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部分电离的太阳辐射细线中的阿尔芬波加热

Alfven wave heating in partially ionized thin threads of solar prominences

Llorenc Melis, Roberto Soler, Jose Luis Ballester

摘要:

有观测证据表明,在太阳磁场线中存在频率范围很宽的小振幅横向磁流体动力学(MHD)波。据信,这些波在光球层被驱动,并沿着磁场线传播,直到悬浮在日冕中的双折射。部分电离日珥等离子体中MHD波能量的耗散是一种加热机制,其相关性需要探索。在这里,我们考虑一个简单的一维模型的非均匀细线程和调查加热与阿尔芬波耗散。该模型假设一个特设的密度分布和均匀的压力,而温度和电离度的自洽计算考虑LTE或非LTE近似的氢电离。阿尔芬波的宽带驱动器被放置在磁场线的一端,代表光球激发。在单流体近似下,通过求解部分电离等离子体的线性化MHD方程,得到了沿螺旋线的Alfvenic扰动,发现螺旋线部分电离部分的波加热足以补偿辐射冷却引起的能量损失。在LTE近似下,由于核心日珥温度的电离度低于非LTE近似下的电离度,因此加热量更大。这在LTE情况下由于双极扩散而导致更大水平的耗散。相反,在模型的热日冕部分,等离子体完全电离,波加热可以忽略不计。这个简单的模型的结果表明,MHD波加热可以是相关的能量平衡的连续性。需要在更精细的模型基础上进行进一步研究。

英文摘要:

There is observational evidence of the presence of small-amplitude transverse magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves with a wide range of frequencies in the threads of solar prominences. It is believed that the waves are driven at the photosphere and propagate along the magnetic field lines up to prominences suspended in the corona. The dissipation of MHD wave energy in the partially ionized prominence plasma is a heating mechanism whose relevance needs to be explored. Here we consider a simple 1D model for a non-uniform thin thread and investigate the heating associated with dissipation of Alfven waves. The model assumes an ad hoc density profile and a uniform pressure, while the temperature and ionization degree are self-consistently computed considering either LTE or non-LTE approximations for the hydrogen ionization. A broadband driver for Alfven waves is placed at one end of the magnetic field line, representing photospheric excitation. The Alfvenic perturbations along the thread are obtained by solving the linearized MHD equations for a partially ionized plasma in the single-fluid approximation.We find that wave heating in the partially ionized part of the thread is significant enough to compensate for energy losses due to radiative cooling. A greater amount of heating is found in the LTE case because the ionization degree for core prominence temperatures is lower than that in the non-LTE approximation. This results in a greater level of dissipation due to ambipolar diffusion in the LTE case. Conversely, in the hot coronal part of the model, the plasma is fully ionized and wave heating is negligible. The results of this simple model suggest that MHD wave heating can be relevant for the energy balance in prominences. Further studies based on more elaborate models are required.

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