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Alfvén Wave heating of the solar chromosphere : 1.5D models

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Arber, T. D., Brady, Christopher S. and Shelyag, S. (2016) Alfvén Wave heating of the solar chromosphere : 1.5D models. The Astrophysical Journal, 817 (2). 94. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/94

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Abstract

Physical processes that may lead to solar chromospheric heating are analyzed using high-resolution 1.5D non-ideal MHD modeling. We demonstrate that it is possible to heat the chromospheric plasma by direct resistive dissipation of high-frequency Alfvén waves through Pedersen resistivity. However, this is unlikely to be sufficient to balance radiative and conductive losses unless unrealistic field strengths or photospheric velocities are used. The precise heating profile is determined by the input driving spectrum, since in 1.5D there is no possibility of Alfvén wave turbulence. The inclusion of the Hall term does not affect the heating rates. If plasma compressibility is taken into account, shocks are produced through the ponderomotive coupling of Alfvén waves to slow modes and shock heating dominates the resistive dissipation. In 1.5D shock coalescence amplifies the effects of shocks, and for compressible simulations with realistic driver spectra, the heating rate exceeds that required to match radiative and conductive losses. Thus, while the heating rates for these 1.5D simulations are an overestimate, they do show that ponderomotive coupling of Alfvén waves to sound waves is more important in chromospheric heating than Pedersen dissipation through ion–neutral collisions.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Solar atmosphere, Solar chromosphere, Magnetohydrodynamics
Journal or Publication Title: The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 1538-4357
Official Date: 25 January 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
25 January 2016Published
16 December 2015Accepted
13 October 2015Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit: 5 July 2018
Volume: 817
Number: 2
Article Number: 94
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/817/2/94
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ST/L000733/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/K00042X/1 [STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/H008519/1 [STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
ST/K00087X/1[STFC] Science and Technology Facilities Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000271
FT120100057[ARC] Australian Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923
UNSPECIFIEDUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
UNSPECIFIEDMonash Universityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001779

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