THE ROLE OF MHD WAVES IN HEATING OF THE SOLAR CORONA

Authors : Ebru BAŞ, Dicle ZENGİN ÇAMURDAN

Pages : 97-117

Doi:10.59313/jsr-a.1197687

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Observations in the Solar North Polar Coronal Hole insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NPCH); show that this region has high temperature values insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(10^6-10^8 K);. At this temperature, the coronal plasma loses energy to the transition region below through heat conduction and optically thin emission. It is still a matter of debate how to replace this lost energy in the solar corona and how to maintain the observed temperature values. In this study, we aimed to study the wave theory, which is an important model proposed for the heating problem of the solar corona in NPCH. We assumed a model based on Alfvén/ion cyclotron resonance process with O VI ions by using quasi-linear approximation in NPCH and solve the magnetohydrodynamic insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MHD); equations for O VI assuming that the non-thermal contribution to the temperature. Using a Matlab code, we performed 3D MHD numerical solutions of Alfvén waves. Our results show that the damping length scales insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0.2-1.8 R); and energy flux densities insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(10^5-10^7 erg/cm^2 s); of Alfvén waves are similar for both plumes and interplumes in NPCH. As a result of our study, we present the contribution of MHD waves that will cause the acceleration of the solar wind and the heating of the solar corona.
Keywords : Solar corona, MHD, Alfven waves, Solar wind

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