Why are spicules absent over plages and long under coronal holes

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Coronal Holes, Faculae, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Shock Wave Propagation, Solar Atmosphere, Spicules, Atmospheric Density, Atmospheric Models, Propagation Velocity, Solar Temperature

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One-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations are performed in order to examine the influence of initial atmospheric structures on the dynamics of spicules. This is an extended version of a previous spicule theory: spicules are produced by the shock wave which originates from a bright point appearance at the network in the photosphere or in the low chromosphere. Simulation results well reproduce the observational facts that spicules are absent over plages and long under coronal holes. The physical reason is that the growth of a shock wave during its propagation through the chromosphere is small in plage regions and large in coronal hole regions, since the growth of a shock is determined by the density ratio between the bright point and the corona. An empirical formula is obtained for the maximum height of spicules above the transition region. The cross-section of the vertical magnetic flux tube is assumed to be constant in the numerical simulations.

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