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

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We present a study of energetic-electron trapping and acceleration in the Kelvin-Helmholtz-induced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence of post-flare loops in the solar corona. Using the particle-tracing capabilities of MPI-AMRVAC 3.0, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Fabio Bacchini , Wenzhi Ruan , Rony Keppens

The evolution of a coronal loop is studied by means of numerical simulations of the fully compressible three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equations using the HYPERION code. The footpoints of the loop magnetic field are advected by random…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , B. D. Taylor , I. Ugarte-Urra , H. P. Warren , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli

Context. We have conducted a 3D MHD simulation of the solar corona above an active region (AR) in full scale and high resolution, which shows coronal loops, and plasma flows within them, similar to observations. Aims. We want to find the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Philippe-A. Bourdin , Sven Bingert , Hardi Peter

We present a new version of the MURaM radiative MHD code that allows for simulations spanning from the upper convection zone into the solar corona. We implemented the relevant coronal physics in terms of optically thin radiative loss, field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Matthias Rempel

Cool, dense material is frequently observed to permeate the hot, tenuous solar corona in the form of prominences, spicules and coronal rain. Both the cool material and surrounding corona exist at temperatures that are effectively thermally…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-30 B. Snow , A. Hillier

In the past few years observations by high-resolution space imaging telescopes and spectrometers have confirmed that a great variety of MHD waves are supported in the solar corona of a low-beta plasma and fine structure. MHD waves are an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tongjiang Wang

The Parker or field line tangling model of coronal heating is investigated through long-time high-resolution simulations of the dynamics of a coronal loop in cartesian geometry within the framework of reduced magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-15 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , G. Einaudi

We present a Bayesian seismology inversion technique for propagating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) transverse waves observed in coronal waveguides. The technique uses theoretical predictions for the spatial damping of propagating kink waves in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 I. Arregui , A. Asensio Ramos , D. J. Pascoe

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

We analyse transverse oscillations of a coronal loop excited by continuous monoperiodic motions of the loop footpoint at different frequencies in the presence of gravity. Using the MPI-AMRVAC code, we perform three-dimensional numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Andrey Afanasyev , Konstantinos Karampelas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The heating of the plasma in the solar atmosphere is discussed within both frameworks of fluid and kinetic drift wave theory. We show that the basic ingredient necessary for the heating is the presence of density gradients in the direction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts

We numerically investigate the excitation and temporal evolution of oscillations in a two-dimensional coronal arcade by including the three-dimensional propagation of perturbations. The time evolution of impulsively generated perturbations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Rial , I. Arregui , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

Modeling the solar atmosphere is challenging due to its layered structure and multi-scale dynamics. We aim to validate the new radiative MHD code MAGEC, which combines the MANCHA and MAGNUS codes into a finite-volume, shock-capturing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Anamaría Navarro , E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , T. Felipe

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

Any successful model of coronal loops must explain a number of observed properties. For warm (~ 1 MK) loops, these include: 1. excess density, 2. flat temperature profile, 3. super-hydrostatic scale height, 4. unstructured intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 J. A. Klimchuk , J. T. Karpen , S. K. Antiochos

Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are usually originated in the lower solar atmosphere which makes them…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 D. Banerjee , S. Krishna Prasad , V. Pant , J. A. McLaughlin , P. Antolin , N. Magyar , L. Ofman , H. Tian , T. Van Doorsselaere , I. De Moortel , T. Wang

We investigate the interplay of phase mixing and the nonlinear turbulent cascade in the evolution and dissipation of Alfv\'en waves using compressible magnetohydrodynamics numerical simulations. We consider perturbations in the form of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Claudio Meringolo , Francesco Pucci , Giuseppe Nisticò , Oreste Pezzi , Sergio Servidio , Francesco Malara

EUV imaging observations from several space missions (SOHO/EIT, TRACE, and SDO/AIA) have revealed a presence of propagating intensity disturbances in solar coronal loops. These disturbances are typically interpreted as slow magnetoacoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Elena Provornikova , Leon Ofman , Tongjiang Wang

In this paper we propose that flux cancellation on small granular scales ($\lesssim 1000$ km) ubiquitously drives reconnection at a multitude of sites in the low solar atmosphere, contributing to chromospheric/coronal heating and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 D. I. Pontin , E. R. Priest , L. P. Chitta , V. S. Titov