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We study the collective kinklike normal modes of a system of several cylindrical loops using the T-matrix theory. Loops that have similar kink frequencies oscillate collectively with a frequency which is slightly different from that of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Luna , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

Kink oscillations are ubiquitously observed in solar coronal loops, their understanding being crucial in the contexts of coronal seismology and atmospheric heating. We study kink modes supported by a straight coronal loop embeded in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-20 Mijie Shi , Bo Li , Shengju Yuan

Coronal loops exist ubiquitously in the solar atmosphere. These loops puzzle astronomers over half a century. Solar magneto-seismology (SMS) provides a unique way to constrain the physical parameters of coronal loops. Here, we study the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-20 W. Su , Y. Guo , R. Erdélyi , Z. J. Ning , M. D. Ding , X. Cheng , B. L. Tan

We aim to study the influence of radiative cooling on the standing kink oscillations of a coronal loop. Using the FLASH code, we solved the 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations. Our model consists of a straight, density enhanced and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-30 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere , A. Marcu

Evolution of a coronal loop in response to an impulsive energy release is numerically modelled. It is shown that the loop density evolution curves exhibit quasi-periodic perturbations with the periods given approximately by the ratio of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. M. Nakariakov , D. Tsiklauri , A. Kelly , T. D. Arber , M. J. Aschwanden

Decayless kink oscillations are frequently observed in solar coronal loops and are considered potential contributors to coronal heating. Despite the ubiquity of this wave phenomenon, its driving mechanism remains unclear. Studies to derive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Sudip Mandal , Cosima Breu , Hardi Peter

The transition of an impulsively excited kink oscillation of a solar coronal loop to an oscillation with a stationary amplitude, i.e., the damping pattern, is determined using the low-dimensional self-oscillation model. In the model, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 Valery M. Nakariakov , Yu Zhong , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov

Fast sausage modes in solar magnetic coronal loops are only fully contained in unrealistically short dense loops. Otherwise they are leaky, losing energy to their surrounds as outgoing waves. This causes any oscillation to decay…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-02 Paul S. Cally , Ming Xiong

Recent developments in the observation and modelling of kink oscillations of coronal loops have led to heightened interest over the last few years. The modification of the Transverse Density Profile (TDP) of oscillating coronal loops by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-13 Christopher Rhys Goddard , Patrick Antolin , David James Pascoe

Coronal oscillations offer insight into energy transport and driving in the solar atmosphere. Knowing its polarisation state helps constrain a wave's displacement and velocity amplitude, improving estimates of wave energy flux and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-10 T. J. Duckenfield , D. B. Jess , R. J. Morton , S. Jafarzadeh

Ever since their detection two decades ago, standing kink oscillations in coronal loops have been extensively studied both observationally and theoretically. Almost all driven coronal loop oscillations (e.g., by flares) are observed to damp…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-31 C. J. Nelson , A. A. Shukhobodskiy , R. Erdélyi , M. Mathioudakis

We aim to study the standing fundamental kink mode of coronal loops in the nonlinear regime, investigating the changes in energy evolution in the cross-section and oscillation amplitude of the loop which are related to nonlinear effects, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-02 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere

Solar coronal loops are commonly subject to oscillations. Observations of coronal oscillations are used to infer physical properties of the coronal plasma using coronal seismology. Excitation and evolution of oscillations in coronal loops…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 P. Kohutova , A. Popovas

Understanding the effects of the lower solar atmosphere on the spectrum of standing kink oscillations of coronal loops, in both the decaying and decayless regime, is essential for developing more advanced tools for coronal seismology. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-07 Konstantinos Karampelas , Daye Lim , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Yuhang Gao

Decayless kink oscillations of solar coronal loops are studied in terms of a low-dimensional model based on a randomly driven Rayleigh oscillator with coefficients experiencing random fluctuations. The model considers kink oscillations as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Valery M. Nakariakov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Sihui Zhong

Aims. We construct a new analytical model of a solar coronal loop that is embedded in a gravitationally stratified and magnetically confined atmosphere. On the basis of this analytical model, we devise a numerical model of solar coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 K. Murawski , A. Solov'ev , J. Kraskiewicz , A. K. Srivastava

Spectroscopic and stereoscopic imaging observations of slow magnetoacoustic wave propagation within a coronal loop are investigated to determine the decay length scale of the slow magnetoacoustic mode in three dimensions and the density…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. S. Marsh , I. De Moortel , R. W. Walsh

Coronal loops are plasma structures in the solar atmosphere with temperatures reaching millions of Kelvin, shaped and sustained by the magnetic field. However, their morphology and fundamental nature remain subjects of debate. By studying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 N. Vasantharaju , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , S. Mandal

We report the observation of the first two harmonics of the horizontally polarized kink waves excited in a coronal loop system lying at south-east of AR 11719 on 2013 April 11. The detected periods of the fundamental mode ($P_1$), its first…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Y. Guo , R. Erdélyi , A. K. Srivastava , Q. Hao , X. Cheng , P. F. Chen , M. D. Ding , B. N. Dwivedi

We investigate the transverse oscillations of a line-tied multi-stranded coronal loop composed of several parallel cylindrical strands. First, the collective fast normal modes of the loop are found with the T-matrix theory. There is a huge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Luna , J. Terradas , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester