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Recent observation of large amplitude Langmuir waveforms during a Type III event in the solar wind have been interpreted as the signature of the electrostatic decay of beam-driven Langmuir waves. This mechanism is thought to be a first step…

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Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations during its first encounter at 35.7 $R_\odot$ have shown the presence of magnetic field lines which are strongly perturbed to the point that they produce local inversions of the radial magnetic field,…

Fluctuations and structure across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales are frequently studied in the solar wind. The properties of the low-frequency fluctuations are of relevance to turbulent energy injection into the plasma and the…

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We have measured the root-mean-square (RMS) amplitude of intensity fluctuations, $\Delta I$, in plume and interplume regions of a polar coronal hole. These intensity fluctuations correspond to density fluctuations. Using data from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Michael Hahn , Elke D'Huys , Daniel Wolf Savin

This work focus on the first results on the identification and characterization of periodic plasma density fluctuations in the outer corona, observed in STEREO-A COR1 white-light image time series. A 2D reconstruction of the spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Telloni , R. Ventura , P. Romano , D. Spadaro , E. Antonucci

Large-scale compressive slow-mode-like fluctuations can cause variations in the density, temperature, and magnetic-field magnitude in the solar wind. In addition, they also lead to fluctuations in the differential flow $U_{\rm p\alpha}$…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-08-07 Xingyu Zhu , Daniel Verscharen , Jiansen He , Bennett A. Maruca , Christopher J. Owen

The origin and evolution of the 1/f power law observed in the energy spectrum of solar coronal and solar wind fluctuations at scales of around an hour is not entirely understood. Several existing theories aim at explaining it, involving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere

While previous work explored the fractality and self-organized criticality (SOC) of flares and nanoflares in wavelengths emitted in the solar corona (such as in hard X-rays, soft X-rays, and EUV wavelenghts), we focus here on impulsive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 Markus J. Aschwanden , Nived Vilangot Nhalil

Motivated by the various examples of spatial variability in the power of the acoustic spectrum, we attempted to look for spatial variability in the peak frequency of the spectrum. However, the determination of this peak frequency on a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 P. Venkatakrishnan , Brajesh Kumar , S. C. Tripathy

Quasi-periodic disturbances have been observed in the outer solar atmosphere for many years now. Although first interpreted as upflows (Schrijver et al. (1999)), they have been widely regarded as slow magnetoacoustic waves, due to observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 G. Kiddie , I. De Moortel , G. Del Zanna , S. W. McIntosh , I. Whittaker

We combine observations of the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to study the characteristic properties of (propagating) Alfvenic motions and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-02 Jiajia Liu , Scott W. McIntosh , Ineke De Moortel , Yuming Wang

We investigate how wave propagation is modified by the presence of heat sources and sinks, in the simple 1D, hydrodynamical case, including chromosphere and solar wind. We integrate the time-dependent hydrodynamic equations of the solar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-05 R. Grappin , J. Léorat , R. Pinto , Y. -M. Wang

Observation of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) provides an important and effective way to study the solar wind and the space weather. A series of IPS observations were conducted by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 Li-Jia Liu , Bo Peng , Lei Yu , Bin Liu , Ji-Guang Lu , Ye-Zhao Yu , Hong-Wei Xi , Ming Xiong , O. Chang

Analysis of a longitudinal wave event observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is presented. A time sequence of 131 A images reveals that a C-class flare occurred at one footpoint of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Xudong Sun , Elena Provornikova , Joseph M. Davila

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed a high speed stream near the Sun ($\sim 9.8 R_\odot$) in March 2025. As this stream was observed near the Sun, it allowed for an unparalleled opportunity to observe pristine, coronal hole wind with little…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Kai Jaffarove , Tamar Ervin , Stuart D. Bale

We report and discuss phase-shift and phase travel time of low-frequency ({\nu} < 5.0 mHz) acoustic waves estimated within the photosphere and photosphere-chromosphere interface regions, utilizing multi-height velocities in the quiet Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-01 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , Shibu K. Mathew , A. Raja Bayanna , S. P. Rajaguru

The transition from subAlfv\'enic to superAlfv\'enic flow in the solar atmosphere is examined by means of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) measurements during solar encounters 8 to 14. Around 220 subAlfv\'enic periods with a duration $\ge$ 10…

Internal waves are believed to be of primary importance as they affect ocean mixing and energy transport. Several processes can lead to the breaking of internal waves and they usually involve non linear interactions between waves. In this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-12 Baptiste Bourget , Thierry Dauxois , Sylvain Joubaud , Philippe Odier

We investigate the properties and relationship between Doppler-velocity fluctuations and intensity fluctuations in the off-limb quiet Sun corona. These are expected to reflect the properties of Alfvenic and compressive waves, respectively.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Michael Hahn , Xiangrong Fu , Stefan J. Hofmeister , Yifan Huang , Alexandros Koukras , Daniel Wolf Savin