A&A 437, 687-690 (2005)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052714

Numerical simulations of fast magnetosonic waves in a curved coronal loop

K. Murawski¹, M. Selwa¹ and L. Nocera<sup>2

1</sup>  Institute of Physics, UMCS, ul. Radziszewskiego 10, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
    e-mail: kamur@tytan.umcs.lublin.pl
²  Theoretical Plasma Physics, IPCF - CNR, via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy

(Received 17 January 2005 / Accepted 8 February 2005)

Abstract
We consider an impulsive excitation of fast magnetosonic waves in a dense and highly magnetised curved loop that is embedded in a potential arcade. The results of our numerical simulations reveal that the period of the excited waves agrees with both the period of the fast kink mode in the arcade and with the observations by TRACE.

Key words: Sun: oscillations -- Sun: corona -- magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)

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