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We use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations to study the formation of a corona above an initially weakly magnetized, isothermal accretion disk. We also describe a modification to time-explicit numerical algorithms for…

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Here we review the recent progress made in the detection, examination, characterisation and interpretation of oscillations manifesting in small-scale magnetic elements in the solar photosphere. This region of the Sun's atmosphere is…

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Slow magnetoacoustic waves (SMAWs) have been considered in the past as a possible candidate for chromospheric heating. This study analyzes 20 active regions observed between 2012 and 2016 to examine the amplitude and energy flux variation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 Y. Sanjay , S. Krishna Prasad , P. S. Rawat

The first observed connection between kinetic instabilities driven by proton temperature anisotropy and estimated energy cascade rates in the turbulent solar wind is reported using measurements from the Wind spacecraft at 1 AU. We find…

We study the properties of slow magneto-acoustic waves that are naturally excited due to turbulent convection and investigate their role in the energy balance of a plage region using three dimensional (3D) radiation-MHD simulations. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Nitin Yadav , Robert H. Cameron , Sami K. Solanki

Turbulence in space plasmas usually exhibits two regimes separated by a spectral break that divides the so called inertial and kinetic ranges. Large scale magnetic fluctuations are dominated by non-linear MHD wave-wave interactions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-03-22 Pablo S. Moya , Roberto E. Navarro

Here we investigate the contribution of surface Alfven wave damping to the heating of the solar wind in minima conditions. These waves are present in regions of strong inhomogeneities in density or magnetic field (e. g., the border between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. M. Evans , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

We report analysis of sub-Alfv\'enic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) perturbations in the low-\b{eta} radial-field solar wind using the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft data from 31 October to 12 November 2018. We calculate wave vectors using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 S. Q. Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Mingzhe Liu , Mijie Shi

Coronal plumes are bright magnetic funnels found in quiet regions (QRs) and coronal holes (CHs). They extend high into the solar corona and last from hours to days. The heating processes of plumes involve dynamics of the magnetic field at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Ellis A. Avallone , Sanjiv K. Tiwari , Navdeep K. Panesar , Ronald L. Moore , Amy Winebarger

We analyze high resolution simulations of compressible, MHD turbulence with properties resembling conditions in galaxy clusters. The flow is driven to turbulence Mach number $\mathcal{M}_t \sim 1/2$ in an isothermal medium with an initially…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 David H. Porter , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu

I present results from a set of 3D spherical-shell MHD simulations of the buoyant rise of active region flux tubes in the solar interior which put new constraints on the initial twist of the subsurface tubes in order for them to emerge with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-23 Y. Fan

We present simulations of flux-gradient-driven superconducting rigid vortices interacting with square and triangular arrays of columnar pinning sites in an increasing external magnetic field. These simulations allow us to quantitatively…

supr-con · Physics 2009-10-30 C. Reichhardt , J. Groth , C. J. Olson , Stuart Field , Franco Nori

We present a three-dimensional study of the plasma dynamics at the flank magnetopause of the Earth's magnetosphere during mainly northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) periods. Two-fluid simulations show that the initial magnetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 S. Fadanelli , M. Faganello , F. Califano , S. S. Cerri , F. Pegoraro , B. Lavraud

In the present paper, we investigate the power-law behaviour of the magnetic field spectra in the Earths magnetosheath region using Cluster spacecraft data under solar minimum condition. The power spectral density of the magnetic field data…

Convection is one of the most important mixing processes in stellar interiors. Hydrodynamic mass entrainment can bring fresh fuel from neighboring stable layers into a convection zone, modifying the structure and evolution of the star.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 G. Leidi , R. Andrassy , J. Higl , P. V. F. Edelmann , F. K. Röpke

Context. There remains much mystery about how or if wave-energy in the photosphere can be transferred sufficiently upwards through the solar atmosphere to contribute to coronal heating. In light of a plethora of theoretical and idealised…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 George Cherry , Boris Gudiksen , Adam J. Finley , Quentin Noraz

We discuss, using simple analytical models and MHD simulations, the origin and parameters of turbulence and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. Three physically distinct regimes can be identified in the evolution of cluster turbulence and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kandaswamy Subramanian , Anvar Shukurov , Nils Erland L. Haugen

Spherical shell dynamo models based on rotating convection show that the flow within the tangent cylinder is dominated by an off-axis plume that extends from the inner core boundary to high latitudes and drifts westward. Earlier studies…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-02 Binod Sreenivasan , Venkatesh Gopinath

Turbulence in rotating Magneto-hydrodynamic systems is studied theoretically and numerically. In the linear limit, when the velocity and magnetic perturbations are small, the system supports two types of waves. When the rotation effects are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Nicholas Bell , Sergey Nazarenko

We derive horizontal fluid motions on the solar surface over large areas covering the quiet-Sun magnetic network from local correlation tracking of convective granules imaged in continuum intensity and Doppler velocity by the Helioseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 C. R. Sangeetha , S. P. Rajaguru