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 …

Magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona

VM Nakariakov, DY Kolotkov - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Coronal heating by MHD waves

T Van Doorsselaere, AK Srivastava, P Antolin… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
The heating of the solar chromosphere and corona to the observed high temperatures, imply
the presence of ongoing heating that balances the strong radiative and thermal conduction …

Multi-scale variability of coronal loops set by thermal non-equilibrium and instability as a probe for coronal heating

P Antolin, C Froment - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Solar coronal loops are the building blocks of the solar corona. These dynamic structures
are shaped by the magnetic field that expands into the solar atmosphere. They can be …

Polarisation of decayless kink oscillations of solar coronal loops

S Zhong, VM Nakariakov, DY Kolotkov… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Decayless kink oscillations of plasma loops in the solar corona may contain an answer to
the enigmatic problem of solar and stellar coronal heating. The polarisation of the …

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 …

30-min decayless kink oscillations in a very long bundle of solar coronal plasma loops

S Zhong, VM Nakariakov, Y Miao, L Fu, D Yuan - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The energy balance in the corona of the Sun is the key to the long-standing coronal heating
dilemma, which could be potentially revealed by observational studies of decayless kink …

Probing the physics of the solar atmosphere with the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE). I. Coronal heating

B De Pontieu, P Testa, J Martínez-Sykora… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a proposed mission composed of a multislit
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrograph (in three spectral bands around 171 Å, 284 Å, and …

Transverse oscillations and an energy source in a strongly magnetized sunspot

D Yuan, L Fu, W Cao, B Kuźma, M Geeraerts… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The solar corona is two to three orders of magnitude hotter than the underlying photosphere,
and the energy loss of coronal plasma is extremely strong, requiring a heating flux of over …

A statistical study of short-period decayless oscillations of coronal loops in an active region

D Li, DM Long - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Coronal loop oscillations are common phenomena in the solar corona, which are often
classified as decaying and decayless oscillations. Using the high-resolution observation …