Insights into the solar spicule forest from simulations and laboratory experiments | Piyali Chatterjee
Affiliation
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), India
Main category
Natural Sciences (Astrophysics and Astrononmy)
Caption
Spicular jets are highly elongated chromospheric plasma features that are believed to transport momentum to the solar wind and non-thermal energy to heat the atmosphere. At any given time, it is estimated that about 3 million spicules are present on the Sun. We find an intriguing parallel between the simulated spicular forest in a solar-like atmosphere and the numerous jets of polymeric fluid in the laboratory when both are subjected to harmonic forcing. In our radiative (both 2D and 3D) MHD simulations with sub-surface convection, the solar surface oscillations are excited similarly to those harmonic vibrations. A forest of spicules are formed in our simulations with heights ranging between 6 and 25 Mm, bearing substantially closer resemblance to clusters of jets observed in the solar atm
Further reading
Link to the European Solar Physics Online Seminars (ESPOS) webpage:
https://espos.stream/2022/11/03/Chatterjee/
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