Partially ionized plasmas in astrophysics

JL Ballester, I Alexeev, M Collados, T Downes… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Partially ionized plasmas are found across the Universe in many different astrophysical
environments. They constitute an essential ingredient of the solar atmosphere, molecular …

Observation and modelling of solar jets

Y Shen - Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The solar atmosphere is full of complicated transients manifesting the reconfiguration of the
solar magnetic field and plasma. Solar jets represent collimated, beam-like plasma …

Bifurcation, chaotic and multistability analysis of the -dimensional elliptic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external perturbation

S Samina, A Jhangeer, Z Chen - Waves in Random and Complex …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a theory of weakly nonlinear wave propagation in superposed fluids in
the existence of magnetic fields. The extended direct algebraic approach has been utilized …

Damping of nonlinear standing kink oscillations: a numerical study

N Magyar, T Van Doorsselaere - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to study the standing fundamental kink mode of coronal loops in the nonlinear
regime, investigating the changes in energy evolution in the cross-section and oscillation …

Heating by transverse waves in simulated coronal loops

K Karampelas, T Van Doorsselaere… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. Recent numerical studies of oscillating flux tubes have established the significance
of resonant absorption in the damping of propagating transverse oscillations in coronal …

Observational signatures of transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves and associated dynamic instabilities in coronal flux tubes

P Antolin, I De Moortel… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves permeate the solar atmosphere and constitute
potential coronal heating agents. Yet, the waves detected so far may be but a small subset of …

Could switchbacks originate in the lower solar atmosphere? I. Formation mechanisms of switchbacks

N Magyar, D Utz, R Erdélyi… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent rediscovery of magnetic field switchbacks or deflections embedded in the solar
wind flow by the Parker Solar Probe mission lead to a huge interest in the modeling of the …

Alfvénic waves in the inhomogeneous solar atmosphere

RJ Morton, R Sharma, E Tajfirouze… - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2023 - Springer
The solar atmosphere is known to be replete with magneto-hydrodynamic wave modes, and
there has been significant investment in understanding how these waves propagate through …

Effect of magnetic twist on nonlinear transverse kink oscillations of line-tied magnetic flux tubes

J Terradas, N Magyar… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic twist is thought to play an important role in many structures of the solar
atmosphere. One of the effects of twist is to modify the properties of the eigenmodes of …

(When) Can wave heating balance optically thin radiative losses in the corona?

I De Moortel, TA Howson - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Why the atmosphere of the Sun is orders of magnitudes hotter than its surface is a long
standing question in solar physics. Over the years, many studies have looked at the potential …