Bibcode
Murawski, K.; Chmielewski, P.; Zaqarashvili, T. V.; Khomenko, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 459, Issue 3, p.2566-2572
Fecha de publicación:
7
2016
Número de citas
8
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
The paper aims to study the response of a solar small-scale and weak
magnetic flux tube to photospheric twisting motions. We numerically
solve three-dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations to describe
the evolution of the perturbation within the initially static flux tube,
excited by twists in the azimuthal component of the velocity. These
twists produce rotation of the magnetic field lines. Perturbation of
magnetic field lines propagates upwardly, driving vertical and azimuthal
flow as well as plasma compressions and rarefactions in the form of
eddies. We conclude that these eddies result from the sheared azimuthal
flow which seeds Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) between the flux
tube and the ambient medium. Numerically obtained properties of the KHI
confirm the analytical predictions for the occurrence of the
instability.