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To simulate the energy balance of coronal plasmas on macroscopic scales, we often require the specification of the coronal heating mechanism in some functional form. To go beyond empirical formulations and to build a more physically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Cooper Downs , Roberto Lionello , Zoran Mikić , Jon A. Linker , Marco Velli

The history and present state of large-scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling of the solar corona and the solar wind with steady or quasi-steady coronal physics is reviewed. We put the evolution of ideas leading to the recognition of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Tamas I. Gombosi , Bart van der Holst , Ward B. Manchester , Igor V. Sokolov

Quasi-periodic propagating intensity disturbances (PDs) have been observed in large coronal loops in EUV images over a decade, and are widely accepted to be slow magnetosonic waves. However, spectroscopic observations from Hinode/EIS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-24 Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Joseph M. Davila

Small-scale, cyclic, transverse motions of plasma threads are usually seen in solar prominences, which are often interpreted as magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. Here, we observed small-scale decayless transverse oscillations in a quiescent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-20 Dong Li , Jianchao Xue , Ding Yuan , Zongjun Ning

Slow magnetoacoustic waves in a static background provide a seismological tool to probe the solar atmosphere in the analytic frame. By analyzing the spatiotemporal variation of the electron number density of plume structure in coronal holes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Il-Hyun Cho , Valery M. Nakariakov , Yong-Jae Moon , Jin-Yi Lee , Dae Jung Yu , Kyung-Suk Cho , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Harim Lee

Aims: On 13 June 1998, the TRACE satellite was fortuitously well placed to observe the effects of a flare-induced EIT wave in the corona, and its subsequent interaction with coronal magnetic loops. In this study, we use these TRACE…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 I. Ballai , D. B. Jess , M. Douglas

Context. Slow waves in solar coronal loops are strongly damped. The current theory of damping by thermal conduction cannot explain some observational features.\n Aims. We investigate the propagation of slow waves in a coronal loop built up…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-19 Tom Van Doorsselaere , S. Krishna Prasad , Vaibhav Pant , Dipankar Banerjee , Alan Hood

The evolution of a coronal loop is studied by means of numerical simulations of the fully compressible three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equations using the HYPERION code. The footpoints of the loop magnetic field are advected by random…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , B. D. Taylor , I. Ugarte-Urra , H. P. Warren , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli

The study concerns the streamer belt observed at high spectral resolution during the minimum of solar cycle 22 with the Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS) onboard SOHO. On the basis of a spectroscopic analysis of the O VI doublet,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-09 Lucia Abbo , Ester Antonucci , Zoran Mikić , Jon A. Linker , Pete Riley , Roberto Lionello

In the near future, Parker Solar Probe will put theories about the dynamics and nature of the transition between the solar corona and the solar wind to stringent tests. The most popular mechanism aimed to explain the dynamics of the nascent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 N. Magyar , V. M. Nakariakov

We show that the coronal heating and the acceleration of the fast solar wind in the coronal holes are natural consequence of the footpoint fluctuations of the magnetic fields at the photosphere by one-dimensional, time-dependent, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves have been observed frequently in solar coronal flux tubes, which makes them a great tool for seismology of the solar corona. Here, the effect of viscosity is studied on the evolution of kink waves. To…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-12 Zanyar Ebrahimi , Roberto Soler , Kayoomars Karami

A 3D model intermediate between cellular automata (CA) models and the reduced magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) equations is presented to simulate solar impulsive events generated along a coronal magnetic loop. The model consists of a set of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Buchlin , V. Aletti , S. Galtier , M. Velli , G. Einaudi , J. -C. Vial

Alfven waves created by sub-photospheric motions or by magnetic reconnection in the low solar atmosphere seem good candidates for coronal heating. However, the corona is also likely to be heated more directly by magnetic reconnection, with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Antolin , K. Shibata , T. Kudoh , D. Shiota , D. Brooks

Transverse MHD waves permeate the solar atmosphere and are a candidate for coronal heating. However, the origin of these waves is still unclear. In this work, we analyse coordinated observations from \textit{Hinode}/SOT and \textit{IRIS} of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Patrick Antolin , Paolo Pagano , Ineke De Moortel , Valery M. Nakariakov

This Letter presents a calculation of the power spectra of weakly turbulent Alfven waves and fast magnetosonic waves ("fast waves") in low-beta plasmas. It is shown that three-wave interactions transfer energy to high-frequency fast waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

The ubiquity of recently discovered low-amplitude decayless kink oscillations of plasma loops allows for the seismological probing of the corona on a regular basis. In particular, in contrast to traditionally applied seismology which is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Sergey A. Anfinogentov , Valery. M. Nakariakov

A recent study by Nakariakov et al. pointed out that the dispersion relation of MHD sausage mode oscillations has been incorrectly applied to coronal loops, neglecting the highly dispersive nature of the phase speed and the long-wavelength…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Markus J. Aschwanden , Valery M. Nakariakov , Victor F. Melnikov

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-called p-modes with a 3 mHz frequency peak dominate the lower…

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