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Observations reveal a correspondence between chromospheric type II spicules and bright upwardly moving fronts in the corona observed in the EUV band. However, theoretical considerations suggest that these flows are unlikely to be the main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 A. Petralia , F. Reale , S. Orlando , J. A. Klimchuk

Using numerical simulations, we show that jets with features of type II spicules and cold coronal jets corresponding to temperatures $10^{4}$ K can be formed due to magnetic reconnection in a scenario in presence of magnetic resistivity.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-29 J. J. González-Avilés , F. S. Guzmán , V. Fedun

Recent high-resolution imaging and spectroscopic observations have generated renewed interest in spicules' role in explaining the hot corona. Some studies suggest that some spicules, often classified as type II, may provide significant mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Shanwlee Sow Mondal , James A. Klimchuk , Aveek Sarkar

The low solar atmosphere is composed of mostly neutral particles, but the importance of the magnetic field for understanding observed dynamics means that interactions between charged and neutral particles play a very important role in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-16 Andrew Hillier , Ben Snow

Using simulated data-driven three-dimensional resistive MHD simulations of the solar atmosphere, we show that magnetic reconnection can be responsible of the formation of jets with characteristic of Type II spicules. For this, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-06 J. J. González-Avilés , F. S. Guzmán , V. Fedun , G. Verth , S. Shelyag , S. Regnier

Lateral motions of spicules serve as vital indicators of transverse waves in the solar atmosphere, and their study is crucial for understanding the wave heating process of the corona. Recent observations have focused on "high-frequency"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 Hidetaka Kuniyoshi , Munehito Shoda , Richard J. Morton , Takaaki Yokoyama

Fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in the solar corona are often known to be produced by solar flares and eruptive prominences. We here simulate the effect of the interaction of an external perturbation on a magnetic null in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Sripan Mondal , A. K. Srivastava , David I. Pontin , Eric R. Priest , R. Kwon , Ding Yuan

Determining the mechanisms responsible for the heating of the coronal plasma and maintaining and accelerating the solar wind are long standing goals in solar physics. There is a clear need to constrain the energy, mass and momentum flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-21 R. J. Morton , E. Scullion , D. S. Bloomfield , J. A. McLaughlin , S. Regnier , S. W. McIntosh , S. Tomczyk , P. Young

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

From the the solar photosphere to the outer heliosphere, the Sun's plasma properties are fluctuating with a broad range of temporal and spatial scales. In fact, a turbulent cascade of energy from large to small scales is a frequently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-30 Steven R. Cranmer

2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are performed with high spatial resolution in order to distinguish between competing models of the coronal heating problem. A single coronal loop powered by Alfv\'{e}n waves excited in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Takuma Matsumoto

Solar macrospicules are beam-like cool plasma ejections of size in-between spicules and coronal jets, which can elucidate potential connections between plasma jetting activity at different scales. With high-resolution observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Yadan Duan , Yuandeng Shen , Hechao Chen , Zehao Tang , Chenrui Zhou , Xinping Zhou , Song Tan

Turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and shocks can be present in explosively unstable plasmas, forming a new electromagnetic environment, which we call here turbulent reconnection, and where spontaneous formation of current sheets takes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Loukas Vlahos , Heinz Isliker

We examine Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) Goode Solar Telescope (GST) high-spatial resolution (0''.06), high-cadence (3.45 s), H-alpha-0.8 Angstrom images of central-disk solar spicules, using data of Samanta et al. (2019). We compare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore , Tanmoy Samanta , Vasyl Yurchyshyn

Propagation of interplanetary (IP) shocks, particularly those driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is still an outstanding question in heliophysics and space weather forecasting. Here we address effects of the ambient solar wind on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-04 Chin-Chun Wu , Kan Liou , Brian E. Wood , Lynn Hutting

The aim of this work is to study the energy transport by means of MHD waves propagating in quiet Sun magnetic topology from layers below the surface to the corona. Upward propagating waves find obstacles, such as the equipartition layer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Irantzu C. Santamaria , Elena Khomenko , Manuel Collados

Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection (ICME) shocks are known to accelerate particles and contribute significantly to Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events. We have performed Magnetohydrodynamic-Particle in Cell (MHD-PIC) simulations of ICME…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Shanwlee Sow Mondal , Aveek Sarkar , Bhargav Vaidya , Andrea Mignone

Alfv\'enic waves are thought to play an important role in coronal heating and acceleration of solar wind. Here we investigated the statistical properties of Alfv\'enic waves along spicules (jets that protrude into the corona) in a polar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Takenori J. Okamoto , Bart De Pontieu

We studied the acceleration mechanisms of chromospheric jets associated with emerging flux using a two dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. We found that slow mode shock waves generated by magnetic reconnection in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Shinsuke Takasao , Hiroaki Isobe , Kazunari Shibata

Comprehending the manner in which magnetic fields affect propagating waves is a first step toward constructing accurate helioseismic models of active region sub-surface structure and dynamics. Here, we present a numerical method to compute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shravan M. Hanasoge