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Using the quantum Markovian master equation, we show that convection in the stellar photosphere generates plasma waves by an irreversible process akin to Zeldovich superradiance and sonic booms. In the Sun, this mechanism is most efficient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-08 Robert Alicki , Alejandro Jenkins

Context: The mechanism behind the heating of the solar chromosphere remains unclear. Friction between neutrals and charges is expected to contribute to plasma heating in a partially ionised plasma (PIP). Aims: We aim to study the efficiency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-17 M. M. Gómez Míguez , D. Martínez-Gómez , E. Khomenko , B. Popescu Braileanu , M. Collados , P. S. Cally

Towards the high galactic latitude sky, the far-infrared (FIR) intensity is tightly correlated to the total hydrogen column density which is made up of atomic (HI) and molecular hydrogen (H$_{2})$. Above a certain column density threshold,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Tobias Röhser , Jürgen Kerp , Benjamin Winkel , Francois Boulanger , Guilaine Lagache

Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are ubiquitous in space plasmas and a main component of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the heliosphere. As pump waves they are prone to parametric instability by which they can generate cyclotron and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-01-16 Eckart Marsch , Daniel Verscharen

Linear properties of kinetic Alfv\'{e}n waves (KAWs) and kinetic slow waves (KSWs) are studied in the framework of two-fluid magnetohydrodynamics. We obtain the wave dispersion relations that are valid in a wide range of the wave frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-16 J. S. Zhao , Y. Voitenko , M. Y. Yu , J. Y. Lu , D. J Wu

A standard prediction of galaxy formation theory is that the ionizing background suppresses galaxy formation in haloes with peak circular velocities smaller than Vpeak ~ 20 km/s, rendering the majority of haloes below this scale completely…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-07 Andrew S. Graus , James S. Bullock , Tyler Kelley , Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Shea Garrison-Kimmel , Yuewen Qi

We theoretically investigate the interplay between magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and shear flows in a partially ionized solar plasma, focusing on the energy exchange mediated by the flow and the transformation between wave modes. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 Miquel Cantallops , Roberto Soler

In this paper, results of 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical simulations are reported for the magnetic reconnection of non-perfectly antiparallel magnetic fields. The magnetic field has a component perpendicular to the computational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Hiromitsu Kigure , Kunio Takahashi , Kazunari Shibata , Takaaki Yokoyama , Satoshi Nozawa

The far-infrared - radio correlation connects star formation and magnetic fields in galaxies, and has been confirmed over a large range of far-infrared luminosities. Recent investigations indicate that it may even hold in the regime of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-28 Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Rainer Beck

The well-observed acoustic halo is an enhancement in time-averaged Doppler velocity and intensity power with respect to quiet-sun values which is prominent for weak and highly inclined field around the penumbra of sunspots and active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Carlos Rijs , S. P. Rajaguru , Damien Przybylski , Hamed Moradi , Paul S. Cally , Sergiy Shelyag

The nature of solar wind (SW) turbulence below the proton gyroscale is a topic that is being investigated extensively nowadays. Although recent observations gave evidence of the dominance of Kinetic Alfv\'en Waves (KAW) at sub-ion scales…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Fouad Sahraoui , Gérard Belmont , Melvyn Goldstein

We solve numerically the ideal MHD equations with an external gravitational field in 2D in order to study the effects of impulsively generated linear and non-linear Alfv\'en waves into isolated solar arcades and coronal funnels. We analyze…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 J. J. Gonzalez-Aviles , F. S. Guzman

A likely candidate mechanism to heat the solar corona and solar wind is low-frequency "Alfv\'enic" turbulence sourced by magnetic fluctuations near the solar surface. Depending on its properties, such turbulence can heat different species…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-17 Jonathan Squire , Romain Meyrand , Matthew W. Kunz

We present a comprehensive review of MHD wave behaviour in the neighbourhood of coronal null points: locations where the magnetic field, and hence the local Alfven speed, is zero. The behaviour of all three MHD wave modes, i.e. the Alfven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-30 J. A. McLaughlin , A. W. Hood , I. De Moortel

Collisionless dissipation of turbulence is important for heating plasmas in astrophysical, space physics, and laboratory environments, controlling energy, momentum and particle transport. We analyze Parker Solar Probe observations to…

Context: Compensated-current systems are established in response to hot ion beams in terrestrial foreshock regions, around supernova remnants, and in other space and astrophysical plasmas. Aims: We study a non-resonant reactive instability…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-08-08 Pavlo Malovichko , Yuriy Voitenko , Johan De Keyser

We present the formation of quasi-periodic cool spicule-like jets in the solar atmosphere using 2.5-D numerical simulation in two-fluid regime (ions+neutrals) under the presence of thermal conduction and ion-neutral collision. The…

Parker Solar Probe measurements have recently shown that coherent fast magnetosonic and Alfv\'{e}n ion-cyclotron waves are abundant in the solar wind and can be accompanied by higher-frequency electrostatic fluctuations. In this letter we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-26 I. Y. Vasko , F. S. Mozer , T. Bowen , J. Verniero , X. An , A. V. Artemyev , J. W. Bonnell , J. Halekas , I. V. Kuzichev

The radio emission anomaly coincident with the 2016 glitch of the Vela pulsar may be caused by a star quake that launches Alfv\'{e}n waves into the magnetosphere, disturbing the original radio emitting region. To quantify the lifetime of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 Yajie Yuan , Yuri Levin , Ashley Bransgrove , Alexander Philippov

The problem of solar chromospheric heating remains a challenging one with wider implications for stellar physics. Several studies in the recent past have shown that small-scale inclined magnetic field elements channel copious amount of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-14 S. P. Rajaguru , C. R. Sangeetha , Durgesh Tripathi