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The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is a nonlinear shear-driven instability that develops at the interface between shear flows in plasmas. KHI has been inferred in various astrophysical plasmas and has been observed in situ at the…

We study here the arising of Kelvin--Helmholtz Instability (KHI) in one fast jet of 2014 April 16 observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in different UV and EUV wavelengths. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 M. Bogdanova , I. Zhelyazkov , R. Joshi , R. Chandra

Recent observations support the propagation of a number of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes which, under some conditions, can become unstable and the developing instability is the Kelvin--Helmholtz instability (KHI). In its nonlinear stage…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-28 Ivan Zhelyazkov , Ramesh Chandra , Reetika Joshi

Magnetohydrodynamic kink waves naturally form as a consequence of perturbations to a structured medium, for example transverse oscillations of coronal loops. Linear theory has provided many insights in the evolution of linear oscillations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-26 Andrew Hillier , Iñigo Arregui , Takeshi Matsumoto

The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (KHI) has been observed in the solar atmosphere. Ion-neutral collisions may play a relevant role for the growth rate and evolution of the KHI in solar partially ionized plasmas as in, e.g., solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Soler , A. J. Diaz , J. L. Ballester , M. Goossens

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) can occur when there is a relative motion between two adjacent fluids. In the case of magnetized plasma, the shear velocity must exceed the local Alfv\'{e}n speed for the instability to develop. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Leon Ofman , Olga Khabarova , Ryun-Yong Kwon , Yogesh , Eyal Heifetz , Katariina Nykyri

Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is a basic physical process in fluids and magnetized plasmas, with applications successfully modelling e.g. exponentially growing instabilities observed at magnetospheric and heliospheric boundaries, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-10 Xiaohong Li , Jun Zhang , Shuhong Yang , Yijun Hou , Robert Erdelyi

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 quantify the effects of twisted magnetic fields on the development of the magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in transversely oscillating coronal loops. Methods: We modelled a fundamental standing kink mode in a straight,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Patrick Antolin

Context: In the context of the solar coronal heating problem, one possible explanation for the high coronal temperature is the release of energy by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. The energy transfer is believed to be possible, among…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Michaël Geeraerts , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Using data obtained by the high resolution CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter instrument on the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, we investigate the dynamics and stability of quiet-Sun chromospheric jets observed at disk center. Small-scale…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 D. Kuridze , T. V. Zaqarashvili , V. Henriques , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan , A. Hanslmeier

Hydrodynamical instabilities are believed to power some of the small scale (0.1-10 pc) turbulence and chemical mixing in the interstellar medium. Identifying such instabilities has always been difficult but recent observations of a wavelike…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Olivier Berne , Yosuke Matsumoto

We report on a three-dimensional MHD numerical experiment of a small scale coronal mass ejection (CME) -like eruption propagating though a non-magnetized solar atmosphere. We find that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) develops at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 P. Syntelis , P. Antolin

The nonlinear magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHi), and the turbulence it creates, appears in many astrophysical systems. This includes those systems where the local plasma conditions are such that the plasma is not fully ionised,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Andrew Hillier

Context. The magnetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) has been proposed as a means of generating magnetohy- drodynamic turbulence and encouraging wave energy dissipation in the solar corona, particularly within transversely oscillating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , David Pontin

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

Context. Recent observations of solar prominences show the presence of turbulent flows that may be caused by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilites (KHI). However, the observed flow velocities are below the classical threshold for the onset of KHI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 David Martínez-Gómez , Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas

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

The main aim of this submission is to investigate the effects of some parameters like wave number, shear velocity, magnetic field and temperature for the growth rate of the magnetized Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) with incessant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Huseyin Cavus , G. A. Hoshoudy

The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability has been proposed as a mechanism to extract energy from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves in flux tubes, and to drive dissipation of this wave energy through turbulence. It is therefore a potentially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Andrew Hillier , Adrian Barker , Iñigo Arregui , Henrik Latter
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