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The effects of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) on the evolution of Alfv\'enic turbulence in the solar wind are studied using MHD simulations incorporating the expanding-box-model (EBM). The simulations show that near the HCS, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 Chen Shi , Marco Velli , Anna Tenerani , Victor Réville , Franco Rappazzo

We analyse the effects of the propagating Alfv\'en waves, arising due to non-zero mean magnetic fields, on the nonequilibrium steady states of three-dimensional (3d) homogeneous Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. In particular, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Abhik Basu , Jayanta K Bhattacharjee

We have developed 3D, compressible, non-linear radiative MHD simulations to study the influence of the magnetic field of various strength and geometry on the turbulent convective cells and on the excitation mechanisms of the acoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-29 Irina Kitiashvili , Laetitia Jacoutot , Alexander Kosovichev , Alan Wray , Nagi Mansour

Aims: We study the acceleration of the stellar winds of rapidly rotating low mass stars and the transition between the slow magnetic rotator and fast magnetic rotator regimes. We aim to understand the properties of stellar winds in the fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-01 C. P. Johnstone

Solar Orbiter provides unique capabilities to understand the heliosphere. In particular, it has made observations of the far-side of the Sun and provides unique information to improve space weather monitoring. We aim to quantify how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-11 Barbara Perri , Adam Finley , Victor Réville , Susanna Parenti , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Éric Buchlin

Though generated deep inside the convection zone, the solar magnetic field has a direct impact on the Earth space environment via the Parker spiral. It strongly modulates the solar wind in the whole heliosphere, especially its latitudinal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Barbara Perri , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Victor Réville

We investigate the transition of the solar wind turbulent cascade from MHD to sub-ion range by means of a detail comparison between in situ observations and hybrid numerical simulations. In particular we focus on the properties of the…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 L. Matteini , L. Franci , O. Alexandrova , C. Lacombe , S. Landi , P. Hellinger , E. Papini , A. Verdini

Using a classification scheme for solar wind type based on the heliocentric distance of the observation, we look at near perihelion observations from Parker Solar Probe Encounters Four to Fourteen to study the sources of the slow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-18 Tamar Ervin , Kai Jaffarove , Samuel T. Badman , Jia Huang , Yeimy J. Rivera , Stuart D. Bale

State-of-the-art MHD calculations reveal acceptable agreement with observational data for the height profile of the temperature $T(h)$ in the transition region of solar corona. Simultaneously, the velocity of the solar wind $U(h)$ has also…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 A. M. Varonov

In this work, we simulate the evolution of the solar wind along its main sequence lifetime and compute its thermal radio emission. To study the evolution of the solar wind, we use a sample of solar mass stars at different ages. All these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-17 D. Ó Fionnagáin , A. A. Vidotto , P. Petit , C. P. Folsom , S. V. Jeffers , S. C. Marsden , J. Morin , J. -D. do Nascimento

Sunspots are prominent manifestations of solar magnetoconvection and imaging their subsurface structure is an outstanding problem of wide physical importance. Travel times of seismic waves that propagate through these structures are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Shravan Hanasoge , Aaron Birch , Laurent Gizon , Jeroen Tromp

Stellar coronae are believed to be the main birthplace of various stellar magnetic activities. However, the structures and properties of stellar coronae remain poorly understood. Using the Space Weather Modelling Framework with the…

The solar wind is highly structured in fast and slow flows. These two dynamical regimes remarkably differ not only for the average values of magnetic field and plasma parameters but also for the type of fluctuations they transport. Fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-04 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , D. DeIure , E. Pietropaolo

We present a numerical Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) study of the dependence of stellar mass and angular momentum- loss rates on the orbital distance to close-in giant planets. We find that the mass loss rate drops by a factor of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 O. Cohen , J. J Drake , V. L. Kashyap , I. V. Sokolov , T. I. Gombosi

Recent high-resolution observations have shown stellar winds to harbour complexities which strongly deviate from spherical symmetry, generally assumed as standard wind model. One such morphology is the archimedean spiral, generally believed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Ward Homan , Leen Decin , Alex de Koter , Allard Jan van Marle , Robin Lombaert , Wouter Vlemmings

We study the role the the p-mode-like vertical oscillation on the photosphere in driving solar winds in the framework of Alfven-wave-driven winds. By performing one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical numerical simulations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-10 Kimihiko Shimizu , Munehito Shoda , Takeru K. Suzuki

The rate at which the solar wind extracts angular momentum from the Sun has been predicted by theoretical models for many decades, and yet we lack a conclusive measurement from in-situ observations. In this letter we present a new estimate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-27 Adam J. Finley , Amy L. Hewitt , Sean P. Matt , Mathew Owens , Rui F. Pinto , Victor Réville

Close to Earth the solar wind is usually super-Alfv\'enic, i.e. the speed of the solar wind is much larger than the Alfv\'en speed. However, in the lower coronal regions, the solar wind is mostly sub-Alfv\'enic. With the Parker Solar Probe…

We investigated stellar winds from zero/low-metallicity low-mass stars by magnetohydrodynamical simulations for stellar winds driven by \Alfven waves from stars with mass $M_{\star}=(0.6-0.8)M_{\odot}$ and metallicity $Z=(0-1)Z_{\odot}$,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-18 Takeru K. Suzuki

As a star spins-down during the main sequence, its wind properties are affected. In this work, we investigate how the Earth's magnetosphere has responded to the change in the solar wind. Earth's magnetosphere is simulated using 3D…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 S. Carolan , A. A. Vidotto , C. Loesch , P. Coogan