Bibcode
Khomenko, E.; Vitas, N.; Collados, M.; de Vicente, A.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 618, id.A87
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2018
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55
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54
Description
In recent decades, REALISTIC three-dimensional
radiative-magnetohydrodynamic simulations have become the dominant
theoretical tool for understanding the complex interactions between the
plasma and magnetic field on the Sun. Most of such simulations are based
on approximations of magnetohydrodynamics, without directly considering
the consequences of the very low degree of ionization of the solar
plasma in the photosphere and bottom chromosphere. The presence of a
large amount of neutrals leads to a partial decoupling of the plasma and
magnetic field. As a consequence, a series of non-ideal effects, i.e.,
the ambipolar diffusion, Hall effect, and battery effect, arise. The
ambipolar effect is the dominant in the solar chromosphere. We report on
the first three-dimensional realistic simulations of magneto-convection
including ambipolar diffusion and battery effects. The simulations are
carried out using the newly developed MANCHA3Dcode. Our results reveal
that ambipolar diffusion causes measurable effects on the amplitudes of
waves excited by convection in the simulations, on the absorption of
Poynting flux and heating, and on the formation of chromospheric
structures. We provide a low limit on the chromospheric temperature
increase owing to the ambipolar effect using the simulations with
battery-excited dynamo fields.
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