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In an inhomogeneous magnetised plasma the transport of energy and particles perpendicular to the magnetic field is in general mainly caused by quasi two-dimensional turbulent fluid mixing. The physics of turbulence and structure formation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-03-05 Alexander Kendl

Polar crown prominences are made of chromospheric plasma partially circling the Suns poles between 60 and 70 degree latitude. We aim to diagnose the 3D dynamics of a polar crown prominence using high cadence EUV images from the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 N. K. Panesar , D. E. Innes , D. J. Schmit , S. K. Tiwari

Recent observations by Hinode/SOT show that MHD waves and mass flows are simultaneously present in the fine structure of solar prominences. We investigate standing kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in flowing prominence threads from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Roberto Soler , Marcel Goossens

The Tornado nebula (G357.7-0.1) is a mysterious radio source with bright "head" and faint "tail" located in the direction of the Galactic center (GC) region. We here report the discovery of two diffuse X-ray sources at the head and tail of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Makoto Sawada , Takeshi Go Tsuru , Katsuji Koyama , Tomoharu Oka

We study plasma flows along selected coronal loops in NOAA Active Region 10926, observed on 3 December 2006 with Hinode's EUV Imaging Spectrograph (EIS). From the shape of the loops traced on intensity images and the Doppler shifts measured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. Syntelis , C. Gontikakis , M. K. Georgoulis , C. E. Alissandrakis , K. Tsinganos

Traditionally devoted to electron density profile measurement we show that fast frequency sweeping reflectometry technique can bring valuable and innovative measurements onto plasma turbulence. While fast frequency sweeping technique is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Clairet , L. Vermare , S. Heuraux , G. Leclert

We present an investigation of the polar crown prominence that erupted on 2012 March 12. This prominence is observed at the southeast limb by SDO/AIA (end-on view) and displays a quasi vertical-thread structure. Bright U-shape/horn-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Yingna Su , Adriaan van Ballegooijen , Patrick I. McCauley , Haisheng Ji , Katharine K. Reeves , Edward E. DeLuca

Context. Theoretical calculations have shown that when solar prominences move away from the surface of the Sun, their radiative output is affected via the Doppler dimming or brightening effects. Aims. In this paper we ask whether…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-17 Nicolas Labrosse , Kristopher McGlinchey

Plasma turbulence is investigated using high-resolution ion velocity distributions measured by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) in the Earth's magnetosheath. The particle distribution is highly structured, suggesting a…

The multi-Needle Langmuir Probe collects an electron current through four fixed-bias cylindrical copper needles. This allows for an extremely high sampling frequency, with plasma properties being inferred through polynomial fitting in the…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-06-11 Magnus F Ivarsen , Lasse B N Clausen , Yaqi Jin , Jaeheung Park

Riemann and sectional curvatures of magnetic twisted flux tubes in Riemannian manifold are computed to investigate the stability of the plasma astrophysical tubes. The geodesic equations are used to show that in the case of thick magnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-08-28 Garcia de Andrade

Prominences in the solar corona are hundredfold cooler and denser than their surroundings, with a total mass of 1.e13 up to 1.e15 g. Here we report on the first comprehensive simulations of three-dimensional, thermally and gravitationally…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Chun Xia , Rony Keppens , Patrick Antolin , Oliver Porth

Multiwavelength observations of the propagating disturbances (PDs), discovered by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), are analyzed to determine its driving mechanism and physical nature. Two magnetic…

Broad sets of spectroscopic observations comprising multiple lines represent an excellent opportunity for diagnostics of the properties of the prominence plasma and the dynamics of their fine structures. However, they also bring significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-19 P. Schwartz , S. Gunar , J. Koza , P. Heinzel

Our aim is to determine the plasma properties of a coronal bright point and compare its magnetic topology extrapolated from magnetogram data with its appearance in X-ray images. We analyse spectroscopic data obtained with EIS/Hinode, Ca II…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-07 D. Pérez-Suárez , R. C. Maclean , J. G. Doyle , M. S. Madjarska

Time integrated spectroscopic measurements are carried out to characterize transient plasma stream produced in a coaxial pulsed plasma accelerator. This method allows the estimation of different plasma parameters and its evolution with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-08-04 A. Ahmed , S. Singha , S. Borthakur , N. K. Neog , T. K. Borthakur , J. Ghosh

Magneto-optical imaging of thick stress-free lead samples reveals two distinct topologies of the intermediate state. Flux tubes are formed upon magnetic field penetration (closed topology) and laminar patterns appear upon flux exit (open…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Ruslan Prozorov , Russell W. Giannetta , Anatolii A. Polyanskii , Garry K. Perkins

Magnetic flux rope, formed by the helical magnetic field lines, can sometimes remain its shape while carrying significant plasma flow that is aligned with the local magnetic field. We report the existence of such structures and static flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Yu Chen , Qiang Hu , Lingling Zhao , Justin C. Kasper , Jia Huang

We present complicated dust structures within multiple regions of the candidate supernova remnant (SNR) the `Tornado' (G357.7-0.1) using observations with Spitzer and Herschel. We use Point Process Mapping, PPMAP, to investigate the…

In the recent papers, we introduced a method utilised to measure the flow field. The method is based on the tracking of supergranular structures. We did not precisely know, whether its results represent the flow field in the photosphere or…