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Solar prominence models used so far in the analysis of MHD waves in such structures are quite elementary. In this work, we calculate numerically magnetohydrostatic models in two-dimensional configurations under the presence of gravity. Our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 J. Terradas , R. Soler , A. J. Díaz , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities allow energy to be released from stressed magnetic fields, commonly modelled in cylindrical flux tubes linking parallel planes, but, more recently, also in curved arcades containing flux tubes with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 James Threlfall , Jack Reid , Alan Hood

We analyse the oscillatory properties of resonantly damped transverse kink oscillations in two-dimensional prominence threads. The fine structures are modelled as cylindrically symmetric magnetic flux tubes with a dense central part with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 I. Arregui , R. Soler , J. L. Ballester , A. N. Wright

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical state of astrophysical plasmas and a primary agent in the redistribution, dissipation, and conversion of energy into particle populations. Yet turbulence is still most often…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Loukas Vlahos

Prominences in the solar atmosphere represent an intriguing and delicate balance of forces and thermodynamics in an evolving magnetic topology. How this relatively cool material comes to reside at coronal heights, and what drives its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Jack Jenkins , Rony Keppens

Prominence threads are dense and cold structures lying on curved magnetic fields that can be suspended in the solar atmosphere against gravity. The gravitational stability of threads, in the absence of non-ideal effects, is comprehensively…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 A. Adrover-González , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , M. Carbonell

The fine structure of solar prominences is made by thin threads that outline the magnetic field lines. Observations show that transverse waves of Alfv\'enic nature are ubiquitous in prominence threads. These waves are driven at the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Llorenç Melis , Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas

Context. Plasma inflows accompany a variety of processes in the solar atmosphere such as heating of coronal loops and formation of prominences. Aims. We model a stratified solar atmosphere, within which a simulated prominence thread…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Chloe Sumner , Youra Taroyan

Several models have been proposed to explain the formation of solar prominences, among which the evaporation--condensation model and the direct injection model are the most popular ones. In our previous study we proposed to unify these two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-22 C. J. Huang , Y. W. Ni , J. H. Guo , P. F. Chen

Large-scale coronal plasma evolutions can be adequately described by magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. However, full multi-dimensional MHD simulations require substantial computational resources. Given the low plasma $\beta$ in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-29 Yuhao Zhou , Xiaohong Li , Rony Keppens

High resolution observations of solar filaments suggest the presence of groups of prominence threads, i.e. the fine-structures of prominences, which oscillate coherently (in phase). In addition, mass flows along threads have been often…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. Soler , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

Global 3-D magnetohydrodynamical simulations have been conducted to study magnetospheric accretion around stars with various spin rates. For slow rotators, characterized by a fastness parameter $\omega_s\lesssim 0.78$, the disk's inner edge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Zhaohuan Zhu

We propose an in-situ formation model for inverse-polarity solar prominence and demonstrate it using self-consistent 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations, including thermal conduction along magnetic fields and optically thin…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Takafumi Kaneko , Takaaki Yokoyama

Coronal supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are observed as dark trails descending towards hot turbulent fan shaped regions. Due to the large temperature values, and gradients in these fan regions the thermal conduction should be very efficient.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 E. Zurbriggen , A. Costa , A. Esquivel , M. Schneiter , M. Cécere

Prominence threads are very long and thin flux tubes which are partially filled with cold plasma. Observations have shown that transverse oscillations are frequent in these solar structures. The observations are usually interpreted as the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 David Martínez-Gómez , Roberto Soler , Jaume Terradas , Elena Khomenko

We consider the conditions under which a rotating magnetic object can produce a magnetically powered outflow in an initially unmagnetized medium stratified under gravity. 3D MHD simulations are presented in which the footpoints of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 R. Moll

Observations of solar prominences reveal a complex, dynamic flow field within them. The flow field within quiescent prominences is characterized by long ``threads'' and dark ``bubbles'' that fall and rise (respectively) in a thin sheet. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-23 Neal Hurlburt , Thomas Berger

The fine structure of solar prominences and filaments appears as thin and long threads in high-resolution images. In H-alpha observations of filaments, some threads can be observed for only 5 - 20 minutes before they seem to fade and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Roberto Soler , Jose Luis Ballester , Marcel Goossens

Prominences, or filaments, are a striking phenomenon in the solar atmosphere. Besides their own rich features and dynamics, they are related to many other activities, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In the past…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-08 P. F. Chen

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