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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

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

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

We present observations of the formation, propagation and decay of vortex- shaped features in coronal images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) associated with an eruption starting at about 2:30UT on Apr 8, 2010. The series of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Leon Ofman , Barbara J. Thompson

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

The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a coronal mass ejection with an embedded filament on 2011 February 24, reavealing quasi-periodic vortex-like structures at the northern side of the filament…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-23 U. V. Möstl , M. Temmer , A. M. Veronig

We model an imaged Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability on a coronal mass ejecta (CME) in the lower corona by investigating conditions under which kink ($m = 1$) and $m = -3$ magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes in an uniformly twisted flux tube…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-28 I. Zhelyazkov , T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Chandra

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 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…

Observations show various jets in the solar atmosphere with significant rotational motions, which may undergo instabilities leading to heat ambient plasma. We study the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability of twisted and rotating jets caused…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 T. V. Zaqarashvili , I. Zhelyazkov , L. Ofman

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 linear MHD Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in an anisotropic plasma concerning the direction of an external magnetic field is examined in detail. For this purpose, the MHD equations are used to describe the motion of plasma as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-12 N. S. Dzhalilov , R. Ismayilli

Recent high resolution AIA/SDO images show evidence of the development of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) expand in the ambient corona. A large-scale magnetic field mostly tangential to the interface is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-15 Daniel O. Gomez , Edward E. DeLuca , Pablo D. Mininni

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

In the highly structured solar corona, resonant absorption is an unavoidable mechanism of energy transfer from global transverse MHD waves to local azimuthal Alfv\'en waves. Due to its localised nature, a direct detection of this mechanism…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Patrick Antolin , Ineke De Moortel , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Takaaki Yokoyama

We investigate the conditions under which the fluting ($m = 2$), $m = 3$, and $m = 12$ magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes in a uniformly twisted flux tube moving along its axis become unstable in order to model the Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-13 I. Zhelyazkov , T. V. Zaqarashvili , L. Ofman , R. Chandra

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

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

In the present paper, we study the evolutionary conditions for Kelvin--Helmholtz (KH) instability in a high-temperature solar surge observed in NOAA AR11271 using the Solar Dynamics Observatory data on 2011 August 25. We study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 I. Zhelyazkov , R. Chandra , A. K. Srivastava , T. Mishonov

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
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