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We investigate electron acceleration resulting from 3D magnetic reconnection between an emerging, twisted magnetic flux rope and a pre-existing weak, open magnetic field. We first follow the rise of an unstable, twisted flux tube with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-07 G. Baumann , Å. Nordlund

We present an analysis of the formation of atmospheric flux ropes in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) solar flux emergence simulation. The simulation domain ranges from the top of the solar interior to the low corona. A twisted magnetic flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 David MacTaggart , Andrew Haynes

Numerical studies of the interplanetary "shock overtaking magnetic cloud (MC)" event are continued by a 2.5 dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model in heliospheric meridional plane. Interplanetary direct collision (DC)/oblique collision…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-07 Ming Xiong , Huinan Zheng , Yuming Wang , Shui Wang

Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are usually originated in the lower solar atmosphere which makes them…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 D. Banerjee , S. Krishna Prasad , V. Pant , J. A. McLaughlin , P. Antolin , N. Magyar , L. Ofman , H. Tian , T. Van Doorsselaere , I. De Moortel , T. Wang

Recent in-situ observations and numerical models indicated various types of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves contributing to the solar wind acceleration. Among them is an MHD wave decomposition at distances closer than 50 $R_{\odot}$ using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Shota Chiba , Munehito Shoda , Takeshi Imamura

Polar faculae are bright features that can be detected in solar limb observations and they are related to magnetic field concentrations. Although there is a large number of works studying them, some questions about their nature as their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 C. Quintero Noda , Y. Suematsu , B. Ruiz Cobo , T. Shimizu , A. Asensio Ramos

The topology of the coronal magnetic field produces a strong impact on the properties of the solar corona and presumably on the origin of the slow solar wind. To advance our understanding of this impact, we revisit the concept of so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 R. Lionello , V. S. Titov , Z. Mikić , J. A. Linker

The dynamical coupling between the solar chromospheric plasma and magnetic field is investigated by numerically solving a fully self-consistent, two-dimensional initial-value problem for the nonlinear collisional MHD equations including…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 L. M. Alekseeva , S. P. Kshevetskii

Coronal jets are the captivating eruptions which are often found in the solar atmosphere, and primarily formed due to magnetic reconnection. Despite their short-lived nature and lower energy compared to many other eruptive events, e.g.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Sushree S Nayak , Samrat Sen , Arpit Kumar Shrivastav , R. Bhattacharyya , P. S. Athiray

The solar surface is covered by high-speed jets transporting mass and energy into the solar corona and feeding the solar wind. The most prominent of these jets have been known as spicules. However, the mechanism initiating these eruptions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , S. K. Lele , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray

Many phenomena seen in solar atmosphere are connected with underphotospheric processes. MHD oscillation and other dynamical processes observed in quit sun objects are, for example, these phenomena. In our research we use Stereo Behind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-22 S. Anfinogentov , R. Sych , D. Prosovetsky

Height series of H${\alpha}$ spectra in solar limb spicules obtained with the 53 cm coronagraph of the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory are analyzed. Each height series covered 8 different heights beginning at 3800 km above the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Kukhianidze , T. V. Zaqarashvili , E. Khutsishvili

Magnetic holes (MHs) are coherent magnetic field dips whose size ranges from fluid to kinetic scale, ubiquitously observed in the heliosphere and in planetary environments. Despite the longstanding effort in interpreting the abundance of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-21 Giuseppe Arrò , Francesco Califano , Francesco Pucci , Tomas Karlsson , Hui Li

In solving the solar coronal heating problem, it is crucial to comprehend the mechanisms by which energy is conveyed from the photosphere to the corona. Recently, magnetic tornadoes, characterized as coherent, rotating magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Hidetaka Kuniyoshi , Munehito Shoda , Haruhisa Iijima , Takaaki Yokoyama

Identifying the heating mechanisms of the solar corona and the driving mechanisms of solar wind are key challenges in understanding solar physics. A full three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation was conducted to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Takuma Matsumoto

Many solar coronal jets result from erupting miniature-filament ("minifilament") magnetic flux ropes that reconnect with encountered surrounding far-reaching field. Many of those minifilament flux ropes are apparently built and triggered to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore , Navdeep K. Panesar , Tanmoy Samanta

In the past few years observations by high-resolution space imaging telescopes and spectrometers have confirmed that a great variety of MHD waves are supported in the solar corona of a low-beta plasma and fine structure. MHD waves are an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tongjiang Wang

We simulate the buoyant rise of a magnetic flux rope from the solar convection zone into the corona to better understand the energetic coupling of the solar interior to the corona. The magnetohydrodynamic model addresses the physics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Fang Fang , Ward Manchester , William P. Abbett , Bart van der Holst

Cool, dense material is frequently observed to permeate the hot, tenuous solar corona in the form of prominences, spicules and coronal rain. Both the cool material and surrounding corona exist at temperatures that are effectively thermally…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-30 B. Snow , A. Hillier

Spicules are ubiquitous, small-scale features in the solar atmosphere, exhibiting a jet-like appearance most clearly identified by their apparent motion in off-limb observations. While they are often interpreted as narrow, thread-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 Sanghita Chandra , Robert Cameron , Damien Przybylski , Sami K. Solanki