Quasi-periodic pulsations in solar and stellar flares: a review of underpinning physical mechanisms and their predicted observational signatures

IV Zimovets, JA McLaughlin, AK Srivastava… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
The phenomenon of quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar and stellar flares has been
known for over 50 years and significant progress has been made in this research area. It has …

Waves in the lower solar atmosphere: the dawn of next-generation solar telescopes

DB Jess, S Jafarzadeh, PH Keys, M Stangalini… - Living Reviews in Solar …, 2023 - Springer
Waves and oscillations have been observed in the Sun's atmosphere for over half a century.
While such phenomena have readily been observed across the entire electromagnetic …

[HTML][HTML] 3D turbulent reconnection: Theory, tests, and astrophysical implications

A Lazarian, GL Eyink, A Jafari, G Kowal, H Li, S Xu… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic reconnection, topological changes in magnetic fields, is a fundamental process in
magnetized plasmas. It is associated with energy release in regions of magnetic field …

Decayless low-amplitude kink oscillations: a common phenomenon in the solar corona?

SA Anfinogentov, VM Nakariakov, G Nisticò - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2015 - aanda.org
Context. We investigate the decayless regime of coronal kink oscillations recently
discovered in the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/AIA data. In contrast to decaying kink …

Magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in the solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere: towards consolidated understanding

VM Nakariakov, V Pilipenko, B Heilig, P Jelínek… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillatory processes in different plasma systems, such as the
corona of the Sun and the Earth's magnetosphere, show interesting similarities and …

Prominence oscillations

I Arregui, R Oliver, JL Ballester - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2018 - Springer
Prominences are intriguing, but poorly understood, magnetic structures of the solar corona.
The dynamics of solar prominences has been the subject of a large number of studies, and …

Magnetohydrodynamic waves in open coronal structures

D Banerjee, S Krishna Prasad, V Pant… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic
waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are …

Decaying and decayless transverse oscillations of a coronal loop

G Nisticò, VM Nakariakov, E Verwichte - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013 - aanda.org
Aims. We investigate kink oscillations of loops observed in an active region with the
Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory …

Turbulent magnetic reconnection generated by intense lasers

Y Ping, J Zhong, X Wang, B Han, W Sun, Y Zhang… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Turbulent magnetic reconnection is believed to occur in astrophysical plasmas, and it has
been suggested to be a trigger of solar flares. It often occurs in long stretched and …

Fast magnetic reconnection and spontaneous stochasticity

GL Eyink, A Lazarian, ET Vishniac - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic field lines in astrophysical plasmas are expected to be frozen-in at scales larger
than the ion gyroradius. The rapid reconnection of magnetic-flux structures with dimensions …