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Sausage oscillations of coronal plasma slabs

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Hornsey, Crystal A., Nakariakov, V. M. (Valery M.) and Fludra, A. (2014) Sausage oscillations of coronal plasma slabs. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 567 . Article Number A24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423524

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423524

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Abstract

Context. Sausage oscillations are observed in plasma non-uniformities of the solar corona as axisymmetric perturbations of the non-uniformity. Often, these non-uniformities can be modelled as field-aligned slabs of the density enhancement.
Aims. We perform parametric studies of sausage oscillations of plasma slabs, aiming to determine the dependence of the oscillation period on its parameters, and the onset of leaky and trapped regimes of the oscillations.
Methods. Slabs with smooth transverse profiles of the density of a zero-beta plasma are perturbed by an impulsive localised perturbation of the sausage symmetry. In particular, the slab can contain an infinitely thin current sheet in its centre. The initial value problem is then solved numerically. The numerical results are subject to spectral analysis. The results are compared with analytical solutions for a slab with a step-function profile and also with sausage oscillations of a plasma cylinder.
Results. We established that sausage oscillations in slabs generally have the same properties as in plasma cylinders. In the trapped regime, the sausage oscillation period increases with the increase in the longitudinal wavelength. In the leaky regime, the dependence of the period on the wavelength experiences saturation, and the period becomes independent of the wavelength in the long-wavelength limit. In the leaky regime the period is always longer than in the trapped regime. The sausage oscillation period in a slab is always longer than in a cylinder with the same transverse profile. In slabs with steeper transverse profiles, sausage oscillations have longer periods. The leaky regime occurs at shorter wavelengths in slabs with smoother profiles.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Publisher: EDP Sciences
ISSN: 0004-6361
Official Date: 4 July 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
4 July 2014Published
6 May 2014Accepted
28 January 2014Submitted
Volume: Volume 567
Article Number: Article Number A24
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201423524
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published

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