A statistical study of propagating MHD kink waves in the quiescent corona

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العنوان: A statistical study of propagating MHD kink waves in the quiescent corona
المؤلفون: Tiwari, Ajay K., Morton, Richard J., McLaughlin, James A.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
الوصف: The Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) has opened up exciting opportunities to probe transverse MHD waves in the Sun's corona. The archive of CoMP data is utilised to generate a catalogue of quiescent coronal loops that can be used for studying propagating kink waves. The catalogue contains 120 loops observed between 2012-2014. This catalogue is further used to undertake a statistical study of propagating kink waves in the quiet regions of the solar corona, investigating phase speeds, loop lengths, footpoint power ratio and equilibrium parameter values. The statistical study enables us to establish the presence of a relationship between the rate of damping and the length of the coronal loop, with longer coronal loops displaying weaker wave damping. We suggest the reason for this behaviour is related to a decreasing average density contrast between the loop and ambient plasma as loop length increases. The catalogue presented here will provide the community with the foundation for the further study of propagating kink waves in the quiet solar corona.
Comment: Submitted to ApJ
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac10c4
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12451
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2105.12451
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ac10c4