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In this Letter we establish clear evidence for the resonant absorption damping mechanism by analyzing observational data from the novel Coronal Multi-Channel Polarimeter (CoMP). This instrument has established that in the solar corona there…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 G. Verth , M. Goossens , J. Terradas

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

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

The Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) has opened up exciting opportunities to probe transverse MHD waves in the Sun's corona. The archive of CoMP data is utilised to generate a catalogue of quiescent coronal loops that can be used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Ajay K. Tiwari , Richard J. Morton , James A. McLaughlin

It has been shown that resonant absorption is a robust physical mechanism to explain the observed damping of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves in the solar atmosphere due to naturally occurring plasma inhomogeneity in the direction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas , Gary Verth , Marcel Goossens

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

Kink oscillations of a coronal loop are observed and studied in detail because they provide a unique probe into the structure of coronal loops through MHD seismology and a potential test of coronal heating through the phase-mixing of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 P. Pagano , D. J. Pascoe , I. De Moortel

Alfv\'enic waves have been proposed as an important energy transport mechanism in coronal loops, capable of delivering energy to both the corona and chromosphere and giving rise to many observed features, of flaring and quiescent regions.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 Jeffrey W. Reep , Alexander J. B. Russell , Lucas A. Tarr , James E. Leake

The propagation and the evolution of Alfvenic pulses in the solar coronal arcades is investigated by means of MHD numerical simulations. Significant transverse oscillations in coronal loops, triggered by nearby flare events, are often…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Luca Del Zanna , Eveline Schaekens , Marco Velli

A comprehensive understanding of solar coronal heating and charged particle acceleration remains one of the most critical challenges in space and astrophysical plasma physics. In this study, we explore the contribution of Alfv\'en waves,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Syed Ayaz , Gary P. Zank , Imran A. Khan , Yeimy J. Rivera , Andreas Shalchi , L. -L. Zhao

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

Coronal waves are an important aspect of the dynamics of the plasma in the corona. Wavefront dislocations are topological features of most waves in nature and also of magnetohydrodynamic waves. Are there dislocations in coronal waves? The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-22 A. López Ariste , M. Luna , I. Arregui , E. Khomenko , M. Collados

The source of the non-thermal energy required for the heating of the upper solar atmosphere to temperatures in excess of a million degrees and the acceleration of the solar wind to hundreds of kilometres per second is still unclear. One…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 R. J. Morton , G. Verth , A. Hillier , R. Erdélyi

The coronal heating problem remains a fundamental challenge in solar physics. While AWSoM-type models (Alfv\'en Wave Solar Model) have proven highly successful in reproducing the large-scale structure of the solar corona, they inherently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 M. McMurdo , T. Van Doorsselaere , N. Magyar , L. Banovic , D. Lim

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

We present a method to assess the plausibility of alternative mechanisms to explain the damping of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) transverse waves in solar coronal loops. The considered mechanisms are resonant absorption of kink waves in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-12 M. Montes-Solís , I. Arregui

Context. Kink waves are routinely observed in coronal loops. Resonant absorption is a well-accepted mechanism that extracts energy from kink waves. Nonlinear kink waves are know to be affected by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. However,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 N. Magyar , T. Duckenfield , T. Van Doorsselaere , V. M. Nakariakov

Being directly observed in the Doppler shift and imaging data and indirectly as quasi-periodic pulsations in solar and stellar flares, slow magnetoacoustic waves offer an important seismological tool for probing many vital parameters of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Valery M. Nakariakov

Radio signals propagating via the solar corona and solar wind are significantly affected by compressive waves, impacting properties of solar bursts as well as sources viewed through the turbulent solar atmosphere. While static fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Francesco Azzollini , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar

There is observational evidence of propagating kink waves driven by photospheric motions. These disturbances, interpreted as kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are attenuated as they propagate upwards in the solar corona. In this paper we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 J. Terradas , M. Goossens , G. Verth
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