Impulsively Generated Linear and Non-Linear Alfvén Waves in the Coronal Funnels

• Authors: P. Chmielewski , A. Srivastava , K. Murawski , Z. Musielak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present simulation results of the impulsively generated linear and non-linear Alfvén waves in the weakly curved coronal magnetic flux-tubes (coronal funnels) and discuss their implications for the coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. We solve numerically the time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic equations to find the temporal signatures of the small and large-amplitude Alfvén waves in the model atmosphere of open and expanding magnetic field configuration with a realistic temperature distribution. We compute the maximum transversal velocity of both linear and non-linear Alfvén waves at different heights of the model atmosphere, and study their response in the solar corona during the time of their propagation. We infer that the pulse-driven non-linear Alfvén waves may carry sufficient wave energy fluxes to heat the coronal funnels and also to power the solar wind that originates in these funnels. Our study of linear Alfvén waves shows that they can contribute only to the plasma dynamics and heating of the funnel-like magnetic flux-tubes associated with the polar coronal holes.

Keywords

EN

96.60.P-; 96.60.pc

Discipline

• 96.60.pc: Coronal holes
• 96.60.P-: Corona

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 158-164

Dates

published

2014-01

received

2013-07-02

(unknown)

2013-12-04

Contributors

author

P. Chmielewski

• Group of Astrophysics, UMCS, E. Radziszewskiego 10, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

author

A. Srivastava

• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, Nainital-263 129, India
• Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-BHU, Varanasi-221005, India

author

K. Murawski

• Group of Astrophysics, UMCS, E. Radziszewskiego 10, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

author

Z. Musielak

• Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
• Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

References

• [1] B.N. Dwivedi, A.K. Srivastava, Curr. Sci. 98, 295 (2010)
• [2] H. Alfvén, doi: 10.1038/150405d0, Nature 405, 150 (1942)
• [3] T.J. Okamoto, S. Tsuneta, T.E. Berger, K. Ichimoto, Y. Katsukawa, B.W. Lites, S. Nagata, K. Shibata, T. Shimizu, R.A. Shine, Y. Suematsu, T.D. Tarbell, A.M. Title, doi: 10.1126/science.1145447, Science 318, 1577 (2007)
• [4] B. De Pontieu, S.W. McIntosh, M. Carlsson, V.H. Hansteen, T.D. Tarbell, C. Schrijver, A.M. Title, R.A. Shine, S. Tsuneta, Y. Katsukawa, K. Ichimoto, Y. Suematsu, T. Shimizu, S. Nagata, doi: 10.1126/science.1151747, Science 318, 1574 (2007)
• [5] J.W. Cirtain, L. Golub, L. Lundquist, A. van Ballegooijen, A. Savcheva, M. Shimojo, E. DeLuca, S. Tsuneta, T. Sakao, K. Reeves, M. Weber, R. Kano, N. Narukage, K. Shibasaki, doi: 10.1126/science.1147050, Science 318, 1580 (2007)
• [6] R. Erdélyi, V. Fedun, doi: 10.1126/science.1153006, Science 318, 1572 (2007)
• [7] T. Van Doorsselaere, V.N. Nakariakov, E. Verwichte, doi: 10.1086/587029, Astrophys. J. Lett. 676, L73 (2008)
• [8] M. Goossens, J. Terradas, J. Andries, I. Arregui, J.L. Ballester, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912399, Astron. Astrophys. 503, 213 (2009)
• [9] M. Goossens, J. Andries, R. Soler, T. Van Doorsselaere, I. Arregui, J. Terradas, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/111, Astrophys. J. 753, 111 (2012)
• [10] H. Tian, S.W. McIntosh, T. Wang, L. Ofman, B. De Pontieu, D.E. Innes, P. Hardi, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/144, Astrophys. J. 759, 144 (2012)
• [11] D.B. Jess, M. Mathioudakis, R. Erdlyi, P.J. Crockett, F.P Keenan, D.J. Christian, doi: 10.1126/science.1168680, Science 323, 1582 (2009)
• [12] S. Tomczyk, S.W. McIntosh, S.L. Keil, P.G. Judge, T. Schad, D.H. Seeley, J. Edmondson, doi: 10.1126/science.1143304, Science 317, 1192 (2007)
• [13] C.-Y. Tu, C. Zhou, E. Marsch, L.-D. Xia, L. Zhao, J.-X. Wang, K. Wilhelm, doi: 10.1126/science.1109447, Science 308, 519 (2005)
• [14] B.N. Dwivedi, A.K. Srivastava, doi: 10.1007/s11207-006-0141-2, Sol. Phys. 237, 143 (2006)
• [15] A.K. Srivastava, B.N. Dwivedi, doi: 10.1007/s12036-007-0001-y, J. Astrophys. Astron. 28, 1 (2007)
• [16] D.M. Hassler, G.J. Rottman, E.C. Shoub, T.E. Holzer, doi: 10.1086/185635, Astrophys. J. Lett. 348, L77 (1990)
• [17] D. Banerjee, L. Teriaca, J.G. Doyle, K. Wilhelm, Astron. Astrophys. 339, 208 (1998)
• [18] T.G. Moran, doi: 10.1086/378795, Astrophys. J. 598, 657 (2003)
• [19] E. O'Shea, D. Banerjee, J.G. Doyle, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500120, Astron. Astrophys. 436, L43 (2005)
• [20] L. Dolla, J. Solomon, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077903, Astron. Astrophys. 483, 271 (2008)
• [21] A. Bemporad, L. Abbo, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/751/2/110, Astrophys. J. 110, 751 (2012)
• [22] P. Chmielewski, A.K. Srivastava, K. Murawski, Z.E. Musielak, doi: 10.1093/mnras/sts009, Monthly Notic. Roy. Astron. Soc. 428, 40 (2013)
• [23] T.V. Zaqarashvili, R. Oliver, J.L. Ballester, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065805, Astron. Astrophys. 456, L13 (2006)
• [24] A.K. Srivastava, B.N. Dwivedi, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16651.x, Monthly Notic. Roy. Astron. Soc. 405, 2317 (2010)
• [25] R.T.J. McAteer, P.T. Gallagher, D.R. Williams, M. Mathioudakis, D.S. Bloomfield, K.J.H. Phillips, F.P. Keenan, doi: 10.1086/368304, Astrophys. J. 587, 806 (2003)
• [26] Z.E. Musielak, R.L. Moore, doi: 10.1086/176314, Astrophys. J. 452, 434 (1995)
• [27] B. Roberts, SOHO 13 Waves, Oscillations and Small-Scale Transients Events in the Solar Atmosphere: Joint View from SOHO and TRACE 547, 1 (2004)
• [28] P. Antolin, K. Shibata, T. Kudoh, D. Shiota, D. Brooks, The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery-Toward Understanding 415, 247 (2009)
• [29] K. Murawski, Z.E. Musielak, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014394, Astron. Astrophys. 518, A37 (2010)
• [30] A. Verdini, M. Velli, doi: 10.1086/510710, Astrophys. J. 662, 669 (2007)
• [31] A. Verdini, M. Velli, E. Buchlin, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/L39, Astrophys. J. Lett. 700, L39 (2009)
• [32] T. Matsumoto, K. Shibata, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/710/2/1857, Astrophys. J. 710, 1857 (2010)
• [33] J.E. Vernazza, E.H. Avrett, R. Loeser, doi: 10.1086/190731, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Series 45, 635 (1981)
• [34] M. Banaszkiewicz, W.I. Axford, J.F. McKenzie, Astron. Astrophys. 337, 940 (1998)
• [35] P. Hackenberg, E. Marsch, G. Mann, Astron. Astrophys. 360, 1139 (2000)
• [36] B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. Ricker, F.X. Timmes, M. Zingale, D.Q. Lamb, P. MacNeice, R. Rosner, J.W. Truran, H. Tufo, doi: 10.1086/317361, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Series 131, 273 (2000)
• [37] E.F. Toro, doi: 10.1002/fld.1186, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 52, 433 (2006)
• [38] H.S. Hudson, doi: 10.1007/BF00149894, Sol. Phys. 133, 357 (1991)
• [39] T. Kudoh, K. Shibata, doi: 10.1086/306930, Astrophys. J. 514, 493 (1999)
• [40] G.L. Withbroe, R.W. Noyes, doi: 10.1146/annurev.aa.15.090177.002051, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 15, 363 (1977)
• [41] E.N. Parker, doi: 10.1086/170015, Astrophys. J. 372, 719 (1991)
• [42] J. Heyvaerts, E.R. Priest, Astron. Astrophys. 117, 220 (1983)
• [43] R. Erdelyi, M. Goossens, Astron. Astrophys. 294, 575 (1995)
• [44] L. Ofman, J.M. Davila, doi: 10.1086/320960, Astrophys. J. 553, 935 (2001)
• [45] L.K. Harra, T. Sakao, C.H. Mandrini, H. Hara, S. Imada, P.R. Young, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, D. Baker, doi: 10.1086/587485, Astrophys. J. 676, L147 (2008)

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.158