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Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves have been considered as energy sources for heating the solar chromosphere and the corona. Although MHD waves have been observed in the solar atmosphere, there are a lack of quantitative estimates on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-01 Ryuichi Kanoh , Toshifumi Shimizu , Shinsuke Imada

We present a comprehensive model of the global properties of Alfven waves in the solar atmosphere and fast solar wind. Linear non-WKB wave transport equations are solved from the photosphere to 4 AU, and for wave periods ranging from 3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

Acoustic waves excited in the photosphere and below might play an integral part in the heating of the solar chromosphere and corona. However, it is yet not fully clear how much of the initially acoustic wave flux reaches the corona and in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Julia M. Riedl , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Fabio Reale , Marcel Goossens , Antonino Petralia , Paolo Pagano

A simple model of a periodic ensemble of closely packed flux tubes sitting atop a vertically stratified layer reveals that an incident fast wave from below preferentially converts almost immediately to Alfv\'en waves in the flux tubes, with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Paul S. Cally

High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere have identified a wide variety of spiralling motions in the solar plasma. These spirals vary in properties, but are observed to be abundant at the solar surface. In this work these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-01 S. J. Mumford , R. Erdélyi

Solar flares involve the sudden release of magnetic energy in the solar corona. Accelerated nonthermal electrons have often been invoked as the primary means for transporting the bulk of the released energy to the lower solar atmosphere.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Sijie Yu , Bin Chen

Context. Photospheric motions shuffle the footpoints of the strong axial magnetic field that threads coronal loops giving rise to turbulent nonlinear dynamics characterized by the continuous formation and dissipation of field-aligned…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-14 R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli

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

How do magnetohydrodynamic waves travel from the fully ionized corona, into and through the underlying partially ionized chromosphere, and what are the consequences for solar flares? To address these questions, we have developed a 2-fluid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-22 Alexander J. B. Russell , Lyndsay Fletcher

We study the physical properties and behavior of the solar atmosphere during the GOES X1.6 solar flare on 2014 September 10. The steady plasma flows and the fast sausage MHD waves were analysed with the wavelet separation method. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Hana Meszarosova , Peter Gomory

In-situ measurements by several spacecraft have revealed that the solar wind is frequently perturbed by transient structures (magnetic folds, jets, waves, flux-ropes) that propagate rapidly away from the Sun over large distances. Parker…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 R. F. Pinto , N. Poirier , A. P. Rouillard , A. Kouloumvakos , L. Griton , N. Fargette , R. Kieokaew , B. Lavraud , A. S. Brun

M dwarf's atmosphere is expected to be highly magnetized. The magnetic energy can be responsible for heating the stellar chromosphere and corona, and driving the stellar wind. The nonlinear propagation of Alfv\'en wave is the promising…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Takahito Sakaue , Kazunari Shibata

The role of interchange reconnection as a drive mechanism for the solar wind is explored by solving the global magnetic-field-aligned equations describing wind acceleration. Boundary conditions in the low corona, including a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 J. F. Drake , S. D. Bale , M. Swisdak , N. E. Raouafi , M. Velli

The coronal heating problem remains a fundamental challenge in solar physics. While AWSoM-type models (Alfv\'en Wave Solar Model) have proven highly successful in reproducing the large-scale structure of the solar corona, they inherently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 M. McMurdo , T. Van Doorsselaere , N. Magyar , L. Banovic , D. Lim

Transverse MHD waves permeate the solar atmosphere and are a candidate for coronal heating. However, the origin of these waves is still unclear. In this work, we analyse coordinated observations from \textit{Hinode}/SOT and \textit{IRIS} of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Patrick Antolin , Paolo Pagano , Ineke De Moortel , Valery M. Nakariakov

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

Above the top of the solar corona, the young slow solar wind transitions from low-beta, magnetically structured flow dominated by radial structures, to high-beta, less structured flow dominated by hydrodynamics. This transition, long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 C. E. DeForest , W. H. Matthaeus , N. M. Viall , S. R. Cranmer

MHD waves permeate the solar atmosphere and constitute potential coronal heating agents. Yet, the waves detected so far may be but a small subset of the true existing wave power. Detection is limited by instrumental constraints, but also by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-03 Patrick Antolin , Ineke De Moortel , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Takaaki Yokoyama

Oscillations in coronal loops are usually interpreted in terms of uncoupled magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. Examples of these waves are standing transverse motions, interpreted as the kink MHD modes, and propagating slow modes, commonly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Terradas , J. Andries , E. Verwichte

One of the mechanisms proposed for heating the corona above solar active regions is the damping of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. Continuing on previous work, we provide observational evidence for the existence of high-frequency MHD waves…