Impact of the Ion-Neutral Interaction Effects in the Solar Chromosphere

Abstract:

The complexity of the chromosphere is due to various regime changes that take place across it. Consequently, the interpretation of chromospheric observations is a challenging task. It is thus crucial to combine these observations with advanced radiative-MHD numerical modeling. Because the photosphere, chromosphere and transition region are partially ionized, the interaction between ionized and neutral particles has important consequences on the magneto-thermodynamics of these regions. We implemented the effects of partial ionization using generalized Ohm’s law in the Bifrost code (Gudiksen et al. 2011) which solves the full MHD equations with non-grey and non-LTE radiative transfer and thermal conduction along magnetic field lines. We perform 2.5D simulations which combines large and small scales structures. This leads to a highly dynamic chromosphere with large variety of physical processes which have not been reproduced with smaller simulations. The implementation of partial ionization effects impact our modeled radiative-MHD atmosphere, such as producing chromospheric heating and diffusion of photospheric magnetic field into the upper-chromosphere. We will also focus on which observables of these processes can be revealed with chromospheric observations.