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    Simulating coronal condensation dynamics in 3D

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    Moschou, S.P.
    Keppens, R.
    Xia, C.
    Fang, X.
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    Discipline
    Physical sciences
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2015
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    We present numerical simulations in 3D settings where coronal rain phenomena take place in a magnetic configuration of a quadrupolar arcade system. Our simulation is a magnetohydrodynamic simulation including anisotropic thermal conduction, optically thin radiative losses, and parametrised heating as main thermodynamical features to construct a realistic arcade configuration from chromospheric to coronal heights. The plasma evaporation from chromospheric and transition region heights eventually causes localised runaway condensation events and we witness the formation of plasma blobs due to thermal instability, that evolve dynamically in the heated arcade part and move gradually downwards due to interchange type dynamics. Unlike earlier 2.5D simulations, in this case there is no large scale prominence formation observed, but a continuous coronal rain develops which shows clear indications of Rayleigh–Taylor or interchange instability, that causes the denser plasma located above the transition region to fall down, as the system moves towards a more stable state. Linear stability analysis is used in the non-linear regime for gaining insight and giving a prediction of the system’s evolution. After the plasma blobs descend through interchange, they follow the magnetic field topology more closely in the lower coronal regions, where they are guided by the magnetic dips.
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    Moschou, S.P.; Keppens, R.; Xia, C.; Fang, X. (2015). Simulating coronal condensation dynamics in 3D. , Advances in Space Research, Vol. 56, Issue 12, 2738-2759, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.008.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/2751
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.008
    scopus: 2-s2.0-84929832451
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    Article
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    Language
    eng
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