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The aim of this paper is to improve our understanding of the heating mechanisms of the solar chromosphere via realistic three-dimensional (3D) modeling of solar magneto-convection, considering the fact that solar plasma contains a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , M. Modestov

The composite geometry and spectral anisotropy of the solar wind turbulence are very important topics in the investigations of solar wind. In this work, we use the magnetic field and plasma data from Wind spacecraft measured during 1995…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Zhan Fa , H. -Q. He

We present a reduced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mathematical model describing the dynamical behavior of highly conducting plasmas with frozen-in magnetic fields, constrained by the assumption that, there exists a frame of reference, where…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Igor V Sokolov , Lulu Zhao , Tamas I Gombosi

Over the last decades, realistic 3D radiative-MHD simulations have become the dominant theoretical tool for understanding the complex interactions between the plasma and the magnetic field on the Sun. Most of such simulations are based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , A. de Vicente

Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling, its causes and consequences have been studied for the last several decades. However, the assessment of continuously changing behaviour of the sun, plasma and field flows in the interplanetary space and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-09 Badruddin , O. P. M. Aslam

The calling card of solar magnetism is the sunspot cycle, during which sunspots regularly reverse their polarity sense every 11 years. However, a number of more complicated time-dependent behaviors have also been identified. In particular,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-06 Loren Matilsky , Juri Toomre

Using an isothermal MHD code, we have performed three-dimensional, high-resolution simulations of the Parker instability. The initial equilibrium system is composed of exponentially-decreasing isothermal gas and magnetic field (along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jongsoo Kim , S. S. Hong , Dongsu Ryu , T. W. Jones

We analyzed intermittency in the solar wind, as observed on the ecliptic plane, looking at magnetic field and velocity fluctuations between 0.3 and 1 AU, for both fast and slow wind and for compressive and directional fluctuations. Our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Bruno , V. Carbone , L. Sorriso-Valvo , B. Bavassano

We study the radial evolution of intermittency of density fluctuations in the fast solar wind. The study is performed analyzing the plasma density measurements provided by Helios 2 in the inner heliosphere between $0.3$ and $0.9$ AU. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-14 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , L. Primavera , E. Pietropaolo , R. D'Amicis , L. Sorriso-Valvo , V. Carbone , F. Malara , P. Veltri

We investigate the relation between turbulence and magnetic field switchbacks in the inner heliosphere below 0.5 AU in a distance and scale dependent manner. The analysis is performed by studying the evolution of the magnetic field vector…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-29 A. Larosa , C. H. K Chen , J. R. McIntyre , V. K. Jagarlamudi

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are routinely observed in the solar atmosphere. These waves are important in the context of solar physics as it is widely believed they can contribute to the energy budget of the solar atmosphere and are a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Samuel Skirvin , Viktor Fedun , Suzana Silva , Gary Verth

We present three-dimensional magnetic power spectra in wavevector space to investigate anisotropy and scalings of sub-Alfv\'enic solar wind turbulence at magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) scale using the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-29 S. Q. Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Mingzhe Liu , Huizi Wang

Understanding structures and evolutions of the magnetic fields and plasma in multiple layers on the Sun is very important. A force-free magnetic field which is an accurate approximation of the solar corona due to the low plasma $\beta$ has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Xiaoshuai Zhu , Thomas Neukirch , Thomas Wiegelmann

Using a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model, we simulate the magnetic reconnection in a single current sheet. We assume a finite guide field, a random perturbation on the velocity field and uniform resistivity. Our model enhances…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Shuoyang Wang , Takaaki Yokoyama , Hiroaki Isobe

A system of multiple open magnetic flux tubes spanning the solar photosphere and lower corona is modelled analytically, within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. This extends results for a single magnetic flux tube…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-18 Frederick A. Gent , Viktor Fedun , Rebertus Erd'elyi

In-situ measurements by several spacecraft have revealed that the solar wind is frequently perturbed by transient structures (magnetic folds, jets, waves, flux-ropes) that propagate rapidly away from the Sun over large distances. Parker…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 R. F. Pinto , N. Poirier , A. P. Rouillard , A. Kouloumvakos , L. Griton , N. Fargette , R. Kieokaew , B. Lavraud , A. S. Brun

Microflares, one of small-scale solar activities, are believed to be caused by magnetic reconnection. Nevertheless, their three-dimensional (3D) magnetic structures, thermodynamic structures, and physical links to the reconnection have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Z. F. Li , X. Cheng , F. Chen , J. Chen , M. D. Ding

We present initial results of the first self-consistent numerical model of the outer magnetosphere of a pulsar. By using the relativistic ``particle-in-cell'' method with special boundary conditions to represent plasma dynamics in 3D, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anatoly Spitkovsky , Jonathan Arons

The solar corona and young solar wind may be characterized by critical surfaces -- the sonic, Alfv\'en, and first plasma-$\beta$ unity surfaces -- that demarcate regions where the solar wind flow undergoes certain crucial transformations.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Rohit Chhiber , Arcadi V. Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus , Melvyn L. Goldstein

A major discovery of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was the presence of large numbers of localized increases in the radial solar wind speed and associated sharp deflections of the magnetic field - switchbacks (SB). A possible generation mechanism…