Resonant Alfven waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere
Resonant Alfven waves in partially ionized plasmas of the solar atmosphere
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DOI：
10.1051/0004-6361/201118235
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发表时间：
2011-11
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6.5
通讯作者：
R. Soler;J. Andries;M. Goossens
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作者：
R. Soler;J. Andries;M. Goossens
上下文磁流体动力学（MHD）波在太阳大气中普遍存在。在磁波导中，由于等离子体的不均匀性，共振吸收自然地将波能量从大尺度运动传递到小尺度运动。在太阳大气中较冷的部分，例如，色球层，由于部分电离的影响可能与波动动力学和加热有关。目标。研究了部分电离等离子体中的共振阿尔芬波。方法.我们在冷等离子体近似中使用多流体方程。本文研究了部分电离磁通管中共振磁流体动力学波的传播。我们使用近似解析理论的基础上正常模式在薄管和薄边界近似沿着与数值特征值计算。结果我们发现，波扰动跨越共振层的跳跃是相同的完全电离等离子体。由于共振吸收的阻尼长度与频率成反比，而由于离子-中性碰撞的阻尼长度与频率的平方成反比。对于在太阳大气中观测到的频率，磁流体扭结波的振幅更有效地阻尼共振吸收比离子中性碰撞。结论.色球扭折波携带的大部分能量被转换成局部方位角阿尔芬波，并在日冕介质中存款能量。色球层中由于离子与中性粒子碰撞而引起的波能耗散只对高频波有效。色球层对周期小于10 s的扭折波起着过滤器的作用。
Context. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere. In magnetic waveguides resonant absorption due to plasma inhomogeneity naturally transfers wave energy from large-scale motions to small-scale motions. In the cooler parts of the solar atmosphere as, e.g., the chromosphere, effects due to partial ionization may be relevant for wave dynamics and heating. Aims. We study resonant Alfven waves in partially ionized plasmas. Methods. We use the multifluid equations in the cold plasma approximation. We investigate propagating resonant MHD waves in partially ionized flux tubes. We use approximate analytical theory based on normal modes in the thin tube and thin boundary approximations along with numerical eigenvalue computations. Results. We find that the jumps of the wave perturbations across the resonant layer are the same as in fully ionized plasmas. The damping length due to resonant absorption is inversely proportional to the frequency, while that due to ion-neutral collisions is inversely proportional to the square of the frequency. For observed frequencies in the solar atmosphere, the amplitude of MHD kink waves is more efficiently damped by resonant absorption than by ion-neutral collisions. Conclusions. Most of the energy carried by chromospheric kink waves is converted into localized azimuthal Alfven waves that can deposit energy in the coronal medium. The dissipation of wave energy in the chromosphere due to ion-neutral collisions is only effective for high-frequency waves. The chromosphere acts as a filter for kink waves with periods shorter than 10 s.