The corona of the Sun is a unique environment in which magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
waves, one of the fundamental processes of plasma astrophysics, are open to a direct study …

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 …

The corona is a layer of hot plasma that surrounds the Sun, traces out its complex magnetic
field, and ultimately expands into interplanetary space as the supersonic solar wind …

The solar chromosphere forms a crucial, yet complex and until recently poorly understood,
interface between the solar photosphere and the heliosphere.▪ Advances in high-resolution …

Partially ionized plasmas are found across the Universe in many different astrophysical
environments. They constitute an essential ingredient of the solar atmosphere, molecular …

Current state-of-the-art spectrographs cannot resolve the fundamental spatial
(subarcseconds) and temporal (less than a few tens of seconds) scales of the coronal …

Hinode is Japan's third solar mission following Hinotori (1981–1982) and Yohkoh (1991–
2001): it was launched on 2006 September 22 and is in operation currently. Hinode carries …

Magnetohydrodynamic Alfvén waves have been a focus of laboratory plasma physics and
astrophysics for over half a century. Their unique nature makes them ideal energy …

Quasi-periodic, fast-mode propagating (QFP) wave trains in the corona have been studied
intensively over the last decade, thanks to the full-disk, high spatio-temporal resolution, and …

Context. Current models of the solar wind must approximate (or ignore) the small-scale
dynamics within the solar atmosphere; however, these are likely important in shaping the …