Resonant absorption in complicated plasma configurations: applications to multi-stranded coronal loop oscillations

Details Resonant absorption in complicated plasma configurations: applications to multi-stranded coronal loop oscillations Resonant absorption in complicated plasma configurations: applications to multi-stranded coronal loop oscillations

2008-02-05

arxiv.org/abs/0802.0591v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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10.1086/586733

We study the excitation and damping of transverse oscillations in a multi-stranded model of a straight line-tied coronal loop. The transverse geometry of our equilibrium configuration is quite irregular and more realistic than the usual cylindrical loop model. By numerically solving the time-dependent ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations in two dimensions we show how the global motion of the whole bundle of strands, excited by an external disturbance, is converted into localized Alfv\'enic motions due to the process of resonant absorption. This process produces the attenuation of the transverse oscillations. At any location in the structure two dominant frequencies are found, the frequency of the global mode, or quasi-mode, and the local Alfv\'en frequency. We find that the mechanism of mode conversion, due to the coupling between fast and Alfv\'en waves, is not compromised by the complicated geometry of the model. We also show that it is possible to have energy conversion not only at the external edge of the composite loop but also inside the structure. The implications of these results and their relationship with the observations are discussed.

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