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We intend to investigate the underlying physics for the coronal rain phenomenon in a representative bipolar magnetic field, including the formation and the dynamics of coronal rain blobs. With the MPI-AMRVAC code, we performed three…

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In this work, we analyse coordinated observations spanning chromospheric, TR and coronal temperatures at very high resolution which reveal essential characteristics of thermally unstable plasmas. Coronal rain is found to be a highly…

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Adopting the MPI-AMRVAC code, we present a 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation, which includes thermal conduction and radiative cooling, to investigate the formation and evolution of the coronal rain phenomenon. We perform…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-09 Xiaohong Li , Rony Keppens , Yuhao Zhou

We study the formation and evolution of jets in the solar atmosphere using numerical simulations of partially ionized plasma. The two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic equations with ion+electron and neutral hydrogen components are used in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-19 J. J. González-Avilés , K. Murawski , T. V. Zaqarashvili

We present the first multidimensional, magnetohydrodynamic simulations which capture the initial formation and the long-term sustainment of the enigmatic coronal rain phenomenon. We demonstrate how thermal instability can induce a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 X. Fang , C. Xia , R. Keppens

Combined tearing-thermal evolution plays an important role in the disruption of current sheets, and formation of cool condensations within the solar atmosphere. However, this has received limited attention to date. We numerically explore a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-18 Samrat Sen , Jack Jenkins , Rony Keppens

In solar filament formation mechanisms, magnetic reconnection between two sets of sheared arcades forms helical structures of the filament with numerous magnetic dips, and cooling and condensation of plasma trapped inside the helical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Leping Li , Hardi Peter , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Hongqiang Song

The density decreases exponentially with height in the solar gravitationally stratified atmosphere, therefore the collisional coupling between the ionized plasma and the neutrals also decreases. Here, we investigate the role of collisions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-11 B. Popescu Braileanu , R. Keppens

We present the results of a set of three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetic flux emergence from below the photosphere into the corona that include a uniform and horizontal coronal magnetic field mimicking a pre-existing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Galsgaard , F. Moreno-Insertis , V. Archontis , A. Hood

The condensations composing coronal rain, falling down along loop-like structures observed in cool chromospheric lines such as H$\alpha$ and \ion{Ca}{2} H, have long been a spectacular phenomenon of the solar corona. However, considered a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Patrick Antolin , Erwin Verwichte

We present here one of the first high resolution spectroscopic observations of coronal rain, performed with the CRISP instrument at the Swedish Solar Telescope. This work constitutes the first attempt to assess the importance of coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Patrick Antolin , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

We report on the discovery of periodic coronal rain in an off-limb sequence of {\it Solar Dynamics Observatory}/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly images. The showers are co-spatial and in phase with periodic (6.6~hr) intensity pulsations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 F. Auchère , C. froment , E. Soubrié , P. Antolin , R. Oliver , G. Pelouze

Employing Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) multi-wavelength images, we report the coronal condensation during the magnetic reconnection (MR) between a system of open and closed coronal loops. Higher-lying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 Leping Li , Jun Zhang , Hardi Peter , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Jiangtao Su , Chun Xia , Hongqiang Song , Yijun Hou

The tropical wisdom that when it is hot and dense we can expect rain might also apply to the Sun. Indeed, observations and numerical simulations have shown that strong heating at footpoints of loops, as is the case for active regions, puts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-06 P. Antolin , M. Carlsson , L. Rouppe van der Voort , E. Verwichte , G. Vissers

We review major achievements in our understanding of multiphase coronal plasma, where cool-dense and hot-tenuous matter coexists, brought about by advances in modeling and theory, inspired by observations. We give an overview of models that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-30 Rony Keppens , Yuhao Zhou , Chun Xia

The periodic coronal rain and in-phase radiative intensity pulsations have been observed in multiple wavelengths in recent years. However, due to the lack of three-dimensional coronal magnetic fields and thermodynamic data in observations,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-02 Zekun Lu , Feng Chen , J. H. Guo , M. D. Ding , Can Wang , Haocheng Yu , Y. W. Ni , Chun Xia

Studying coronal rain formation through thermal non-equilibrium (TNE) and thermal instability (TI) provides insights into coronal heating mechanisms. We analysed a quiescent coronal rain event using space-based observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Jamal Wachira , Patrick Antolin

We present the first observation of a solar filament formed by magnetic reconnection and associated chromospheric evaporation and subsequent coronal condensation. Driven by shearing motion during flux emergence, a sequential tether-cutting…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Bo Yang , Jiayan Yang , Yi Bi , Junchao Hong , Zhe Xu

The solar corona produces coronal rain, hundreds of times colder and denser material than the surroundings. Coronal rain is known to be deeply linked to coronal heating, but its origin, dynamics, and morphology are still not well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Seray Şahin , Patrick Antolin , Clara Froment , Thomas A. Schad

Observations and simulations of coronal rain show that as cold and dense plasma falls through the corona it initially undergoes acceleration by gravity before the downward velocity saturates. Simulations have shown the emergence of an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Andrew Hillier , Ramon Oliver , David Martínez-Gómez