Skirvin, S.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-3814-4232, Gao, Y. orcid.org/0000-0002-6641-8034 and Van Doorsselaere, T. orcid.org/0000-0001-9628-4113 (2023) Alfvénic motions arising from asymmetric acoustic wave drivers in solar magnetic structures. The Astrophysical Journal, 949 (2). 38. ISSN 0004-637X
Abstract
Alfvénic motions are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere and their observed properties are closely linked to those of photospheric p-modes. However, it is still unclear how a predominantly acoustic wave driver can produce these transverse oscillations in the magnetically dominated solar corona. In this study we conduct a 3D ideal MHD numerical simulation to model a straight, expanding coronal loop in a gravitationally stratified solar atmosphere which includes a transition region and chromosphere. We implement a driver locally at one foot-point corresponding to an acoustic–gravity wave which is inclined by θ = 15° with respect to the vertical axis of the magnetic structure and is similar to a vertical driver incident on an inclined loop. We show that transverse motions are produced in the magnetic loop, which displace the axis of the waveguide due to the breaking of azimuthal symmetry, and study the resulting modes in the theoretical framework of a magnetic cylinder model. By conducting an azimuthal Fourier analysis of the perturbed velocity signals, the contribution from different cylindrical modes is obtained. Furthermore, the perturbed vorticity is computed to demonstrate how the transverse motions manifest themselves throughout the whole non-uniform space. Finally we present some physical properties of the Alfvénic perturbations and present transverse motions with velocity amplitudes in the range 0.2–0.75 km s−1 which exhibit two distinct oscillation regimes corresponding to 42 and 364 s, where the latter value is close to the period of the p-mode driver in the simulation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
Keywords: | Magnetohydrodynamics; Solar atmosphere; Solar chromosphere; Solar oscillations; Solar coronal loops; Solar coronal waves; Magnetohydrodynamical simulations |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2024 14:08 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2024 13:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3847/1538-4357/acca7d |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215737 |