Coronal Waves and Oscillations

"Coronal Waves and Oscillations"

Valery M. Nakariakov and Erwin Verwichte

	Abstract
1	Introduction
	1.1	The method of MHD coronal seismology
2	Properties of MHD Modes of Plasma Structures
	2.1	MHD modes of a straight cylinder
	2.2	MHD continua
	2.3	Zero plasma- $b$ density profiles
	2.4	Effects of twisting
3	Kink Oscillations of Coronal Loops
	3.1	TRACE observations
	3.2	Non-TRACE observations
	3.3	Determination of coronal magnetic fields
	3.4	Decay of the oscillations
	3.5	Alternative mechanisms
4	Sausage Oscillations of Coronal Loops
5	Acoustic Oscillations of Coronal Loops
	5.1	Global acoustic mode
	5.2	Second standing harmonics
6	Propagating Acoustic Waves
	6.1	Observational results
	6.2	Theoretical modelling
	6.3	Propagating slow waves as a tool for coronal seismology
7	Propagating Fast Waves
	7.1	Propagating fast waves in coronal loops
	7.2	Propagating fast kink waves in open structures
8	Torsional Modes
9	Conclusions
10	Acknowledgements
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