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Arregui, Iñigo
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Multi-scale Dynamical Processes in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume 33. ISBN 978-3-642-30441-5. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, p. 159
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Description
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave activity is ubiquitous in the solar
atmosphere. MHD seismology aims to determine difficult to measure
physical parameters in solar atmospheric magnetic and plasma structures
by a combination of observed and theoretical properties of MHD waves and
oscillations. This technique, similar to seismology or helio-seismology,
demands the solution of two problems. The direct problem involves the
computation of wave properties of given theoretical models. The inverse
problem implies the calculation of unknown physical parameters, by means
of a comparison of observed and theoretical wave properties. Solar
atmospheric seismology has been successfully applied to different
structures such as coronal loops, prominence plasmas, spicules, or jets.
However, it is still in its infancy. Far more is there to come. We
present an overview of recent results, with particular emphasis in the
inversion procedure.