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A recent analysis has suggested that the heating of plasma loops in the solar corona depends not just on the Poynting flux but also on processes yet to be identified. This discovery reflects and refines earlier questions such as, why and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-16 P. G. Judge , N. P. M. Kuin

We present a detailed analysis of a reflecting intensity perturbation in a large coronal loop that appeared as sloshing oscillation and lasted for at least one and a half periods. The perturbation is initiated by a microflare at one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Fanxiaoyu Xia , Tongjiang Wang , Yang Su , Jie Zhao , Qingmin Zhang , Astrid M. Veronig , Weiqun Gan

The compact laboratory stand ``Solar Wind'' (Inst. Appl. Phys. of Russ. Acad. Sci.) forms an arch structure of the coronal loop type, in which the plasma pressure varies from zero to values of the order of and above the magnetic pressure.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Sergey A. Koryagin , Mikhail E. Viktorov

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

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

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

We present a 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a systematically rotating prominence inside its coronal cavity using the open-source \texttt{MPI-AMRVAC} code. Our simulation starts from a non-adiabatic, gravitationally…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-28 Valeriia Liakh , Rony Keppens

Cool, dense condensations such as coronal rain and prominences suggest that coronal plasma can undergo runaway radiative cooling. Connecting this behaviour to linear thermal modes requires us to fully understand the deeper connection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-28 Adrian Kelly , Rony Keppens , Jordi De Jonghe

We analyzed AIA/SDO high-cadence images in all bands, HMI/SDO data, soft X-ray images from SXI/GOES-15, and Halpha images from the GONG network. We detected umbral brightenings that were visible in all AIA bands as well as in Halpha.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 C. E. Alissandrakis , S. Patsourakos

Large-amplitude decaying kink oscillations of coronal loops are strongly influenced by nonlinear processes, such as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) and turbulence, though comprehensive theory and observational confirmation remain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-13 Sihui Zhong , Andrew Hillier , Iñigo Arregui

Coronal loops are plasma structures in the solar atmosphere with temperatures reaching millions of Kelvin, shaped and sustained by the magnetic field. However, their morphology and fundamental nature remain subjects of debate. By studying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 N. Vasantharaju , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , S. Mandal

There is evidence that coronal heating is highly intermittent, and flares are the high energy extreme. The properties of the heat pulses are difficult to constrain. Here hydrodynamic loop modeling shows that several large amplitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 F. Reale

Aims: To study the presence of superoscillations in coronal magnetoacoustic waves and its possible role in heating coronal loops through the strong and localized gradients they generate on the wave. Methods: An analytic model is built for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 A. López Ariste , M. Facchin

We present measurements of periodicity for transverse loop oscillations during the periods of activity of two remote and separated (both temporally and spatially) flares. The oscillations are observed in the same location more than 100 Mm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-08 Sandra M. Conde C , Rekha Jain , Vera Jatenco-Pereira

The cross sections of solar coronal loops are suggested to be rarely circular. We examine linear kink oscillations in straight, density-enhanced, magnetic cylinders with elliptical cross-sections by solving the three-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Mingzhe Guo , Bo Li , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Standing long-period (with the periods longer than several minutes) oscillations in large hot (with the temperature higher than 3 MK) coronal loops have been observed as the quasi-periodic modulation of the EUV and microwave intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Sanjay Kumar , V. M. Nakariakov , Y. -J. Moon

Transverse magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere and may be responsible for generating the Sun's million-degree outer atmosphere. However, direct evidence of the dissipation process and heating from these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Patrick Antolin , Takenori J. Okamoto , Bart De Pontieu , Han Uitenbroek , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Takaaki Yokoyama

We show that the coronal heating and the fast solar wind acceleration in the coronal holes are natural consequence of the footpoint fluctuations of the magnetic fields at the photosphere, by performing one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

One of the proposed damping mechanisms of coronal (transverse) loop oscillations in the kink-mode is resonant absorption as a result of the Alfven speed variation at the outer boundary of coronal loops. Analytical expressions for the period…

Coronal plasma in the cores of solar active regions is impulsively heated to more than 5 MK. The nature and location of the magnetic energy source responsible for such impulsive heating is poorly understood. Using observations of seven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-21 L. P. Chitta , H. Peter , E. R. Priest , S. K. Solanki