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Alfv\'enic waves have gained renewed interest since the existence of ubiquitous propagating kink waves were discovered in the corona. {It has long been suggested that Alfv\'enic} waves play an important role in coronal heating and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Ajay K. Tiwari , Richard J. Morton , Stephane Régnier , James A. McLaughlin

Kink oscillation frequency is a key parameter for coronal seismology. It is still unclear how gravitational stratification affects the kink frequency in curved coronal loops. This work aims to investigate the effect of gravitational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Mingzhe Guo , Bo Li , Mijie Shi

Context. Transverse oscillations of coronal structures are currently intensively studied to explore the associated magnetohydrodynamic wave physics and perform seismology of the local medium. Aims. We make a first attempt to measure the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 C. R. Goddard , G. Nisticò

Rapidly decaying slow magnetoacoustic waves are regularly observed in the solar coronal structures, offering a promising tool for a seismological diagnostics of the coronal plasma, including its thermodynamical properties. The effect of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 D. Y. Kolotkov , V. M. Nakariakov , D. I. Zavershinskii

Context: Transverse loop oscillations and loop contractions are commonly associated with solar flares, but the two types of motion have traditionally been regarded as separate phenomena. Aims: We present an observation of coronal loops…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 Alexander J. B. Russell , Paulos J. A. Simoes , Lyndsay Fletcher

We study the collective kinklike normal modes of a system of several cylindrical loops using the T-matrix theory. Loops that have similar kink frequencies oscillate collectively with a frequency which is slightly different from that of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Luna , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

In this Letter we establish clear evidence for the resonant absorption damping mechanism by analyzing observational data from the novel Coronal Multi-Channel Polarimeter (CoMP). This instrument has established that in the solar corona there…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 G. Verth , M. Goossens , J. Terradas

Aims: To study the presence of superoscillations in coronal magnetoacoustic waves and its possible role in heating coronal loops through the strong and localized gradients they generate on the wave. Methods: An analytic model is built for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 A. López Ariste , M. Facchin

Aims: On 13 June 1998, the TRACE satellite was fortuitously well placed to observe the effects of a flare-induced EIT wave in the corona, and its subsequent interaction with coronal magnetic loops. In this study, we use these TRACE…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 I. Ballai , D. B. Jess , M. Douglas

Srivastava et al. (2010) have observed a highly twisted coronal loop, which was anchored in AR10960 during the period 04:43 UT-04:52 UT on 4 June 2007. The loop length and radius are approximately 80 Mm and 4 Mm, with a twist of 11.5 $\pi$.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. K. Srivastava , G. J. J. Botha , T. D. Arber , P. Kayshap

We observe intensity oscillations along coronal fan loops associated with the active region AR 11428. The intensity oscillations were triggered by blast waves which were generated due to X-class flares in the distant active region AR 11429.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 V. Pant , A. Tiwari , D. Yuan , D. Banerjee

We study transverse fast magnetohydrodynamic waves in a system of two coronal loops modeled as smoothed, dense plasma cylinders in a uniform magnetic field. The collective oscillatory properties of the system due to the interaction between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Luna , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

We present simulations modeling closed regions of the solar corona threaded by a strong magnetic field where localized photospheric vortical motions twist the coronal field lines. The linear and nonlinear dynamics are investigated in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-20 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , G. Einaudi

The excitation and damping of transversal coronal loop oscillations and quantitative relation between damping time, damping quality (damping time per period), oscillation amplitude, dissipation mechanism and the wake phenomena are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 A. Abedini

The propagation and the evolution of Alfvenic pulses in the solar coronal arcades is investigated by means of MHD numerical simulations. Significant transverse oscillations in coronal loops, triggered by nearby flare events, are often…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Luca Del Zanna , Eveline Schaekens , Marco Velli

Context. Recent observations of decayless transverse oscillations have shown two branches in the relationship between periods and loop lengths. One is a linear relationship, interpreted as a standing mode. The other shows almost no…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-09 Daye Lim , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Valery M. Nakariakov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Yuhang Gao , David Berghmans

In the past few years observations by high-resolution space imaging telescopes and spectrometers have confirmed that a great variety of MHD waves are supported in the solar corona of a low-beta plasma and fine structure. MHD waves are an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tongjiang Wang

Small-scale magnetic field concentrations (magnetic elements) in the quiet Sun are believed to contribute to the energy budget of the upper layers of the Sun's atmosphere, as they are observed to support a large number of MHD modes. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-29 M. Stangalini , F. Giannattasio , S. Jafarzadeh

In recent years, the decay-less regime of standing transverse oscillations in coronal loops has been the topic of many observational and numerical studies, focusing on their physical characteristics, as well as their importance for coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-29 Konstantinos Karampelas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The detection of multiple mode harmonic kink oscillations in coronal loops enables to obtain information on coronal density stratification and magnetic field expansion using seismology inversion techniques. The inference is based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 I. Arregui , A. Asensio Ramos , A. J. Diaz