Current-sheet Oscillations Caused by the Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability at the Loop Top of Solar Flares

Current sheets (CSs), long stretching structures of magnetic reconnection above solar flare loops, are usually observed to oscillate; their origins, however, are still puzzled at present. Based on a high-resolution 2.5D MHD simulation of magnetic reconnection, we explore the formation mechanism of C...

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Veröffentlicht in:Astrophysical journal. Letters 2022-06, Vol.931 (2), p.L32
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Yulei, Cheng, Xin, Ren, Zining, Ding, Mingde
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Zusammenfassung:Current sheets (CSs), long stretching structures of magnetic reconnection above solar flare loops, are usually observed to oscillate; their origins, however, are still puzzled at present. Based on a high-resolution 2.5D MHD simulation of magnetic reconnection, we explore the formation mechanism of CS oscillations. We find that large-amplitude transverse waves are excited by the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability at the highly turbulent cusp-shaped region. The perturbations propagate upward along the CS with a phase speed close to local Alfvén speed thus resulting in the CS oscillations we observe. Though the perturbations damp after propagating for a long distance, the CS oscillations are still detectable. In terms of detected CS oscillations, with a combination of differential emission measure techniques, we propose a new method for measuring the magnetic field strength of the CS and its distribution in height.
ISSN:2041-8205
2041-8213
DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/ac715a