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Recently, the characteristics, and dynamics of a persistent 1.7 h vortex flow, resembling a small-scale tornado, have been investigated with ground-base and space-based observations and for the first time in the Ha line centre. The vortex…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 K. Tziotziou , G. Tsiropoula , I. Kontogiannis

Ubiquitous small-scale vortices have recently been found in the lower atmosphere of the quiet Sun in state-of-the-art solar observations and in numerical simulations. We investigate the characteristics and temporal evolution of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 S. -H. Park , G. Tsiropoula , I. Kontogiannis , K. Tziotziou , E. Scullion , J. G. Doyle

A long-lasting debate in space plasma physics concerns the nature of subproton-scale fluctuations in solar wind (SW) turbulence. Over the past decade, a series of theoretical and observational studies were presented in favor of either…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 S. S. Cerri , F. Califano , F. Jenko , D. Told , F. Rincon

Understanding the nature of the turbulent fluctuations below the ion gyroradius in solar-wind turbulence is a great challenge. Recent studies have been mostly in favor of kinetic Alfv\'en wave (KAW) type of fluctuations, but other kinds of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-19 S. S. Cerri , S. Servidio , F. Califano

Five-minutes oscillations is one of the basic properties of solar convection. Observations show mixture of a large number of acoustic wave fronts propagating from their sources. We investigate the process of acoustic waves excitation from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray

We investigate compressive turbulence at sub-ion scales with measurements from the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission. The tetrahedral configuration and high time resolution density data obtained by calibrating spacecraft potential allow an…

The nature of the plasma wave modes around the ion kinetic scales in highly Alfv\'enic slow solar wind turbulence is investigated using data from the NASA's Parker Solar Probe taken in the inner heliosphere, at 0.18 Astronomical Unit (AU)…

The nature of solar wind turbulence in the dissipation range at scales much smaller than the large MHD scales remains under debate. Here a two-dimensional model based on the hybrid code abbreviated as A.I.K.E.F. is presented, which treats…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-02-20 Daniel Verscharen , Eckart Marsch , Uwe Motschmann , Joachim Müller

Twisting motions of different nature are observed in several layers of the solar atmosphere. Chromospheric sunspot whorls and rotation of sunspots or even higher up in the lower corona sigmoids are examples of the large scale twisted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Attie , D. E. Innes , H. E. Potts

Context. There remains much mystery about how or if wave-energy in the photosphere can be transferred sufficiently upwards through the solar atmosphere to contribute to coronal heating. In light of a plethora of theoretical and idealised…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 George Cherry , Boris Gudiksen , Adam J. Finley , Quentin Noraz

The nature of subproton scale fluctuations in the solar wind is an open question, partly because two similar types of electromagnetic turbulence can occur: kinetic Alfven turbulence and whistler turbulence. These two possibilities, however,…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-06-03 C. H. K. Chen , S. Boldyrev , Q. Xia , J. C. Perez

Waves play a crucial role in diagnosing the plasma properties of various structures in the solar corona and coronal heating. Slow magneto-acoustic (MA) waves are one of the important magnetohydrodynamic waves. In past decades, numerous slow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jiajia Liu , Zhenjun Zhou , Yuming Wang , Rui Liu , Bin Wang , Chijian Liao , Chenglong Shen , Huinan Zheng , Bin Miao , Zhenpeng Su , S. Wang

Vertically 0.042-m-spaced moored high-resolution temperature sensors are used for detailed internal wave-turbulence monitoring near Texel North Sea and Wadden Sea beaches on calm summer days. In the maximum 2 m deep waters irregular…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 Hans van Haren

Turbulence, a ubiquitous phenomenon in interplanetary space, is crucial for the energy conversion of space plasma at multiple scales. This work focuses on the propagation, polarization and wave composition properties of the solar wind…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 Xingyu Zhu , Jiansen He , Daniel Verscharen , Die Duan , Stuart D. Bale

The solar corona has been revealed in the past decade to be a highly dynamic nonequilibrium plasma environment. Both the loop-filled coronal base and the extended acceleration region of the solar wind appear to be strongly turbulent, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven R. Cranmer

We study the nature of quiet-Sun oscillations using multi-wavelength observations from TRACE, Hinode, and SOHO. The aim is to investigate the existence of propagating waves in the solar chromosphere and the transition region via analyzing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-27 G. R. Gupta , S. Subramanian , D. Banerjee , M. S. Madjarska , J. G. Doyle

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-called p-modes with a 3 mHz frequency peak dominate the lower…

We characterize waves in small magnetic elements and investigate their propagation in the lower solar atmosphere from observations at high spatial and temporal resolution. We use the wavelet transform to analyze oscillations of both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-31 Shahin Jafarzadeh , S. K. Solanki , M. Stangalini , O. Steiner , R. H. Cameron , S. Danilovic

Vortex structures in the Sun's chromosphere are believed to channel energy between different layers of the solar atmosphere. We investigate the nature and dynamics of two small-scale quiet-Sun rotating structures in the chromosphere. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Mariarita Murabito , Juie Shetye , Marco Stangalini , Erwin Verwichte , Tony Arber , Ilaria Ermolli , Fabrizio Giorgi , Tom Goffrey

High-frequency waves (5 mHz to 20mHz) have previously been suggested as a source of energy accounting partial heating of the quiet solar atmosphere. The dynamics of previously detected high-frequency waves is analysed here. Image sequences…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Aleksandra Andić
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