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Gravity waves are generated by turbulent subsurface convection overshooting or penetrating locally into a stably stratified medium. While propagating energy upwards, their characteristic negative phase shift over height is a well-recognized…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , S. P. Rajaguru

The launch of the Hinode satellite has allowed for seeing-free observations at high-resolution and high-cadence making it well suited to study the dynamics of quiescent prominences. In recent years it has become clear that quiescent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Hillier , R. J. Morton , R. Erdélyi

Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are subjected to platform motion induced by wind and wave loads. The oscillatory movement trigger vortex instabilities, modifying the wake structure, influencing the flow reaching downstream wind…

In this paper we show that a recent hydrodynamical model of superfluid turbulence describes vortex density waves and their effects on the speed of high-frequency second sound. In this frequency regime, the vortex dynamics is not purely…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 David Jou , Maria Stella Mongiovi'and Michele Sciacca

Quiescent solar prominences show distinct small-scale dynamics in observations. Their internal density contrasts with the surrounding corona make them susceptible to Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instabilities, leading to vertically structured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Madhurjya Changmai , Jack M. Jenkins , Rony Keppens

Several recent studies utilizing different helioseismic methods have confirmed the presence of large-scale vorticity waves known as solar Rossby waves within the Sun. Rossby waves are distinct from acoustic waves, typically with longer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-15 M. Waidele , Junwei Zhao

In a galactic halo like the Milky Way, bosonic dark matter particles lighter than about $30$ eV have a de Broglie wavelength larger than the average inter-particle separation and are therefore well described as a set of classical waves.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Lam Hui , Austin Joyce , Michael J. Landry , Xinyu Li

We study intermittency as a departure from self-similarity of the solar wind magnetic turbulence and investigate the evolution with the heliocentric distance and latitude. We use data from the Ulysses spacecraft measured during two solar…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Anna Wawrzaszek , Marius Echim , Wiesław M. Macek , Roberto Bruno

In solar-like oscillators, acoustic waves are excited by turbulent motion in the convective envelope and propagate inward, generating a variety of standing pressure modes. When combining together the power of several solar acoustic modes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 E. Panetier , R. A. García , S. N. Breton , A. Jiménez , T. Foglizzo

Using linear Vlasov theory of plasma waves and quasi-linear theory of resonant wave-particle interaction, the dispersion relations and the electromagnetic field fluctuations of fast and Alfven waves are studied for a low-beta multi-ion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-16 Ming Xiong , Xing Li

Both observations and numerical simulations suggest that Alfvenic waves may carry sufficient energy to sustain the hot temperatures of the solar atmospheric plasma. However, the thermalization of wave energy is inefficient unless very short…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 S. Diaz-Suarez , R. Soler

Context. The influence of magnetic fields on stellar evolution remains unresolved. It has been proposed that if there is a large-scale magnetic field in the stellar interior, torsional waves could arise, efficiently transporting angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-09 Koh Takahashi , Norbert Langer

We develop a 1D solar-wind model that includes separate energy equations for the electrons and protons, proton temperature anisotropy, collisional and collisionless heat flux, and an analytical treatment of low-frequency, reflection-driven,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-10 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Timothy J. Dennis , Eliot Quataert , Stuart D. Bale

Context. Tracing wave activity from the photosphere to the corona has important implications for coronal heating and prediction of the solar wind. Despite extensive theory and simulations, the detection of waves in realistic MHD simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 George Cherry , Boris Gudiksen , Adam J. Finley

Recent observations of reflected propagating and standing slow-mode waves in hot flaring coronal loops have spurred our investigation into their underlying excitation and damping mechanisms. To understand these processes, we conduct 2.5D…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-01 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Stephen J. Bradshaw

We study the evolution of spectra of acoustic waves that are generated in the convection zone and propagate upward into the photosphere, where we compare the simulated acoustic spectra with the spectrum observed in an Fe I line. Although…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Theurer , P. Ulmschneider , W. Kalkofen

We investigate the evolution and origin of small-scale chromospheric swirls by analyzing numerical simulations of the quiet solar atmosphere, using the radiative magnetohydrodynamic code CO$5$BOLD. We are interested in finding their…

Turbulence is a phenomenon found throughout space and astrophysical plasmas. It plays an important role in solar coronal heating, acceleration of the solar wind, and heating of the interstellar medium. Turbulence in these regimes is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 D. J. Drake , J. W. R. Schroeder , G. G. Howes , C. A. Kletzing , F. Skiff , T. A. Carter , D. W. Auerbach

One of the main questions in planet formation theory is how to cross the metre-scale barrier. In this two-part series, we assess the merits of vortex-based theories by investigating the effect of backreacting dust on vortices. Specifically,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-10 Nathan Magnan , Henrik Nils Latter

Here we review the recent progress made in the detection, examination, characterisation and interpretation of oscillations manifesting in small-scale magnetic elements in the solar photosphere. This region of the Sun's atmosphere is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 David B. Jess , Gary Verth