Linear Mode Decomposition in Magnetohydrodynamics Revisited

GP Zank, LL Zhao, L Adhikari… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Small-amplitude fluctuations in the magnetized solar wind are measured typically by a
single spacecraft. In the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) description, fluctuations are typically …

How numerical treatments of the transition region modify energy flux into the solar corona

TA Howson, C Breu - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The large temperature gradients in the solar transition region present a significant challenge
to large-scale numerical modelling of the Sun's atmosphere. In response, a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] How transverse waves drive turbulence in the solar corona

T Howson - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oscillatory power is pervasive throughout the solar corona, and magnetohydrodynamic
(MHD) waves may carry a significant energy flux throughout the Sun's atmosphere. As a …

Evidence for parametric decay instability in the lower solar atmosphere

M Hahn, X Fu, DW Savin - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We find evidence for the first observation of the parametric decay instability (PDI) in the
lower solar atmosphere. In particular, we find that the power spectrum of density fluctuations …

Magnetohydrodynamic Mode Conversion in the Solar Corona: Insights from Fresnel-like Models of Waves at Sharp Interfaces

SR Cranmer, ME Molnar - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The solar atmosphere is known to contain many different types of wave-like oscillation.
Waves and other fluctuations (eg, turbulent eddies) are believed to be responsible for at …

Propagating Alfvén waves in open structures with random structuring

DJ Pascoe, I De Moortel, P Pagano… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We consider the behaviour of Alfvén waves propagating in a medium with random density
perturbations. The imposed density perturbations have a broad-band spectrum and their …

Reflection-driven turbulence in the super-Alfv\'enic solar wind

R Meyrand, J Squire, A Mallet… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In magnetized, stratified astrophysical environments such as the Sun's corona and solar
wind, Alfv\'enic fluctuations''reflect''from background gradients, enabling nonlinear …

Recurrently Propagating Intensity Disturbances along Polar Plumes Observed in White Light and Extreme Ultraviolet

IH Cho, YJ Moon, JY Lee, J An, DJ Yu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We study properties of intensity disturbances along polar coronal rays that are associated
with plumes below. For this, we draw azimuth–time images of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) …

Experimental study of Alfv\'en wave reflection from an Alfv\'en-speed gradient relevant to the solar coronal holes

S Bose, JM TenBarge, T Carter, M Hahn, H Ji… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We report the first experimental detection of a reflected Alfv\'en wave from an Alfv\'en-speed
gradient under conditions similar to those in coronal holes. The experiments were …

Coronal Loop Heating by Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic and Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Models

MS Yalim, GP Zank, M Asgari-Targhi - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …