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In a previous work (MGV18), we showed numerically that the turbulent cascade generated by quasi-2D structures (with wave vectors mostly-perpendicular to the mean magnetic field) is able to generate a temperature profile close to the one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 Victor Montagud-Camps , Roland Grappin , Andrea Verdini

Lim et al. (2023) have recently proposed that the slope ($\delta$) of the power law distribution between the energy flux and oscillation frequency could determine whether high-frequency transverse oscillations give a dominant contribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Daye Lim , Tom Van Doorsselaere , David Berghmans , Elena Petrova

The details of the mechanism(s) responsible for the observed heating and dynamics of the solar atmosphere still remain a mystery. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are thought to play a vital role in this process. Although it has been shown…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-19 R. J. Morton , G. Verth , D. B. Jess , D. Kuridze , M. S. Ruderman , M. Mathioudakis , R. Erdelyi

Observations show that transverse magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and flows are often simultaneously present in magnetic loops of the solar corona. The waves are resonantly damped in the Alfv\'en continuum because of plasma and/or magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Roberto Soler

The solar corona is a hot, dynamic, and highly magnetized plasma environment whose source of energy is not yet well understood. One leading contender for that energy source is the dissipation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves or turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 Steven R. Cranmer

We use MHD simulations to detect the nonlinear effects of torsional Alfv\'en wave propagation in a potential magnetic field with exponentially divergent field lines, embedded in a stratified solar corona. In Paper I we considered solutions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-10 Callum Boocock , David Tsiklauri

We investigate off-limb active region and quiet Sun corona using spectroscopic data. Active region is clearly visible in several spectral lines formed in the temperature range of 1.1--2.8 MK. We derive electron number density using line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-07 G. R. Gupta

Decades-long studies of asymmetric spectral lines in the solar corona suggest mass and energy transport from lower atmospheric layers to the corona. While slow magnetoacoustic waves and plasma flows are recognized as drivers of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-11 Ambika Saxena , Vaibhav Pant , Tom Van Doorsselaere , M. Saleem Khan

In recent years, coronal loops have been the focus of studies related to the damping of different magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) surface waves and their connection with coronal seismology and wave heating. For a better understanding of wave…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 K. Karampelas , T. Van Doorsselaere , M. Guo

The bulk of solar flare energy is deposited in the chromosphere. Flare ribbons and footpoints in the chromosphere therefore offer great diagnostic potential of flare energy release and transport processes. High quality observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-12 Graham S. Kerr , Adam F. Kowalski , Joel C. Allred , Adrian N. Daw , Melissa R. Kane

Aims. We investigate the formation of small scales and the dissipation of MHD wave energy through non-linear interactions of counter-propagating, phase-mixed Alfvenic waves in a complex magnetic field. Methods. We conducted fully 3-D,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Thomas Howson , Ineke De Moortel , Jack Reid

Aims: Emission line profiles from solar coronal loops exhibit properties that are unexplained by current models. We investigate the non-thermal broadening associated with plasma heating in coronal loops that is induced by magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-28 D. I. Pontin , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta

The origins of the hot solar corona and the supersonically expanding solar wind are still the subject of debate. A key obstacle in the way of producing realistic simulations of the Sun-heliosphere system is the lack of a physically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Steven R. Cranmer

Coronal loops trace out bipolar, arch-like magnetic fields above the Sun's surface. Recent measurements that combine rotational tomography, extreme ultraviolet imaging, and potential-field extrapolation have shown the existence of large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Avery J. Schiff , Steven R. Cranmer

Three-dimensional (3D) radiative magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations are the only way to model stellar atmospheres without any ad hoc parameterisations. Several 3D radiative MHD codes have achieved good quantitative agreement with…

We study the propagation properties of slow magneto-acoustic waves in a multi-thermal coronal loop using a 3D MHD model, for the first time. A bundle of 33 vertical cylinders, each of 100{\,}km radius, randomly distributed over a circular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-06 S. Krishna Prasad , T. Van Doorsselaere

We analyse the phase shifts of standing, slow magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in solar coronal loops using a linear MHD model taking into account the role of thermal conductivity, compressive viscosity, radiative losses, and heating-cooling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 Abhinav Prasad , A. K. Srivastava , Tongjiang Wang , Kartika Sangal

Understanding energy transfer through the chromosphere is paramount to solving the coronal heating problem. We investigated the energy dissipation of acoustic waves in the chromosphere of the quiet Sun using 3D radiative magnetohydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Elias R. Udnæs , Tiago M. D. Pereira

This Letter presents a calculation of the power spectra of weakly turbulent Alfven waves and fast magnetosonic waves ("fast waves") in low-beta plasmas. It is shown that three-wave interactions transfer energy to high-frequency fast waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

We solve numerically the ideal MHD equations with an external gravitational field in 2D in order to study the effects of impulsively generated linear and non-linear Alfv\'en waves into isolated solar arcades and coronal funnels. We analyze…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 J. J. Gonzalez-Aviles , F. S. Guzman