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We provide a valid magnetohydrostatic equilibrium from the collapse of a 2D X-point in the presence of a finite plasma pressure, in which the current density is not simply concentrated in an infinitesimally thin, one-dimensional current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-13 Jorge Fuentes-Fernández , Clare E. Parnell , Alan W. Hood

We argue that the magnetically closed corona evolves primarily quasi-statically, punctuated by many localized bursts of activity associated with magnetic reconnection at a myriad of small current sheets. The sheets form by various processes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-27 James A. Klimchuk , Spiro K. Antiochos

Numerical solutions of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are reported for the interior of a rotating, perfectly-conducting, rigid spherical shell that is insulator-coated on the inside. A previously-reported spectral…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. D. Mininni , D. C. Montgomery , L. Turner

Recent high resolution AIA/SDO images show evidence of the development of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) expand in the ambient corona. A large-scale magnetic field mostly tangential to the interface is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-15 Daniel O. Gomez , Edward E. DeLuca , Pablo D. Mininni

The Parker or field line tangling model of coronal heating is studied comprehensively via long-time high-resolution simulations of the dynamics of a coronal loop in cartesian geometry within the framework of reduced magnetohydrodynamics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-06 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , G. Einaudi , R. B. Dahlburg

The coronal magnetic field evolution of AR 11437 is simulated by applying the magnetofrictional relaxation technique of Mackay et al. (2011). A sequence of photospheric line-of-sight magnetograms produced by SDO/HMI are used to drive the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Stephanie L. Yardley , Duncan H. Mackay , Lucie M. Green

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

In preparation for an experimental study of magnetorotational instability (MRI) in liquid metal, we present non-ideal axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the nonlinear evolution of MRI in the experimental geometry. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei Liu

In recent years, the decay-less regime of standing transverse oscillations in coronal loops has been the topic of many observational and numerical studies, focusing on their physical characteristics, as well as their importance for coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-29 Konstantinos Karampelas , Tom Van Doorsselaere

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

This paper reviews the latest observational evidence for the existence of propagating waves in the open magnetic flux tubes of the solar corona. SOHO measurements have put tentative limits on the fluxes of various types of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

We demonstrate that special correlations in the initial conditions of freely evolving, homogeneous magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence can lead to the formation of enormous current sheets. These coherent structures are observed at the peak…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-18 Vassilios Dallas , Alexandros Alexakis

Observations of transversal coronal loop oscillations very often show the excitation and damping of oscillations in groups of coronal loops rather than in individual and isolated structures. We present results on the oscillatory properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Inigo Arregui , Jaume Terradas , Ramon Oliver , Jose Luis Ballester

In this paper we study the general relationship between the evolutionary conditions for discontinuous solutions of hyperbolic conservation laws with a concave entropy function and the existence and uniqueness of steady dissipative shock…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. A. E. G. Falle , S. S. Komissarov

The evolutionary conditions for the dissipative continuous magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks are studied. We modify Hada's approach in the stability analysis of the MHD shock waves. The matching conditions between perturbed shock structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

The standing quasi modes in a cylindrical incompressible flux tube with magnetic twist that undergoes a radial density structuring is considered in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). The radial structuring is assumed to be a linearly varying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-06 K. Karami , K. Bahari

It has been shown in a previous work that torsional Alfv\'en waves can drive turbulence in nonuniform coronal loops with a purely axial magnetic field. Here we explore the role of the magnetic twist. We model a coronal loop as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Sergio Díaz-Suárez , Roberto Soler

2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are performed with high spatial resolution in order to distinguish between competing models of the coronal heating problem. A single coronal loop powered by Alfv\'{e}n waves excited in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Takuma Matsumoto

We investigate the dynamics of a closed corona cartesian reduced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model where photospheric vortices twist the coronal magnetic field lines. We consider two corotating or counter-rotating vortices localized at the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-17 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi

We present a study of energetic-electron trapping and acceleration in the Kelvin-Helmholtz-induced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence of post-flare loops in the solar corona. Using the particle-tracing capabilities of MPI-AMRVAC 3.0, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Fabio Bacchini , Wenzhi Ruan , Rony Keppens