Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsh41b1652c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH41B-1652
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
[7509] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Corona, [7514] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Energetic Particles, [7594] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Instruments And Techniques, [7599] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / General Or Miscellaneous
Scientific paper
The energetics of the solar corona is a subject of intense study within the solar physics community. Coronal loops- loops of plasma that conform to the Sun’s magnetic field- constitute the primary structural component of the corona. In order to evaluate theoretical models of loop formation and evolution, much software has been developed to numerically simulate coronal loops. The HyLoop code is a suite of software that combines a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equation solver with nonthermal particle tracking codes, allowing for the simulation of both the thermal and nonthermal components of the plasma (as opposed to treating nonthermal particles analytically, or assuming a static atmosphere). In this study a series of loops undergoing nanoflare heating where simulated. Each nanoflare had a thermal and nonthermal component. Physical parameters, such as tapering of the magnetic field, were varied and statistical analysis was applied to examine how these parameters correlated with observable properties of the loop, such as maximum temperature and density at the loop apex. Synthetic XRT images of the loops were also created, highlighting HyLoop’s capacity to connect theory and observation.
Curme C.
Winter Henry D.
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