Numerical simulations of impulsively generated MHD waves in a potential coronal arcade

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Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998a%26a...330..726o&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.330, p.726-738 (1998)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Sun: Corona, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Mhd

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Impulsively generated waves in coronal arcades are simulated numerically by an application of nonlinear ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The simulations are performed in the (x,z)-plane on a non-uniform Cartesian mesh. In this geometry the magnetic field can be expressed in terms of the vector potential. The governing equations, which are applied in the limit of low plasma-beta , are solved by a flux corrected transport method. The model excludes the Alfven waves and, since the slow mode is absent in the cold plasma limit, the excited disturbances are fast magnetosonic waves. Numerical results show that for short times after the impulse is launched (i. e., in the linear regime), only motions normal to the equilibrium magnetic field get propagated away from the position of the initial displacement and that any velocity parallel to the unperturbed magnetic field lines remains essentially unchanged in time. In the nonlinear regime there is conversion between normal and parallel flow and the two velocity components propagate from the site of the initial impulse. In addition, nonlinearities that are built in the MHD equations modify the shape and speed of the propagating wavefront, an effect that becomes most noticeable where the wave amplitude is larger. The effect of nonlinearity on down-going perturbations is to speed up positive wave amplitudes and to slow down negative wave amplitudes (positive and negative refers to the sign of the normal velocity component). On the contrary, up-going positive and negative waves are slowed down and speeded up, respectively. Impulsively generated waves exhibit temporal signatures with characteristic time scales of the order of 10 s. Similar scales have been recently reported in radio observations, microwaves, and hard X-rays.

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