Bibcode
Santamaria, I. C.; Van Doorsselaere, T.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 611, id.A10, 6 pp.
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2018
Journal
Citations
6
Refereed citations
6
Description
Aims: Null points are prominent magnetic field singularities in
which the magnetic field strength strongly decreases in very small
spatial scales. Around null points, predicted to be ubiquitous in the
solar chromosphere and corona, the wave behavior changes considerably.
Null points are also responsible for driving very energetic phenomena,
and for contributing to chromospheric and coronal heating. In previous
works we demonstrated that slow magneto-acoustic shock waves were
generated in the chromosphere propagate through the null point, thereby
producing a train of secondary shocks escaping along the field lines. A
particular combination of the shock wave speeds generates waves at a
frequency of 80 MHz. The present work aims to investigate this high
frequency region around a coronal null point to give a plausible
explanation to its generation at that particular frequency.
Methods: We carried out a set of two-dimensional numerical simulations
of wave propagation in the neighborhood of a null point located in the
corona. We varied both the amplitude of the driver and the atmospheric
properties to investigate the sensitivity of the high frequency waves to
these parameters. Results: We demonstrate that the wave frequency
is sensitive to the atmospheric parameters in the corona, but it is
independent of the strength of the driver. Thus, the null point behaves
as a resonant cavity generating waves at specific frequencies that
depend on the background equilibrium model. Moreover, we conclude that
the high frequency wave train generated at the null point is not
necessarily a result of the interaction between the null point and a
shock wave. This wave train can be also developed by the interaction
between the null point and fast acoustic-like magneto-acoustic waves,
that is, this interaction within the linear regime.