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Transverse MHD waves permeate the solar atmosphere and are a candidate for coronal heating. However, the origin of these waves is still unclear. In this work, we analyse coordinated observations from \textit{Hinode}/SOT and \textit{IRIS} of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Patrick Antolin , Paolo Pagano , Ineke De Moortel , Valery M. Nakariakov

We present a model of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the extended solar corona that contains the effects of collisionless dissipation and anisotropic particle heating. Measurements made by UVCS/SOHO have revived interest in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

The Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability is commonly found in many astrophysical, laboratory, and space plasmas. It could mix plasma components of different properties and convert dynamic fluid energy from large scale structure to smaller…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Ding Yuan , Yuandeng Shen , Yu Liu , Xueshang Feng , Rony Keppens

There is considerable observational evidence of implosion of magnetic loop systems inside solar coronal active regions following high energy events like solar flares. In this work, we propose that such collapse can be modeled in three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Aveek Sarkar , Bhargav Vaidya , Soumitra Hazra , Jishnu Bhattacharyya

Decayless kink oscillations are frequently observed in solar coronal loops and are considered potential contributors to coronal heating. Despite the ubiquity of this wave phenomenon, its driving mechanism remains unclear. Studies to derive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Sudip Mandal , Cosima Breu , Hardi Peter

Twisted magnetic fields should be ubiquitous in flare-producing active regions where the magnetic fields are strongly non-potential. It has been shown that reconnection in helical magnetic coronal loops results in plasma heating and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 R. F. Pinto , M. Gordovskyy , P. K. Browning , N. Vilmer

Context. Slow waves in solar coronal loops are strongly damped. The current theory of damping by thermal conduction cannot explain some observational features.\n Aims. We investigate the propagation of slow waves in a coronal loop built up…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-19 Tom Van Doorsselaere , S. Krishna Prasad , Vaibhav Pant , Dipankar Banerjee , Alan Hood

A large part of the hot corona consists of magnetically confined, bright plasma loops. These observed loops are in turn structured into bright strands. We investigate the relationship between magnetic field geometry, plasma properties and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-22 C. A. Breu , D. I. Pontin , E. Priest , I. De Moortel

Spectral properties of the turbulent cascade from fluid to kinetic scales in collisionless plasmas are investigated by means of large-size three-dimensional (3D) hybrid (fluid electrons, kinetic protons) particle-in-cell simulations.…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Luca Franci , Simone Landi , Andrea Verdini , Lorenzo Matteini , Petr Hellinger

We aim to study the influence of radiative cooling on the standing kink oscillations of a coronal loop. Using the FLASH code, we solved the 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations. Our model consists of a straight, density enhanced and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-30 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere , A. Marcu

Observations show that transverse magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and flows are often simultaneously present in magnetic loops of the solar corona. The waves are resonantly damped in the Alfv\'en continuum because of plasma and/or magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Roberto Soler

Recent observations with the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on the SDO spacecraft have revealed the existence of decayless coronal kink oscillations. These transverse oscillations are not connected to any external phenomena…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-06 K. Karampelas , T. Van Doorsselaere , D. J. Pascoe , M. Guo , P. Antolin

Turbulent plasma motion is common in the universe, and invoked in solar flares to drive effective acceleration leading to high energy electrons. Unresolved mass motions are frequently detected in flares from extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Wenzhi Ruan , Limei Yan , Rony Keppens

Aims. We investigate the formation of small scales and the dissipation of MHD wave energy through non-linear interactions of counter-propagating, phase-mixed Alfvenic waves in a complex magnetic field. Methods. We conducted fully 3-D,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Jack Reid

The aim of this work is to investigate and characterise non-thermal particle behaviour in a three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) model of unstable multi-threaded flaring coronal loops. We have used a numerical scheme which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 J. Threlfall , A. W. Hood , P. K. Browning

In the past few years observations by high-resolution space imaging telescopes and spectrometers have confirmed that a great variety of MHD waves are supported in the solar corona of a low-beta plasma and fine structure. MHD waves are an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tongjiang Wang

In the present review article, we discuss the recent developments in studying the Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH) instability of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves propagating in various solar magnetic structures. The main description is on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 I. Zhelyazkov

The collective transverse coronal loop oscillations seem to be detected in the observational studies. In this regard, Luna et al. (2009, ApJ, 692, 1582) modeled the collective kinklike normal modes of several cylindrical loops system using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-02 Narges Fathalian , Hossein Safari

We present numerical studies of the nonlinear, resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) evolution of coronal loops. For these simulations we assume that the loops carry no net current, as might be expected if the loop had evolved due to vortex…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. D. Arber , A. W. Longbottom , R. A. M. Van der Linden

The corona of the Sun is dominated by emission from loop-like structures. When observed in X-ray or extreme ultraviolet emission, these million K hot coronal loops show a more or less constant cross section. In this study we show how the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 H. Peter , S. Bingert