The Solar Spicule Forest and Parallels with Faraday Excitation Experiments

Explore the fascinating world of solar spicules and their parallels with Faraday excitation experiments in this 1-hour 23-minute colloquium presented by Piyali Chatterjee from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru. Delve into the intriguing similarities between simulated spicular forests in solar-like atmospheres and polymeric fluid jets in laboratory settings when subjected to harmonic driving. Discover how radiative MHD simulations with realistic sub-surface convection reveal the formation of spicule forests that closely resemble observed clusters of jets in the solar atmosphere. Gain insights into the mechanisms underlying the ubiquity of jets through a combination of numerical simulations of the Sun and laboratory fluid dynamics experiments.

The Solar Spicule Forest and Parallels with Faraday Excitation Experiments... by Piyali Chatterjee