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We report on results of high resolution two fluid non-linear simulations of the Rayleigh Taylor Instability (RTI) at the interface between a solar prominence and the corona. These follow results reported earlier by Popescu Braileanu et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko

Large-amplitude turbulence -- characterized by a fluctuating magnetic field component, $\delta B$, that is stronger than the mean component, $B_0$ -- is generically intermittent, populated with intense localized structures such as sharp…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-07 Ryan Golant , Luca Comisso , Philipp Kempski , Lorenzo Sironi

We study the observational signature of flux emergence in the photosphere using synthetic data from a 3D MHD simulation of the emergence of a twisted flux tube. Several stages in the emergence process are considered. At every stage we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 L. Yelles Chaouche , M. C. M. Cheung , S. K. Solanki , M. Schuessler , A. Lagg

Radio-wave scintillation observations reveal a nearly Kolmogorov spectrum of density fluctuations in the ionized interstellar medium. Although this density spectrum is suggestive of turbulence, no theory relevant to its interpretation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yoram Lithwick , Peter Goldreich

We have previously generated elongated Taylor double-helix flux rope plasmas in the SSX MHD wind tunnel. These plasmas are remarkable in their rapid relaxation (about one Alfv\'en time) and their description by simple analytical Taylor…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-03-04 D. A. Schaffner , V. S. Lukin , A. Wan , M. R. Brown

We investigate standing kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillations in a prominence fine structure modeled as a straight and cylindrical magnetic tube only partially filled with the prominence material, and with its ends fixed at two rigid…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Roberto Soler , Inigo Arregui , Ramon Oliver , Jose Luis Ballester

Recent observations with the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope display an active region prominence whose fine threads oscillate in the vertical direction as they move along a path parallel to the photosphere. A seismological analysis of this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Terradas , I. Arregui , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

One of the most striking structures in the solar atmosphere are prominences, predominantly coronal structures, with thermodynamic conditions that vary from chromospheric internally to the corona that surrounds them. These structures play an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 V. Jerčić , B. Popescu Braileanu , R. Keppens

We study nonlinear waves in a prominence foot using 2.5D MHD model motivated by recent high-resolution observations with Hinode/SOT in Ca~II emission of a prominence on October 10, 2012 showing highly dynamic small-scale motions in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 Leon Ofman , Kalman Knizhnik , Therese Kucera , Brigitte Schmieder

Movies of prominences obtained by space instruments e.g. the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the {\it Hinode} satellite and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) with high temporal and spatial resolution revealed the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 B. Schmieder , M. Zapiór A. López Ariste , P. Levens , N. Labrosse , R. Gravet

Quiescent prominences are thin slabs of cold, dense plasma embedded in the much hotter and rarer solar corona. Although their global shape is rather irregular, they are often characterised by an internal structure consisting of a large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-23 R. Oliver

We present a 2.5D MHD simulation of a magnetic flux rope (FR) propagating in the heliosphere and investigate the cause of the observed sharp plasma beta transition. Specifically, we consider a strong internal magnetic field and an explosive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Neel P. Savani , A. Vourlidas , D. Shiota , M. G. Linton , K. Kusano , N. Lugaz , A. P. Rouillard

Turbulence is a predominant process for energizing electrons and ions in collisionless astrophysical plasmas, and thus is responsible for shaping their radiative signatures (luminosity, spectra, and variability). To better understand the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-24 Vladimir Zhdankin , Dmitri A. Uzdensky , Matthew W. Kunz

We aim at investigating the morphology, kinematic and helicity evolution of a loop-like prominence during its eruption. We use multi-instrument observations from AIA/SDO, EUVI/STEREO and LASCO/SoHO. The kinematic, morphological,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 K. Koleva , M. S. Madjarska , P. Duchlev , C. J. Schrijver , J. -C. Vial , E. Buchlin , M. Dechev

How the turbulent energy cascade develops below the magnetohydrodynamic scales in space and astrophysical plasmas is a major open question. Here, we measure the power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in Parker Solar Probe's observations…

Imaging solar coronal condensation forming prominences was difficult in the past, a situation recently changed by Hinode and SDO. We present the first example observed with SDO/AIA, in which material gradually cools through multiple EUV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Wei Liu , Thomas E. Berger , B. C. Low

Turbulent behavior at sub-proton scales in magnetized plasmas is important for a full understanding of the energetics of astrophysical flows such as the solar wind. We study the formation of electron temperature anisotropy due to…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Christopher T. Haynes , David Burgess , Enrico Camporeale

Solar prominences are very spectacular structures embedded in the tenuous and hot solar corona. The counterstreaming flows, a common feature in solar quiescent prominences, have been discovered for more than twenty years. However, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 X. L. Yan , Z. K. Xue , J. C. Wang , P. F. Chen , K. F. Ji , C. Xia , L. H. Yang , D. F. Kong , Z. Xu , Y. A. Zhou , Q. L. Li

Context. Different modes of oscillations are frequently observed in solar prominences/filaments, and prominence seismology helps estimate important physical parameters like the magnetic field strength. Although the simultaneous detection of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-07 Upasna Baweja , Vaibhav Pant , Iñigo Arregui , M. Saleem Khan

We present an estimation of the lower limits of local magnetic fields in quiescent, activated, and active (surges) promineces, based on reconstructed 3-dimensional (3D) trajectories of individual prominence knots. The 3D trajectories,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Maciej Zapiór , Paweł Rudawy