The effects of Alfvén waves on heating plasma in post-flare loops (Q1186746)
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The effects of Alfvén waves on heating plasma in post-flare loops (English)
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28 June 1992
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In investigating the effects of collision Alfvén waves on the heating of a cool-type solar loop, like the post-flare loop, models are proposed, and the distributions of ion or electron density, temperature, pressure, and wave energy density are simulated. We assumed the magnetic field strength in the loop is about \(100G\) and found that Alfvén waves can propagate through the whole loop, that is to say, the decay length of collision Alfvén waves which we consider can reach to the height or length of the loop. Thus, the Alfvén wave heating is a considerable heating mechanism in cool loops. And we also found that the variations of density, pressure, and wave energy density are more significant than those of the temperature.
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collision Alfvén waves
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solar loop
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post-flare loop
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magnetic field
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