Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Flux Emerging Through a Model Solar Atmosphere: Density Gradient, Magnetic Field, and Mach Number
This animation is one of a series depicting the results of a two-dimensional ideal magnetohydrodynamic simulation of magnetic flux emerging through a solar atmosphere. The simulation has a resolution of 300x500 cells and a length scale of 16 Mm x 6.8 Mm. The simulation depicts 1730 seconds in the evolution of the model.
A animation of the evolution of the density gradient, the magnetic field, and the mach number in the solar atmosphere model. Magnetic field contours are shown in magenta and mach number contours are shown in green.
Video slate image reads "Schlieren Plot
The Magnetic Field (font color is magenta) and the Mach Number(font color is green)
Contour Lines over the Density Gradient".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Liam Krauss (Hughes STX)
- Andy Acuna (Hughes STX)
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Scientists
- Dan Spicer (NASA/GSFC)
- M. L. Rilee (NASA/GSFC)
- R. Sudan (Cornell University)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, December 12, 1996.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.