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We investigate the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) observations of the quiet-Sun (QS) to understand the propagation of acoustic waves in transition region (TR) from photosphere. We selected a few IRIS spectral lines, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 P. Kayshap , K. Murawski , A. K. Srivastava , Z. E. Musielak , B. N. Dwivedi

Slow magnetoacoustic waves (SMAWs) have been considered in the past as a possible candidate for chromospheric heating. This study analyzes 20 active regions observed between 2012 and 2016 to examine the amplitude and energy flux variation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Y. Sanjay , S. Krishna Prasad , P. S. Rawat

It remains unclear which physical processes are responsible for the dramatic increase with height of the temperature in stellar atmospheres, known as the chromospheric ($\sim$10,000 K) and coronal (several million K) heating problems.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-17 Souvik Bose , Bart De Pontieu , Viggo Hansteen , Alberto Sainz Dalda , Sabrina Savage , Amy Winebarger

The heating of the chromosphere in internetwork regions remains one of the foremost open questions in solar physics. In the present study we tackle this old problem by using a very high spatial-resolution simulation of quiet-Sun conditions…

The propagation and dissipation of magnetohydrodynamic waves play a key role in transporting energy from the solar photosphere to the chromosphere. Using high-resolution three-dimensional radiative MHD simulations, we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-21 Nitin Yadav , Apanba Khuman

In the current analysis, we use spectroscopic observations of the quiet-Sun made by IRIS instrument, and investigate wave propagation. We analyze various spectral lines formed in different atmospheric layers such as the photosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-18 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , P. Kayshap , Ding Yuan , E. Scullion

We have measured the energy and dissipation of Alfvenic waves in the quiet Sun. A magnetic field was used to infer the location and orientation of the magnetic field lines along which the waves are expected to travel. The waves were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael Hahn , Daniel Wolf Savin

High resolution spectral observations of the lower solar atmosphere (chromosphere and transition region) during coronal heating events, in combination with predictions from models of impulsively heated loops, provide powerful diagnostics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-01 Paola Testa , Helle Bakke , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Bart De Pontieu

In this study, we consider chromospheric heating models for 55 Cancri in conjunction with observations. The theoretical models, previously discussed in Paper I, are self-consistent, nonlinear and time-dependent ab-initio computations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 M. Cuntz , K. -P. Schröder , D. E. Fawzy , A. R. Ridden-Harper

Bulk viscosity and thermodynamic variables of a hydrogen-helium cocktail: internal energy, enthalpy, pressure, their derivatives, heat capacities per constant density and pressure are obtained using temperature and density height profiles…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-05 Albert M. Varonov , Todor M. Mishonov

In this paper, we show a "proof of concept" of the heating mechanism of the solar chromosphere due to wave dissipation caused by the effects of partial ionization. Numerical modeling of non-linear wave propagation in a magnetic flux tube,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 S. Shelyag , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente , D. Przybylski

Dissipation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave energy has been proposed as a viable heating mechanism in the solar chromospheric plasma. Here, we use a simplified one-dimensional model of the chromosphere to theoretically investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Roberto Soler , Marc Carbonell , Jose Luis Ballester

The efficiency of nonmodal self-heating by acoustic wave perturbations is examined. Considering different kinds of kinematically complex velocity patterns we show that nonmodal instabilities arising in these inhomogeneous flows may lead to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Andria Rogava , Zaza Osmanov , Stefaan Poedts

Coupling between the photosphere, chromosphere and corona in the quiet Sun (QS) is governed by a complex interplay between magnetic structuring, heating, mass loading, and radiative cooling. Constraining how this balance responds to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Quentin Noraz , Mats Carlsson , Guillaume Aulanier

We consider recent observations of the chromospheric network, and argue that the bright network grains observed in the Ca II H & K lines are heated by an as yet unidentified quasi-steady process. We propose that the heating is caused by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. S. Hasan , A. A. van Ballegooijen

Sunspots are transient, magnetically intense features that host oscillations linked to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. These waves may contribute to plasma heating and drive mass flows in the solar wind. Beyond their energetic role, they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , Libo Fu , Ding Yuan , Song Feng , Yuandeng Shen

\textbf{Purpose:} This paper addresses long-standing solar physics problems, namely, the heating of the solar chromosphere and the origin of the solar wind. Our aim is to reveal the related mechanisms behind chromospheric heating and plasma…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 K. Murawski , Z. E. Musielak , S. Poedts , A. K. Srivastava , L. H. S. Kadowaki

We present theoretical models of chromospheric heating for 55 Cancri, an orange dwarf of relatively low activity. Self-consistent, nonlinear and time-dependent ab-initio numerical computations are pursued encompassing the generation,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Diaa E. Fawzy , Manfred Cuntz

Context. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. In magnetic waveguides resonant absorption due to plasma inhomogeneity naturally transfers wave energy from large-scale motions to small-scale motions. In the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Soler , J. Andries , M. Goossens

The solar chromosphere is a crucial interface between the solar interior and its interplanetary environment, regulating how energy is locally deposited into heat and transported into the upper atmospheric layers. Despite significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Quentin Noraz , Mats Carlsson , Guillaume Aulanier