Wave dynamics of the upper solar atmosphere

Heggland, L., Hansteen, V., Bogdan, T., Shibata, K.

We study the propagation of simulated waves in the upper solar atmosphere. Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between the three different wave modes (slow, Alfvénic and fast), which we study by identifying regions of conversion between them and examining their differing wave paths. The conditions for conversion into the Alfvén mode are investigated, and are of special interest because that mode may have an easier time penetrating the transition zone and reaching the corona.

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Lars Heggland (lars.heggland@astro.uio.no), Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo

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