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Observations of the solar corona and the solar wind discover that the solar wind is unsteady and originates from the impulsive events near the surface of the Sun's atmosphere. How solar coronal activities affect the properties of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 H. Che

Nonthermal features are ubiquitously observed in electron velocity distribution functions in the solar wind, yet their origin in the collisionless, turbulent, expanding solar-wind plasma remains unclear. We investigate how solar-wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 Maximilien Péters de Bonhome , Fabio Bacchini , Luca Pezzini , Viviane Pierrard

We analyzed properties of waves excited by mildly relativistic electron beams propagating along magnetic field with a ring-shape perpendicular momentum distribution in neutral and current-free solar coronal plasmas. These plasmas are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 X. Zhou , P. A. Muñoz , J. Büchner , S. Liu

We perform 2D and 3D kinetic simulations of reconnection-mediated turbulent flares in a magnetized electron-positron plasma, with weak and strong radiative cooling. Such flares can be generated around neutron stars and accreting black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 J. Nättilä , A. M. Beloborodov

A leading theory of sunquake generation involves flare-accelerated particles depositing energy into the photosphere. Simulations of sunquake excitation suggest co-excitation with wavefronts propagating in the corona and chromosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 Robert Bush , John Stefan , Alexander Kosovichev

In some flares the thermal component appears much earlier than the nonthermal component in X-ray range. Using sensitive microwave observations we revisit this finding made by Battaglia et al. (2009) based on RHESSI data analysis. We have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Alexander A. Altyntsev , Gregory D. Fleishman , Sergey V. Lesovoi , Natalia S. Meshalkina

The propagation of disturbances in the solar atmosphere is inherently three dimensional (3D), yet comprehensive studies on the spatial structure and dynamics of 3D wavefronts are scarce. Here we conduct high resolution 3D numerical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-19 Jialiang Hu , Jing Ye , Yuhao Chen , Zhixing Mei , Shanshan Xu , Jun Lin

In the Earth auroral zone, the electron acceleration by Alfv\'en waves is sometimes a precursor of the non-propagating acceleration structures. In order to investigate how Alfv\'en waves could generate non-propagating electric fields, a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 Fabrice Mottez

We study induced (stimulated) scattering of linearly polarized, strong electromagnetic waves in pair plasmas, which is crucial for understanding the propagation of fast radio bursts (FRBs). Magnetars are the most promising progenitors of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-20 Masanori Iwamoto , Kunihito Ioka

The heating of the solar corona and solar wind, through suprathermal particles and kinetic Alfv\'en waves within the 0 - 10 $R_{\rm Sun}$ range, has been a subject of great interest for many decades. This study investigates the acceleration…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 S. Ayaz , Gary P. Zank , Imran A. Khan , G. Li , Yeimy J. Rivera

Ion scale wave events or "wave storms" in the solar wind are characterised by enhancements in magnetic field fluctuations as well as coherent magnetic field polarisation signatures at or around the local ion cyclotron frequencies. In this…

Impulsive solar energetic electrons are often observed in the interplanetary space near the Earth and have an attractive diagnostic potential for poorly understood solar flare acceleration processes. We investigate the transport of solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. P. Kontar , H. A. S. Reid

Small 3He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events with their anomalous abundances, markedly different from solar system, provide evidence for a unique acceleration mechanism that operates routinely near solar active regions. Although the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 R. Bucik , D. E. Innes , L. Guo , G. M. Mason , M. E. Wiedenbeck

Observational aspects of solar flares relevant to the acceleration process of electrons and protons are reviewed and it is shown that most of these observations can be explained by the interaction with flare plasma of a power law energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vahe Petrosian

We investigate properties of a solar wind-like plasma including a secondary alpha particle population exhibiting a parallel temperature anisotropy with respect to the background magnetic field, using linear and quasi-linear predictions and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Lorenzo Matteini , Petr Hellinger , Steven Schwartz , Simone Landi

In this study we discuss the excitation of low frequency plasma waves in the lower-middle chromosphere region of loop footpoints for the case when the plasma can be considered in a pre-flare state. It is shown, that among the known…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Kryshtal Alexandr , Voitsekhovska Anna , Cheremnykh Oleg , Ballai Istvan , Verth Gary , Fedun Viktor

Recent in situ observations from Parker Solar Probe (PSP) near perihelia reveal ion beams, temperature anisotropies, and kinetic wave activity. These features are likely linked to solar wind heating and acceleration. During PSP Encounter 17…

Dispersive Alfven waves (DAWs) offer, an alternative to magnetic reconnection, opportunity to accelerate solar flare particles. We study the effect of DAW polarisation, L-, R-, circular and elliptical, in different regimes inertial and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-27 D. Tsiklauri

Solar flares are known to be prolific electron accelerators, yet identifying the mechanism(s) for such efficient electron acceleration in solar flare (and similar astrophysical settings) presents a major challenge. This is due in part to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Eduard P. Kontar , A. Gordon Emslie , Galina G. Motorina , Brian R. Dennis

{This work aims to investigate the spectral structure of the parallel electric field generated by strong anisotropic and balanced Alfvenic turbulence in relation with the problem of electron acceleration from the thermal population in solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 N. H. Bian , E. P. Kontar , J. C. Brown