A new method for estimating global coronal wave properties from their interaction with solar coronal holes

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel analytical method to estimate key properties of global coronal waves and coronal holes from basic observations, validated by numerical simulations, enhancing understanding of wave-hole interactions.

Contribution

The paper presents a new analytical approach combining observational data and linear theory to estimate coronal wave and hole parameters, validated through simulations.

Findings

Method accurately estimates wave phase speeds and densities.

Analytical expressions validated by numerical simulations.

Enables quick, reliable parameter estimation from basic observations.

Abstract

Global coronal waves (CWs) and their interaction with coronal holes (CHs) result, among other effects, in the formation of reflected and transmitted waves. Observations of such events provide us with measurements of different CW parameters, such as phase speed and intensity amplitudes. However, several of these parameters are provided with only intermediate observational quality, other parameters, such as the phase speed of transmitted waves, can hardly be observed in general. We present a new method to estimate crucial CW parameters, such as density and phase speed of reflected as well as transmitted waves, Mach numbers and density values of the CH's interior, by using analytical expressions in combination with basic and most accessible observational measurements. The transmission and reflection coefficients are derived from linear theory and subsequently used to calculate estimations for phase speeds of incoming, reflected and transmitted waves. The obtained analytical expressions are validated by performing numerical simulations of CWs interacting with CHs. This new method enables to determine in a fast and straightforward way reliable CW and CH parameters from basic observational measurements which provides a powerful tool to better understand the observed interaction effects between CWs and CHs.