Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities: a journey through scales

Y Zhou, RJR Williams, P Ramaprabhu, M Groom… - Physica D: Nonlinear …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic instabilities such as Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) and Richtmyer–Meshkov (RM)
instabilities usually appear in conjunction with the Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability and are …

Origin and structures of solar eruptions I: magnetic flux rope

X Cheng, Y Guo, MD Ding - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017‏ - Springer
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares are the large-scale and most energetic
eruptive phenomena in our solar system and able to release a large quantity of plasma and …

Magnetic flux ropes in the solar corona: structure and evolution toward eruption

R Liu - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic flux ropes are characterized by coherently twisted magnetic field lines, which are
ubiquitous in magnetized plasmas. As the core structure of various eruptive phenomena in …

Vortex motions in the solar atmosphere: Definitions, theory, observations, and modelling

K Tziotziou, E Scullion, S Shelyag, O Steiner… - Space Science …, 2023‏ - Springer
Vortex flows, related to solar convective turbulent dynamics at granular scales and their
interplay with magnetic fields within intergranular lanes, occur abundantly on the solar …

The magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability in solar prominences

A Hillier - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2017‏ - Springer
Abstract The magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability is a fundamental instability of many
astrophysical systems, and recent observations are consistent with this instability develo** …

1.5 D non-LTE spectral synthesis of a 3D filament and prominence simulation

JM Jenkins, CMJ Osborne, R Keppens - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Context. Overly idealised representations of solar filaments and prominences in numerical
simulations have long limited their morphological comparison against observations …

Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

MP Rast, N Bello González, L Bellot Rubio, W Cao… - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will
revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes …

A New View of the Solar Interface Region from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)

B De Pontieu, V Polito, V Hansteen, P Testa… - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has been obtaining near-and far-
ultraviolet images and spectra of the solar atmosphere since July 2013. IRIS is the highest …

On the physical nature of the so-called prominence tornadoes

S Gunár, N Labrosse, M Luna, B Schmieder… - Space Science …, 2023‏ - Springer
The term 'tornado'has been used in recent years to describe several solar phenomena, from
large-scale eruptive prominences to small-scale photospheric vortices. It has also been …

Quiescent Prominence Dynamics Observed with the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope. II. Prominence Bubble Boundary Layer Characteristics and the Onset of a …

T Berger, A Hillier, W Liu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze solar quiescent prominence bubble characteristics and instability dynamics
using Hinode/Solar Optical Telescope data. We measure the bubble expansion rate …