interaction is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-04-21 Han Yuea , Huyue Yan , Kai Huang

The propagation of dissipationless, hydromagnetic, non-WKB, purely toroidal Alfv\'en waves in a realistic background three-fluid solar wind with axial symmetry and differential proton-alpha flow is investigated. The wave equations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Bo Li , Xing Li

The nonlinear dynamics of circularly polarized dispersive Alfv{\'e}n wave (AW) envelopes coupled to the driven ion sound waves of plasma slow response is studied in a uniform magnetoplasma. By restricting the wave dynamics to a few number…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-03-07 S. Roy , A. Roy , A. P. Misra

Particle-In-Cell (kinetic) simulations of shear Alfv\'en wave interaction with one dimensional, across the uniform magnetic field, density inhomogeneity (phase mixing) in collisionless plasma were performed for the first time. As a result a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 David Tsiklauri , Jun-Ichi Sakai , Shinji Saito

Using a three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation, we have reproduced the fast solar wind in a direct and self-consistent manner, based on the wave/turbulence driven scenario. As a natural consequence of Alfvenic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 Munehito Shoda , Takeru Ken Suzuki , Mahboubeh Asgari-Targhi , Takaaki Yokoyama

The solar wind emanates from the hot and tenuous solar corona. Earlier studies using 1.5 dimensional simulations show that Alfv\'{e}n waves generated in the photosphere play an important role in coronal heating through the process of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Takuma Matsumoto , Takeru Ken Suzuki

Particles ejected from the Sun that stream through the surrounding plasma of the solar wind are causing instabilities. These generate wavemodes in a certain frequency range especially within shock regions, where particles are accelerated.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Sebastian Lange , Felix Spanier

A pair of nonlinear diffusion equations in Fourier space} is used to study the dynamics of strong Alfv\'en-wave turbulence, from MHD to electron scales. Special attention is paid to the regime of imbalance between the energies of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-12-12 George Miloshevich , Thierry Passot , Pierre-Louis Sulem

In space and astrophysical plasmas, turbulence is responsible for transferring energy from large scales driven by violent events or instabilities, to smaller scales where turbulent energy is ultimately converted into plasma heat by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 J. L. Verniero , G. G. Howes , K. G. Klein