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Context. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. In magnetic waveguides resonant absorption due to plasma inhomogeneity naturally transfers wave energy from large-scale motions to small-scale motions. In the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Soler , J. Andries , M. Goossens

Kink oscillations are ubiquitously observed in solar coronal loops, their understanding being crucial in the contexts of coronal seismology and atmospheric heating. We study kink modes supported by a straight coronal loop embeded in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-20 Mijie Shi , Bo Li , Shengju Yuan

Context: Magnetic null points are associated with high-energy coronal phenomena such as solar flares and are often sites of reconnection and particle acceleration. Dynamic twisting of a magnetic null point can generate a Kelvin-Helmholtz…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 James Quinn , David MacTaggart , Radostin Simitev

The heating of the lower solar corona is examined using numerical simulations and theoretical models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in open magnetic regions. A turbulent energy cascade to small length scales perpendicular to the mean…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Dmitruk , W. H. Matthaeus , L. J. Milano , S. Oughton , G. P. Zank , D. J. Mullan

We perform magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to investigate the propagation of Alfven wave in magnetic chromosphere. We use the 1.5-dimensional expanding flux tube geometry setting and transverse perturbation at the bottom to generate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-13 Yikang Wang , Takaaki Yokoyama

We use MHD simulations to detect the nonlinear effects of torsional Alfv\'en wave propagation in a potential magnetic field with exponentially divergent field lines, embedded in a stratified solar corona. In Paper I we considered solutions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-10 Callum Boocock , David Tsiklauri

Coronal loops act as resonant cavities for low frequency fluctuations that are transmitted from the deeper layers of the solar atmosphere and are amplified in the corona, triggering nonlinear interactions. However trapping is not perfect,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrea Verdini , Roland Grappin , Marco Velli

There are ubiquitous flows observed in the solar atmosphere of sub-Alfv\'{e}nic speeds, however after flaring and coronal mass ejection events flows can become Alfv\'{e}nic. In this Letter, we derive an expression for the standing kink mode…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. Terradas , I. Arregui , G. Verth , M. Goossens

Alfv\'enic waves are considered a key contributor to the energy flux that powers the Sun's corona, with theoretical models demonstrating their potential to explain coronal EUV and X-ray emission and the acceleration of the solar wind.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 R. J. Morton , R. Soler

We report the first experimental detection of a reflected Alfv\'en wave from an Alfv\'en-speed gradient under conditions similar to those in coronal holes. The experiments were conducted in the Large Plasma Device at the University of…

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 origin and evolution of the 1/f power law observed in the energy spectrum of solar coronal and solar wind fluctuations at scales of around an hour is not entirely understood. Several existing theories aim at explaining it, involving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere

We investigate the interplay of phase mixing and the nonlinear turbulent cascade in the evolution and dissipation of Alfv\'en waves using compressible magnetohydrodynamics numerical simulations. We consider perturbations in the form of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Claudio Meringolo , Francesco Pucci , Giuseppe Nisticò , Oreste Pezzi , Sergio Servidio , Francesco Malara

We present a new version of the Alfven Wave Solar Model (AWSoM), a global model from the upper chromosphere to the corona and the heliosphere. The coronal heating and solar wind acceleration are addressed with low-frequency Alfven wave…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Bart van der Holst , Igor V. Sokolov , Xing Meng , Meng Jin , Ward B. Manchester , Gabor Toth , Tamas I. Gombosi

Propagating transverse waves are thought to be a key transporter of Poynting flux throughout the Sun's atmosphere. Recent studies have shown that these transverse motions, interpreted as the magnetohydrodynamic kink mode, are prevalent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Richard J. Morton , Ajay K. Tiwari , Tom Van Doorsselaere , James A. McLaughlin

We consider a series of MHD simulations in which a small amplitude, transverse velocity perturbation is introduced into a complex magnetic field. We analysed the deformation of the wave fronts as the perturbation propagates through the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Jack Reid , Alan Hood

Recent observations show cool, oscillating prominence threads fading when observed in cool spectral lines and appearing in warm spectral lines. A proposed mechanism to explain this evolution is that the threads were heated by turbulence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Andrew Hillier , Inigo Arregui

Lim et al. (2023) have recently proposed that the slope ($\delta$) of the power law distribution between the energy flux and oscillation frequency could determine whether high-frequency transverse oscillations give a dominant contribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Daye Lim , Tom Van Doorsselaere , David Berghmans , Elena Petrova

Ever since their detection two decades ago, standing kink oscillations in coronal loops have been extensively studied both observationally and theoretically. Almost all driven coronal loop oscillations (e.g., by flares) are observed to damp…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-31 C. J. Nelson , A. A. Shukhobodskiy , R. Erdélyi , M. Mathioudakis

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
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