Seismological demonstration of perpendicular density structuring in the solar corona

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Nov 2008

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 491, Issue 2, 2008, pp.L9-L12

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Sun: Corona, Sun: Oscillations, Sun: Magnetic Fields

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The peculiarities of the propagating transverse waves observed in the solar corona with the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) indicate the existence of fine field structuring in the coronal density. We present results of numerical simulations studying the evolution of a localised transverse magneto-hydrodynamic wave in a uniform magnetic field. We consider two initial low plasma-beta equilibria: one with a homogeneous density, and one with a field-aligned dense structure (such as a loop or a plume). The perpendicular localisation of the wave strongly determines the angular distribution of the energy propagation. If the perpendicular scale of the wave is significantly smaller than the parallel scale (e.g. wavelength), as established by CoMP, the wave develops as an oblique fast magneto-acoustic wave. In an unstructured medium, the energy of such a wave is transferred mainly across the magnetic field. However, it is possible to channel the energy of the transverse wave along the magnetic field in the presence of a field-aligned density enhancement. We conclude that the CoMP results provide an independent seismological proof that the corona is structured in density in the perpendicular direction.

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