scholarly journals The Effect of Twisted Magnetic Field on the Resonant Absorption of MHD Waves in Coronal Loops

Solar Physics ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 263 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Karami ◽  
K. Bahari
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Coronal Loops

Linear Visco-Resistive Computations of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves: II. Viscous Effects

1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 506-508
Author(s):  
R. Erdélyi ◽  
M. Goossens
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tensor ◽  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Larmor Radius ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Viscous Effects ◽  
Viscous Stress Tensor ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves ◽  
Finite Larmor Radius ◽  
Viscosity Coefficients

AbstractResonant absorption of MHD waves in coronal loops is studied in linear, viscous MHD. Viscosity is described by Braginskii’s viscosity stress tensor. The dependence of the process of resonant absorption on the viscosity coefficients is studied. The compressive viscosity and viscosity due to the finite Larmor radius do not produce absorption. Shear viscosity produces absorption and is a viable candidate for heating coronal loops. The width of the dissipation layer is found to be proportional to, whereη1is the shear viscous coefficient of the full viscous stress tensor.

Damping of magnetohydrodynamic waves by resonant absorption in the solar atmosphere

2005 ◽  
Vol 364 (1839) ◽  
pp. 433-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Goossens ◽  
J Andries ◽  
I Arregui
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Heliospheric Observatory ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Magnetic Structures ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Kink Waves

In the last decade we have been overwhelmed by an avalanche of discoveries of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and Transition Region and Coronal Explorer observatories. Both standing and propagating versions of fast magnetoacoustic and slow magnetoacoustic MHD waves have been detected. Information on the damping times and damping distances of these waves is less detailed and less accurate than that on periods and amplitudes. Nevertheless, observations show the damping times and damping lengths are often short. Also, different types of MHD waves in different types of magnetic structures likely require different damping mechanisms. The phenomenon of fast damping is well documented for the standing fast magnetosonic kink waves in coronal loops. This paper concentrates on standing fast magnetosonic waves. It reports on results on periods and damping times due to resonant absorption in one-dimensional and two-dimensional models of coronal loops. Special attention is given to multiple modes.

scholarly journals Resonant absorption: Transformation of compressive motions into vortical motions

2020 ◽  
Vol 641 ◽  
pp. A106
Author(s):  
M. Goossens ◽  
I. Arregui ◽  
R. Soler ◽  
T. Van Doorsselaere
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Alfven Wave ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Wave Variables ◽  
Striking Result ◽  
Spatial Properties ◽  
Vorticity Component ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Component Parallel

This paper investigates the changes in spatial properties when magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves undergo resonant damping in the Alfvén continuum. The analysis is carried out for a 1D cylindrical pressure-less plasma with a straight magnetic field. The effect of the damping on the spatial wave variables is determined by using complex frequencies that arise as a result of the resonant damping. Compression and vorticity are used to characterise the spatial evolution of the MHD wave. The most striking result is the huge spatial variation in the vorticity component parallel to the magnetic field. Parallel vorticity vanishes in the uniform part of the equilibrium. However, when the MHD wave moves into the non-uniform part, parallel vorticity explodes to values that are orders of magnitude higher than those attained by the transverse components in planes normal to the straight magnetic field. In the non-uniform part of the equilibrium plasma, the MHD wave is controlled by parallel vorticity and resembles an Alfvén wave, with the unfamiliar property that it has pressure variations even in the linear regime.

scholarly journals Seismology of kink oscillations in coronal loops: Two decades of resonant damping

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S247) ◽  
pp. 228-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Goossens
Keyword(s):  
Wave Theory ◽  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Equilibrium Models ◽  
Kink Waves ◽  
The Common ◽  
Uniform Equilibrium ◽  
Transverse Oscillations ◽  
Alfven Velocity

AbstractThe detection of rapidly damped transverse oscillations in coronal loops by Aschwanden et al. (1999) and Nakariakov et al. (1999) gave a strong impetus to the study of MHD waves and their damping. The common interpretation of the observations of these oscillations is based on kink modes. This paper reviews how the observed period and damping time can be reproduced by MHD wave theory when non-uniform equilibrium models are considered that have a transversal variation of the local Alfven velocity. The key point here is that resonant absorption cannot be avoided and occurs as natural damping mechanism for kink waves in non-uniform equilibrium models. The present paper starts with work by Hollweg & Yang (1988) and discusses subsequent developments in theory and their applications to seismology of coronal loops. It addresses the consistent use of observations of periods and damping times as seismological tools within the framework of resonant absorption. It shows that within the framework of resonant absorption infinitely many equilibrium models can reproduce the observed values of periods and damping times.

Linear Visco-Resistive Computations of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves: I. The Code and Test Cases

1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 503-505
Author(s):  
R. Erdélyi ◽  
M. Goossens ◽  
S. Poedts
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Absorption ◽  
Numerical Code ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Numerical Accuracy ◽  
Element Discretization ◽  
Flux Tubes ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves ◽  
Viscosity Coefficients ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tubes

AbstractThe stationary state of resonant absorption of linear, MHD waves in cylindrical magnetic flux tubes is studied in viscous, compressible MHD with a numerical code using finite element discretization. The full viscosity tensor with the five viscosity coefficients as given by Braginskii is included in the analysis. Our computations reproduce the absorption rates obtained by Lou in scalar viscous MHD and Goossens and Poedts in resistive MHD, which guarantee the numerical accuracy of the tensorial viscous MHD code.

scholarly journals Energetics of magnetic transients in a solar active region plage

2019 ◽  
Vol 623 ◽  
pp. A176 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Chitta ◽  
A. R. C. Sukarmadji ◽  
L. Rouppe van der Voort ◽  
H. Peter
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Active Region ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Extreme Ultraviolet ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Flux Emergence ◽  
Transient Events

Context. Densely packed coronal loops are rooted in photospheric plages in the vicinity of active regions on the Sun. The photospheric magnetic features underlying these plage areas are patches of mostly unidirectional magnetic field extending several arcsec on the solar surface. Aims. We aim to explore the transient nature of the magnetic field, its mixed-polarity characteristics, and the associated energetics in the active region plage using high spatial resolution observations and numerical simulations. Methods. We used photospheric Fe I 6173 Å spectropolarimetric observations of a decaying active region obtained from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST). These data were inverted to retrieve the photospheric magnetic field underlying the plage as identified in the extreme-ultraviolet emission maps obtained from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). To obtain better insight into the evolution of extended unidirectional magnetic field patches on the Sun, we performed 3D radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of magnetoconvection using the MURaM code. Results. The observations show transient magnetic flux emergence and cancellation events within the extended predominantly unipolar patch on timescales of a few 100 s and on spatial scales comparable to granules. These transient events occur at the footpoints of active region plage loops. In one case the coronal response at the footpoints of these loops is clearly associated with the underlying transient. The numerical simulations also reveal similar magnetic flux emergence and cancellation events that extend to even smaller spatial and temporal scales. Individual simulated transient events transfer an energy flux in excess of 1 MW m−2 through the photosphere. Conclusions. We suggest that the magnetic transients could play an important role in the energetics of active region plage. Both in observations and simulations, the opposite-polarity magnetic field brought up by transient flux emergence cancels with the surrounding plage field. Magnetic reconnection associated with such transient events likely conduits magnetic energy to power the overlying chromosphere and coronal loops.

scholarly journals Magnetic field inference in active region coronal loops using coronal rain clumps

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kriginsky ◽  
R. Oliver ◽  
P. Antolin ◽  
D. Kuridze ◽  
N. Freij
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Active Region ◽  
Coronal Loops ◽  
Coronal Rain

scholarly journals Galactic Center threads as nuclear magnetohydrodynamic waves

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Sofue
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Fast Mode ◽  
Magnetohydrodynamic Waves ◽  
Compression Waves ◽  
Sgr A ◽  
The Waves ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract Propagation of fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) compression waves is traced in the Galactic Center with a poloidal magnetic cylinder. MHD waves ejected from the nucleus are reflected and guided along the magnetic field, exhibiting vertically stretched fronts. The radio threads and non-thermal filaments are explained as due to tangential views of the waves driven by sporadic activity in Sgr A$^*$, or by multiple supernovae. In the latter case, the threads could be extremely deformed relics of old supernova remnants exploded in the nucleus.

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