Thermally damped linear compressional waves in a 2D solar coronal model

Thermally damped linear compressional waves in a 2D solar coronal model

The high resolution observations (TRACE and SOHO) of waves in coronal structures have revealed a rapid damping of modes, sometimes their damping length being of the same order as their wavelength. The rapid damping of modes in coronal loops permits us to derive values for magnetic field and transport coefficients. In this contribution we study the damping of linear compressional waves consideri...

Resonantly Damped Surface and Body MHD Waves in a Solar Coronal Slab with Oblique Propagation

The theory of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in solar coronal slabs in a zero-β configuration and for parallel propagation of waves does not allow the existence of surface waves. When oblique propagation of perturbations is considered both surface and body waves are able to propagate. When the perpendicular wave number is larger than a certain value, the body kink mode becomes a surface wave. ...

Reconstruction of Solar Coronal Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field

Fast MHD waves in a solar coronal arcade

Aims. To investigate detailed properties of fast MHD modes of a three-dimensional waveguide for a cylindrical magnetic arcade. Methods. To derive governing equations and dispersion relations for different density profiles and to numerically solve them to obtain discrete eigenvalues for fast modes and the corresponding eigenfunctions. Results. We find that small changes in the density structure ...

Coronal transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves in a solar prominence.

Solar prominences are cool 10(4) kelvin plasma clouds supported in the surrounding 10(6) kelvin coronal plasma by as-yet-undetermined mechanisms. Observations from Hinode show fine-scale threadlike structures oscillating in the plane of the sky with periods of several minutes. We suggest that these represent Alfvén waves propagating on coronal magnetic field lines and that these may play a role...