[Table of Contents]

Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 8, 2401129 (2013)

Regular Articles

Waves and Turbulences in Solar and Stellar Atmospheres and Winds
Takeru K. SUZUKI and Takuma MATSUMOTO
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
(Received 6 December 2012 / Accepted 22 May 2013 / Published 15 November 2013)

Abstract

Solar wind is the outflow of hot coronal plasma. Magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) wave and turbulence play an essential role in driving solar wind as well as stellar winds from solar-type stars. The sun, and in general, low-mass stars possess surface convective zones. Various modes of waves are excited from the stellar surfaces due to the convective motions, and these waves dissipate through various nonlinear processes such as turbulent cascade and the generation of compressive waves. As a result, the kinetic energy of the surface convection in the interior is transported to the upper atmosphere, which drives the wind. In this paper, we discuss these consecutive processes from both theoretical and observational viewpoints, and review our recent results of MHD simulations.

Keywords

MHD, solar wind, turbulence, wave

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.8.2401129

Full Text

PDF format (1.4Mbytes) PDF Download

References

  • [1] T.K. Suzuki, Astrophys. J. 578, 598 (2002).
  • [2] R. Bruno and V. Carbone, Living Review of Solar Physics 2, 4 (2005).
  • [3] W.H. Matthaeus, G.P. Zank, S. Oughton, D.J. Mullan and P. Dmitruk, Astrophys. J. Lett. 523, L93 (1999).
  • [4] B.D.G. Chandran, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 5004 (2005).
  • [5] S.R. Cranmer, A.A. van Ballegooijen and R.J. Edgar, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 171, 520 (2007).
  • [6] A. Verdini and M. Velli, Astrophys. J. 662, 669 (2007).
  • [7] J. Heyvaerts and E.R. Priest, Astron. Astronomy 117, 220 (1983).
  • [8] T. Kudoh and K. Shibata, Astrophys. J. 514, 493 (1999).
  • [9] T.K. Suzuki and S. Inutsuka, Astrophys. J. Lett. 632, L49 (2005).
  • [10] T.K. Suzuki and S. Inutsuka, J. Geophys. Res. 111, A06101 (2006).
  • [11] M.L. Goldstein, Astrophys. J. 219, 700 (1978).
  • [12] T. Terasawa, M. Hoshino, J.I. Sakai and T. Hada, J. Geophys. Res. 91, 4171 (1986).
  • [13] Y. Nariyuki, T. Hada and K. Tsubouchi, J. Geophys. Res. 114, A07102 (2009).
  • [14] W.I. Axford and J.F. McKenzie, The Solar Wind in “Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere”, Eds. J.R. Jokipii, C.P. Sonnet and M.S. Giampapa (University of Arizona Press, 1997).
  • [15] C.Y. Tu and E. Marsch, Astron. Astrophys. 368, 1071 (2001).
  • [16] B.E. Wood, H.-R. Müller, G.P. Zank and J.L. Linsky, Astrophys. J. 574, 412 (2002).
  • [17] B.E. Wood, H.-R. Müller, G.P. Zank, J.K. Linsky, S. Redfield, Astrophys. J. Lett. 628, L143 (2005).
  • [18] T.K. Suzuki et al., PASJ 65, in press (2013).
  • [19] R.L. Moore, S.T. Suess, Z.E. Musielak and A.-H. An, Astrophys. J. 378, 347 (1991).
  • [20] Y. Katsukawa and S. Tsuneta, Astrophys. J. 621, 498 (2005).
  • [21] B. Bavassano, E. Pietropaolo and R. Bruno, J. Geophys. Res. 106, 10659 (2001).
  • [22] N. Yokoi and F. Hamba, Phys. Plasmas 14, 112904 (2007).
  • [23] D. Fujimura and S. Tsuneta, Astrophys. J. 702, 1443 (2009).
  • [24] T. Mastumoto and T.K. Suzuki, Astrophys. J. 749, 8 (2012).
  • [25] K. Hakamada, M. Kojima, T. Ohmi, M. Tokumaru and K. Fujiki, Sol. Phys. 227, 387 (2005).
  • [26] S. Tsuneta et al., Astrophys. J. 688, 1374 (2008).
  • [27] H. Ito, S. Tsuneta, D. Shiota, M. Tokumaru and K. Fujiki, Astrophys. J. 719, 131 (2010).
  • [28] D. Shiota, S. Tsuneta, M. Shimojo, N. Sako, D. Orozco Suórez and R. Ishikawa, Astrophys. J. 753, 157 (2012).
  • [29] T. Matsumoto and R. Kitai, Astrophys. J. Lett. 716, L19 (2010).
  • [30] M. Landini and B.C. Monsignori-Fossi, Astron. Astrophys. Supp. 82, 229 (1990).
  • [31] R.S. Sutherland and M.A. Dopita, Astrophys. J. Suppl. 88, 253 (1993).
  • [32] P. Goldreich and S. Sridhar, Astrophys. J. 438, 763 (1995).
  • [33] T. Matsumoto and T.K. Suzuki, submitted to MNRAS (2013).
  • [34] L. Teriaca, G. Poletto, M. Romoli and D.A. Biesecker, Astrophys. J. 588, 566 (2003).
  • [35] L. Zangrilli, G. Poletto, P. Nicolosi, G. Noci and M. Romoli, Astrophys. J. 574, 477 (2002).
  • [36] M. Kojima, A.R. Breen, K. Fujiki, K. Hayashi, T. Ohmi and M. Tokumaru, J. Geophys. Res. 109, A04103 (2004).
  • [37] R.R. Grall, W.A. Coles, M.T. Klinglesmith, A.R. Breen, P.J.S. Williams, J. Markkanen and R. Esser, Nature 379, 429 (1996).
  • [38] S.R. Habbal, R. Esser, M. Guhathakura and R.R. Fisher, Gephys. Res. Lett. 22, 1465 (1994).
  • [39] A. Fludra, G. Del Zanna and B.J.I. Bromage, Spa. Sci. Rev. 87, 185 (1999).
  • [40] K. Wilhelm, E. Marsch, B.N. Dwivedi, D.M. Hassler, P. Lemaire, A.H. Gabriel and M.C.E. Huber, Astrophys. J. 500, 1023 (1998).
  • [41] P. Lamy, E. Quemerais, A. Liebaria, M. Bout, R. Howard, R. Schwenn and G. Simnett, in Fifth SOHO Worshop, The Corona and Solar Wind near Minimum Activity, ed A. Wilson (ESA-SP 404; Noordwijk:ESA), 491 (1997).
  • [42] D. Banerjee, L. Teriaca, J.G. Doyle and K. Wilhelm, Astron. Astrophys. 339, 208 (1998).
  • [43] R. Esser, S. Fineschi, D. Dobrzycka, S.R. Habbal, R.J. Edgar, J.C. Raymond and J.L. Kohl, Astrophys, J. Lett. 510, L63 (1999).
  • [44] A. Canals, A.R. Breen, L. Ofman, P.J. Moran and R.A. Fallows, Ann. Geophys. 20, 1265 (2002).

This paper may be cited as follows:

Takeru K. SUZUKI and Takuma MATSUMOTO, Plasma Fusion Res. 8, 2401129 (2013).