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Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves have been observed frequently in solar coronal flux tubes, which makes them a great tool for seismology of the solar corona. Here, the effect of viscosity is studied on the evolution of kink waves. To…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-12 Zanyar Ebrahimi , Roberto Soler , Kayoomars Karami

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

Electromagnetic wave lensing, a common physical phenomenon recognized in visible light for centuries, finds extensive applications in manipulating light in optical systems such as telescopes and cameras. Magnetohydrodynamic wave is a common…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-19 Xinping Zhou , Yuandeng Shen , Ding Yuan , Rony Keppens , Xiaozhou Zhao , Libo Fu , Zehao Tang , Jiaoyang Wang , Chengrui Zhou

Recent observations show a variety of oscillation modes in the corona. Early non-imaging observations in radio wavelengths showed a number of fast-period oscillations in the order of seconds, which have been interpreted as fast sausage mode…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus J. Aschwanden

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

Recently, the availability of new high-spatial and -temporal resolution observations of the solar photosphere has allowed the study of the oscillations in small magnetic elements. Small magnetic elements have been found to host a rich…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 M. Stangalini , F. Berrilli , G. Consolini

The solar atmosphere may be heated by Alfven waves that propagate up from the convection zone and dissipate their energy in the chromosphere and corona. To further test this theory, we consider wave heating in an active region observed on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Asgari-Targhi , A. A. van Ballegooijen , S. R. Cranmer , E. E. DeLuca

Recent observations have demonstrated that waves which are capable of carrying large amounts of energy are ubiquitous throughout the solar corona. However, the question of how this wave energy is dissipated (on which time and length scales)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Jiajia Liu , Scott W. McIntosh , Ineke De Moortel , James Threlfall , Christian Bethge

This short review paper gives an overview of recently observed transverse, propagating velocity perturbations in coronal loops. These ubiquitous perturbations are observed to undergo strong damping as they propagate. Using 3D numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-06 I. De Moortel , D. J. Pascoe , A. N. Wright , A. W. Hood

This Letter presents a calculation of the power spectra of weakly turbulent Alfven waves and fast magnetosonic waves ("fast waves") in low-beta plasmas. It is shown that three-wave interactions transfer energy to high-frequency fast waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

This paper separately evaluates the effects of inclination and asymmetry of solar coronal loops on the resonant absorption of kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillations. We modelled a typical coronal loop by a straight and axisymmetric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-06 Sirwan Amiri , Kayoomars Karami , Zanyar Ebrahimi

The importance of the chromosphere in the mass and energy transport within the solar atmosphere is now widely recognised. This review discusses the physics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and instabilities in large-scale chromospheric…

In the near future, Parker Solar Probe will put theories about the dynamics and nature of the transition between the solar corona and the solar wind to stringent tests. The most popular mechanism aimed to explain the dynamics of the nascent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Magyar , V. M. Nakariakov

(abridged) We investigate how the properties of the corona and solar wind in the open coronal holes depend on the properties of the magnetic fields and their footpoint motions at the surface, by perfoming 1D MHD simulations from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The detection of multiple mode harmonic kink oscillations in coronal loops enables to obtain information on coronal density stratification and magnetic field expansion using seismology inversion techniques. The inference is based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 I. Arregui , A. Asensio Ramos , A. J. Diaz

We study the propagation properties of slow magneto-acoustic waves in a multi-thermal coronal loop using a 3D MHD model, for the first time. A bundle of 33 vertical cylinders, each of 100{\,}km radius, randomly distributed over a circular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-06 S. Krishna Prasad , T. Van Doorsselaere

Coronal loops trace out bipolar, arch-like magnetic fields above the Sun's surface. Recent measurements that combine rotational tomography, extreme ultraviolet imaging, and potential-field extrapolation have shown the existence of large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Avery J. Schiff , Steven R. Cranmer

A possible key element for large-scale energy release in the solar corona is an MHD kink instability in a single twisted magnetic flux tube. An initial helical current sheet fragments in a turbulent way into smaller-scale sheets, similarly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-04 G. Cozzo , J. Reid , P. Pagano , F. Reale , A. W. Hood

A three-dimensional MHD model for the propagation and dissipation of Alfven waves in a coronal loop is developed. The model includes the lower atmospheres at the two ends of the loop. The waves originate on small spatial scales (less than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. A. van Ballegooijen , M. Asgari-Targhi , S. R. Cranmer , E. E. DeLuca

A detailed analysis of a coronal loop oscillation event is presented, using data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) for the first time. The loop oscillation event occurred on 2010 Oct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Markus J. Aschwanden , Carolus J. Schrijver