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An experimental investigation of nonlinear interactions between shear Alfv\'{e}n waves in a laboratory plasma is presented. Two Alfv\'{e}n waves, generated by a resonant cavity, are observed to beat together, driving a low frequency…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. A. Carter , B. Brugman , P. Pribyl , W. Lybarger

Past observations show that solar wind (SW) acceleration occurs inside the sub-Alfvenic region, reaching the local Alfven speed at typical distances ~ 10 - 20 Rs (solar radii). Recently, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) traversed regions of…

Fast magnetoacoustic wave is an important tool for inferring solar atmospheric parameters. We numerically simulate the propagation of fast wave pulses in randomly structured plasmas mimicking the highly inhomogeneous solar corona. A network…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Ding Yuan , Bo Li , Robert W. Walsh

A phenomenological turbulence model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves in a magnetizedcollisionless plasma, able to reproduce the non-universalpower-law spectra observed at the sub-ion scales in the solar wind and the terrestrial magnetosphere, is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

We study theoretically mode conversion and resonant overreflection of magnetohydrodynamic waves in an inhomogeneous plane-stratified plasma in the presence of a nonuniform shear flow, using precise numerical calculations of the reflection…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Seulong Kim , Kihong Kim

Crustal quakes of highly magnetized neutron stars can disrupt their magnetospheres, triggering energetic phenomena like X-ray and fast radio bursts (FRBs). Understanding plasma wave dynamics in these extreme environments is vital for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-06 Jens F. Mahlmann , Miguel Á. Aloy , Xinyu Li

Motivated by the interface model for the solar dynamo, this paper explores the complex magnetohydrodynamic interactions between convective flows and shear-driven instabilities. Initially, we consider the dynamics of a forced shear flow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. J. Silvers , P. J. Bushby , M. R. E. Proctor

Our study investigates the properties of Alfv\'en waves in partially ionised solar plasmas in the presence of steady, field-aligned, flows of charged and neutral particles. Our work aims to understand how such flows modify wave propagation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-17 Nada F. Alshehri , Istvan Ballai , Viktor Fedun , Gary Verth

The propagation of shear Alfven wave packets in inhomogeneous magnetic fields, at the origin of their distortion, regardless of the occurrence of non-linear coupling, is considered. It is shown that the distortion mechanism can be regarded…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-23 Nicolas Bian , David Tsiklauri

The solar atmosphere is magnetically structured and highly dynamic. Owing to the dynamic nature of the regions in which the magnetic structures exist, waves can be excited in them. Numerical investigations of wave propagation in small-scale…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 G. Vigeesh , O. Steiner , S. S. Hasan

It has been suggested that under solar coronal conditions, drift waves may contribute to coronal heating. Specific properties of the drift waves to be expected in the solar corona have, however, not yet been determined using more advanced…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-14 Michaela Brchnelova , MJ Pueschel , Stefaan Poedts

In stratified atmospheres, acoustic waves can only propagate if their frequency is above the cutoff value. Different theories provide different cutoff values. We developed an alternative method to derive the cutoff frequency in several…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-29 T. Felipe , C. R. Sangeetha

The solar wind upstream of Mars's bow shock can be described in terms of Alfv\'enic turbulence, with an incompressible energy cascade rate of $10^{-17}$ J m$^{-3}$ s$^{-1}$ at magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) scales. The solar wind has more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-26 Norberto Romanelli , Christopher M. Fowler , Gina A. DiBraccio , Jared R. Espley , Jasper S. Halekas

Characterizing the plasma state in the near-Sun environment is essential to constrain the mechanisms that heat and accelerate the solar wind. In this study, we use Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations from Encounters 1 through 24 to…

We present results of three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave propagation in a solar magnetic flux tube. Our study aims at understanding the properties of a range of MHD wave modes generated by different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-01 G. Vigeesh , V. Fedun , S. S. Hasan , R. Erdélyi

With first-principles kinetic simulations, we show that a large-scale Alfv\'en wave (AW) propagating in an inhomogeneous background decays into kinetic Alfv\'en waves (KAWs), triggering ion and electron energization. We demonstrate that the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Fabio Bacchini , Francesco Pucci , Francesco Malara , Giovanni Lapenta

We present results of nonlinear numerical simulations of gravity wave driven shear flow oscillations in the equatorial plane of the solar radiative interior. These results show that many of the assumptions of quasi-linear theory are not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. M. Rogers , K. B. MacGregor , G. A. Glatzmaier

We use the exact solutions for magnetoacoustic waves in a two dimensional isothermal atmosphere with uniform inclined magnetic field to calculate the wave reflection, transmission, and conversion of slow and fast waves incident from above…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Shelley Hansen , Paul Cally , Alina Donea

We show that 5-minute acoustic oscillations may resonantly convert into Alfv{\'e}n waves in the $\beta{\sim}1$ region of the solar atmosphere. Considering the 5-minute oscillations as pumping standing acoustic waves oscillating along…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Kuridze , T. V. Zaqarashvili , B. Roberts

Being directly observed in the Doppler shift and imaging data and indirectly as quasi-periodic pulsations in solar and stellar flares, slow magnetoacoustic waves offer an important seismological tool for probing many vital parameters of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Valery M. Nakariakov