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It is well established now that the solar atmosphere, from photosphere to the corona and the solar wind is a highly structured medium. Satellite observations have confirmed the presence of steady flows. Here, we investigate the parallel…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 I. Zhelyazkov

Using spatio-temporal spectra we show direct evidence of excitation of magnetosonic and Alfv\'en waves in three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at small Mach numbers. For the plasma pressure dominated regime, or high…

Phase mixing of standing continuum Alfv\'en waves and/or continuum slow waves in atmospheric magnetic structures such as coronal arcades can create the apparent effect of a wave propagating across the magnetic field. We observe a prominence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 J. O. Raes , T. Van Doorsselaere , M. Baes , A. N. Wright

In this paper, we study the weakly-compressive high-frequency plasma waves which are superposed on a large-amplitude Alfv\'en wave in a multi-fluid plasma consisting of protons, electrons, and alpha particles. For these waves, the plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-01-16 Daniel Verscharen , Eckart Marsch

Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) Alfv\'en waves have been a focus of laboratory plasma physics and astrophysics for over half a century. Their unique nature makes them ideal energy transporters, and while the solar atmosphere provides…

Magnetic reconnection in the solar corona is thought to be unstable to the formation of multiple interacting plasmoids, and previous studies have shown that plasmoid dynamics can trigger MHD waves of different modes propagating outward from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-25 Elena Provornikova , J. Martin Laming , Vyacheslav S. Lukin

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

The propagation of shear Alfven wave packets in inhomogeneous magnetic fields, at the origin of their distortion, regardless of the occurrence of non-linear coupling, is considered. It is shown that the distortion mechanism can be regarded…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-23 Nicolas Bian , David Tsiklauri

The generation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and their instabilities are studied in galactic gaseous rotating plasmas with the effects of the magnetic field, the self gravity, the diffusion-convection of cosmic rays as well as the gas…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-11-07 Jyoti Turi , A. P. Misra

Phase-mixing of Alfv\'en waves in the solar corona has been identified as one possible candidate to explain coronal heating. While this scenario is supported by observations of ubiquitous oscillations in the corona carrying sufficient wave…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-17 Paolo Pagano , Ineke De Moortel

Phase mixing has long been understood to be a viable mechanism for expediting the dissipation of Alfv\'en wave energy resulting in the subsequent heating of the solar atmosphere. To fulfil the conditions necessary for phase mixing to occur,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Max McMurdo , Istvan Ballai , Gary Verth , Viktor Fedun

Mode conversion in the region where the sound and Alfven speeds are equal is a complex process, which has been studied both analytically and numerically, and has been seen in observations. In order to further the understanding of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-04 A. M. Dee McDougall , Alan W. Hood

Rockets and satellites have previously observed small-scale Alfv\'en waves inside large-scale downward field-aligned currents and numerical simulations have associated their formation with self-consistent magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-04-05 Alexander J. B. Russell , Andrew N. Wright

Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are ubiquitous in space plasmas and a main component of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the heliosphere. As pump waves they are prone to parametric instability by which they can generate cyclotron and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-01-16 Eckart Marsch , Daniel Verscharen

We investigate dispersive and kinetic effects on the evolution of a two-dimensional kinked Alfv\'en wave packet by comparing results from MHD, Hall-MHD and hybrid simulations of a low-$\beta$ plasma. We find that the Hall term determines…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Anna Tenerani , Carlos González , Nikos Sioulas , Chen Shi , Marco Velli

Interaction of Alfven waves with plasma inhomogeneities generates phase mixing which can lead to dissipate Alfven waves and to heat the solar plasma. Here we study the dissipation of Alfven waves by phase mixing due to viscosity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Z. Fazel , H. Ebadi

Parametric instability of Alfv\'en wave packets with monochromatic carrier wave in low-$\beta$ plasma is studied using one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The results show spatial growth of incoming perturbations as they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 S. S Komissarov

The motivation for this study is to include the effect of plasma flow in Alfv\'en wave (AW) damping via phase mixing and to explore the observational implications. Our magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations and analytical calculations show…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-03 D. Tsiklauri

The aim of the present study is to shed light on the effects connected with thermal misbalance due to non-equal cooling and heating rates induced by density and temperature perturbations in solar active regions hosting either propagating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-21 S. A. Belov , S. Vasheghani Farahani , N. E. Molevich

Alfv\'en waves may be generated via mode conversion from fast magneto-acoustic waves near their reflection level in the solar atmosphere, with implications both for coronal oscillations and for active region helio-seismology. In active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Paul S. Cally , Shelley C. Hansen