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The transport of waves and turbulence beyond the photosphere is central to the coronal heating problem. Turbulence in the quiet solar corona has been modeled on the basis of the nearly incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (NI MHD) theory to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-12 Mehmet Sarp Yalim , Gary P. Zank , Mahboubeh Asgari-Targhi

Sunspots are transient, magnetically intense features that host oscillations linked to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. These waves may contribute to plasma heating and drive mass flows in the solar wind. Beyond their energetic role, they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , Libo Fu , Ding Yuan , Song Feng , Yuandeng Shen

Waves and oscillations have been observed in the Sun's atmosphere for over half a century. While such phenomena have readily been observed across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, spanning radio to gamma-ray sources, the underlying role…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 David B. Jess , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Peter H. Keys , Marco Stangalini , Gary Verth , Samuel D. T. Grant

We perform a number of numerical simulations of the solar corona with the aim to understand how it responds to different conditions in the photosphere. By changing parameters which govern the motion of the plasma at the photosphere we study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Leandro F. Gomes de Jesus , Boris V. Gudiksen

On 2008 January 10, the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) A and B spacecraft conducted a high time cadence study of the solar corona with the Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI) instruments with the aim of investigating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 M. S. Marsh , R. W. Walsh , S. Plunkett

Spicules have been proposed as significant contributors to the mass and energy balance of the corona. While previous observations have provided a glimpse of short-lived transient brightenings in the corona that are associated with spicules,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-19 Bart De Pontieu , Ineke De Moortel , Juan Martinez-Sykora , Scott McIntosh

A set of co-aligned high resolution images from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is used to investigate propagating disturbances (PDs) in warm fan loops at the periphery of a non-flaring…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Vadim M. Uritsky , Joseph M. Davila , Nicholeen M. Viall , Leon Ofman

This paper separately evaluates the effects of inclination and asymmetry of solar coronal loops on the resonant absorption of kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillations. We modelled a typical coronal loop by a straight and axisymmetric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-06 Sirwan Amiri , Kayoomars Karami , Zanyar Ebrahimi

Context. Transverse oscillations of coronal structures are currently intensively studied to explore the associated magnetohydrodynamic wave physics and perform seismology of the local medium. Aims. We make a first attempt to measure the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 C. R. Goddard , G. Nisticò

The 1998 April 20 spectral line data from the Coronal Diagnostics Spectrometer (CDS) on the {\it Solar and Heliospheric Observatory} (\SOHO) shows a coronal loop on the solar limb. Our original analysis of these data showed that the plasma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. T. Schmelz , K. Nasraoui , V. L. Richardson , P. J. Hubbard , C. R. Nevels , J. E. Beene

Context: Transverse loop oscillations and loop contractions are commonly associated with solar flares, but the two types of motion have traditionally been regarded as separate phenomena. Aims: We present an observation of coronal loops…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 Alexander J. B. Russell , Paulos J. A. Simoes , Lyndsay Fletcher

Electromagnetic wave lensing, a common physical phenomenon recognized in visible light for centuries, finds extensive applications in manipulating light in optical systems such as telescopes and cameras. Magnetohydrodynamic wave is a common…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-19 Xinping Zhou , Yuandeng Shen , Ding Yuan , Rony Keppens , Xiaozhou Zhao , Libo Fu , Zehao Tang , Jiaoyang Wang , Chengrui Zhou

We model a coronal loop as a three-dimensional magnetic cylinder in a realistic solar atmosphere that extends from the chromosphere to the corona. Kink oscillations, believed ubiquitous in the solar corona, are launched in the loop. Heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Mingzhe Guo , Timothy Duckenfield , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Konstantinos Karampelas , Gabriel Pelouze , Yuhang gao

The details of the mechanism(s) responsible for the observed heating and dynamics of the solar atmosphere still remain a mystery. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are thought to play a vital role in this process. Although it has been shown…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-19 R. J. Morton , G. Verth , D. B. Jess , D. Kuridze , M. S. Ruderman , M. Mathioudakis , R. Erdelyi

The acceleration of charged particles is relevant to the solar corona over a broad range of scales and energies. High-energy particles are usually detected in concomitance with large energy release events like solar eruptions and flares,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-27 S. Dalena , A. F. Rappazzo , P. Dmitruk , A. Greco , W. H. Matthaeus

Context: In the context of the solar coronal heating problem, one possible explanation for the high coronal temperature is the release of energy by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. The energy transfer is believed to be possible, among…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Michaël Geeraerts , Tom Van Doorsselaere

The nature and detailed properties of the heating of the million-degree solar corona are important issues that are still largely unresolved. Nanoflare heating might be dominant in active regions and quiet Sun, although direct signatures of…

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, playing a crucial role in transporting energy through the solar atmosphere, manifest in various chromospheric structures. Here, we investigated MHD waves in a long-lasting dark fibril using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Maryam Saberi , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Ricardo Gafeira , Mikolaj Szydlarski , David Jess , Marco Stangalini

To understand the nonlinear dynamics of the Parker scenario for coronal heating, long-time high-resolution simulations of the dynamics of a coronal loop in cartesian geometry are carried out. A loop is modeled as a box extended along the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-15 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , G. Einaudi

Shock waves driven by fast and wide coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are highly efficient particle accelerators involved in the production of solar energetic particle (SEP) events. The gradual SEP event measured by STEREO-A and B on October…