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Alfvénic waves are thought to play an important role in coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Here we investigate the dissipation of such waves due to phase mixing at the presence of shear flow and field in the stratified atmosphere of solar spicules. The initial flow is assumed to be directed along spicule axis and to vary linearly in the x direction and the equilibrium magnetic field is taken 2-dimensional and divergence-free. It is determined that the shear flow and field can fasten the damping of standing Alfvén waves. In spite of propagating Alfvén waves, standing Alfvén waves in Solar spicules dissipate in a few periods. As height increases, the perturbed velocity amplitude does increase in contrast to the behavior of perturbed magnetic field. Moreover, it should be emphasized that the stratification due to gravity, shear flow and field are the facts that should be considered in MHD models in spicules.
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This work has been supported financially by the Research Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Maragha (RIAAM) under research project No. 1/2782-39, Maragha, Iran.
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Ebadi, H., Hosseinpour, M. Phase mixing of standing Alfvén waves with shear flows in solar spicules. Astrophys Space Sci 343, 11–17 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-012-1241-0
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