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Nonlinear Instability of kink oscillations due to shear motions
First results from a high-resolution three-dimensional nonlinear numerical
study of the kink oscillation are presented. We show in detail the development
of a shear instability in an untwisted line-tied magnetic flux tube. The
instability produces significant deformations of the tube boundary. An extended
transition layer may naturally evolve as a result of the shear instability at a
sharp transition between the flux tube and the external medium. We also discuss
the possible effects of the instability on the process of resonant absorption
when an inhomogeneous layer is included in the model. One of the implications
of these results is that the azimuthal component of the magnetic field of a
stable flux tube in the solar corona, needed to prevent the shear instability,
is probably constrained to be in a very specific range
Three-Dimensional Propagation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Solar Coronal Arcades
We numerically investigate the excitation and temporal evolution of
oscillations in a two-dimensional coronal arcade by including the
three-dimensional propagation of perturbations. The time evolution of
impulsively generated perturbations is studied by solving the linear, ideal
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in the zero-beta approximation. As we
neglect gas pressure the slow mode is absent and therefore only coupled MHD
fast and Alfven modes remain. Two types of numerical experiments are performed.
First, the resonant wave energy transfer between a fast normal mode of the
system and local Alfven waves is analyzed. It is seen how, because of resonant
coupling, the fast wave with global character transfers its energy to Alfvenic
oscillations localized around a particular magnetic surface within the arcade,
thus producing the damping of the initial fast MHD mode. Second, the time
evolution of a localized impulsive excitation, trying to mimic a nearby coronal
disturbance, is considered. In this case, the generated fast wavefront leaves
its energy on several magnetic surfaces within the arcade. The system is
therefore able to trap energy in the form of Alfvenic oscillations, even in the
absence of a density enhancement such as that of a coronal loop. These local
oscillations are subsequently phase-mixed to smaller spatial scales. The amount
of wave energy trapped by the system via wave energy conversion strongly
depends on the wavelength of perturbations in the perpendicular direction, but
is almost independent from the ratio of the magnetic to density scale heights.Comment: 27 pages, 11 figure
The effect of longitudinal flow on resonantly damped kink oscillations
The most promising mechanism acting towards damping the kink oscillations of
coronal loops is resonant absorption. In this context most of previous studies
neglected the effect of the obvious equilibrium flow along magnetic field
lines. The flows are in general sub-Alfv\'enic and hence comparatively slow.
Here we investigate the effect of an equilibrium flow on the resonant
absorption of linear kink MHD waves in a cylindrical magnetic flux tube with
the aim of determining the changes in the frequency of the forward and backward
propagating waves and in the modification of the damping times due to the flow.
A loop model with both the density and the longitudinal flow changing in the
radial direction is considered. We use the thin tube thin boundary (TTTB)
approximation in order to calculate the damping rates. The full resistive
eigenvalue problem is also solved without assuming the TTTB approximation.
Using the small ratio of flow and Alfv\'en speeds we derive simple analytical
expressions to the damping rate. The analytical expressions are in good
agreement with the resistive eigenmode calculations. Under typical coronal
conditions the effect of the flow on the damped kink oscillations is small when
the characteristic scale of the density layer is similar or smaller than the
characteristic width of the velocity layer. However, in the opposite situation
the damping rates can be significantly altered, specially for the backward
propagating wave which is undamped while the forward wave is overdamped
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Geometrical properties of the interaction between oblique incoming coronal waves and coronal holes
Observations of coronal waves (CWs) interacting with coronal holes (CHs) show
the formation of typical wave-like features, such as reflected, refracted and
transmitted waves (collectively, secondary waves). In accordance with these
observations, numerical evidence for the wave characteristics of CWs is given
by simulations which demonstrate effects of deflection and reflection when a CW
interacts with regions exhibiting a sudden density drop, such as CHs. However,
secondary waves are usually weak in their signal and simulations are limited in
the way the according idealisations have to be chosen. Hence, several
properties of the secondary waves during a CW-CH interaction are unclear or
ambiguous and might lead to misinterpretations. In this study we follow a
theoretical approach and focus in particular on the geometrical properties of
secondary waves caused by the interaction between oblique incoming CWs and CHs.
Based on a linear theory, we derive analytical expressions for reflection and
transmission coefficients, which tell us how strongly the amplitudes of the
secondary waves increase and decrease with respect to the incoming wave,
respectively. Additionally, we provide analytical terms for crucial incidence
angles that are capable of giving information about the energy flux, the phase
and the reflection properties of the secondary waves. These novel expressions
provide a supplementary tool for estimating CW properties in a fast and
straightforward way and, therefore, might have relevant consequences for a
possible new interpretation of already studied CW-CH interaction events and the
clarification of ambiguous observational data.Comment: 15 pages, 10 figure
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