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Alfvénic Motions in a Stratified Open Flux Tube: Transition from Propagating to Locally Standing Motions and Implications for the Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability

  • Authors: Mingzhe Guo, Bo Li, Yuhang Gao, Yao Chen

Mingzhe Guo et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 5.

Time–distance maps of the ratio between the local Alfvén wavelength, λA, and the characteristic length scale of the Alfvén speed variation, LA, along the y-direction at (a) x = 0, z = 20 Mm and (b) x = 0, z = 40 Mm. The black dashed lines indicate the positions at y = 0 and y = 0.8 Mm.

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