Dr Istvan Ballai
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 3833
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School of Mathematics and Statistics
H9
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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Dr. Istvan Ballai's main research interest is in linear and nonlinear MHD waves occurring in solar and interplanetary plasmas.
Waves can carry energy and momentum; when transferred to inhomogeneous plasmas they can heat or accelerate the plasma therefore MHD waves may play an important role in explaining the observed high temperatures in the solar corona. Waves can transport information about the environment in which they propagate, so they serve as a perfect tool for plasma diagnostics.
We use local and global coronal waves to find average values for magnetic field and transport coefficients in the solar corona. When the temperature of the plasma is not high enough to ensure a full ionisation, the plasma becomes partially ionised with particles of different species colliding and modifying each other momentum and energy.
Dr Istvan Ballai's reserch interest also covers dynamical aspects in such plasmas, including waves and instabilities, non-equilibrium effects, etc.
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Journal articles
- The Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Modes in Sunspots. The Astrophysical Journal, 954(1), 30-30.
- Atmospheric waves disturbances from the solar terminator according to the VLF radio stations data. Advances in Space Research.
- Novel approach to forecasting photospheric emergence of active regions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 948(2).
- PREFACE: Recent progress in the physics of the Sun and heliosphere. Advances in Space Research.
- Comparison of Exact and Approximate MHD Slow Body Mode Solutions in Photospheric Waveguides. The Astrophysical Journal, 938(1), 32-32.
- Small-scale solar jet formation and their associated waves and instabilities. Advances in Space Research.
- New Approach for Analyzing Dynamical Processes on the Surface of Photospheric Vortex Tubes. The Astrophysical Journal, 928(1), 3-3.
- Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Mode Identification in Circular and Elliptical Sunspot Umbrae: Evidence for High-order Modes. The Astrophysical Journal, 927(2), 201-201.
- The importance of horizontal Poynting flux in the solar photosphere. The Astrophysical Journal, 927(2).
- Waves in weakly ionized solar plasmas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(4), 5274-5286.
- Approbation of wave dispersion analysis using multispacecraft methods. Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Astronomy(66), 20-25.
- Critical science plan for the Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope (DKIST). Solar Physics, 296(4). View this article in WRRO
- Proper orthogonal and dynamic mode decomposition of sunspot data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 379(2190). View this article in WRRO
- Slow magnetoacoustic waves in gravitationally stratified two-fluid plasmas in strongly ionized limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 1940-1950.
- Generation of low-frequency kinetic waves at the footpoints of pre-flare coronal loops. Solar Physics, 295(12). View this article in WRRO
- Diagnostics of plasma ionisation using torsional Alfén waves. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635. View this article in WRRO
- Magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability at a contact discontinuity with an oblique magnetic field. Astronomy and Astrophysics. View this article in WRRO
- Linear Waves in Partially Ionized Plasmas in Ionization Non-equilibrium. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Propagation of leaky surface waves on contact magnetohydrodynamic discontinuities in incompressible plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 25(12). View this article in WRRO
- Dispersive shock waves in partially ionised plasmas. Advances in Space Research. View this article in WRRO
- Propagation of Leaky MHD Waves at Discontinuities with Tilted Magnetic Field. Solar Physics, 293. View this article in WRRO
- Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities with sheared magnetic fields in partially ionised plasmas. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 609, A23-A23. View this article in WRRO
- Dissipative instabilities in a partially ionised prominence plasma slab. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 610, A56-A56. View this article in WRRO
- Dissipative instability in a partially ionised prominence plasma slab. Astronomy & Astrophysics. View this article in WRRO
- Statistical study of spatio-temporal distribution of precursor solar flares associated with major flares. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(4), 3532-3539. View this article in WRRO
- Dissipative instability in partially ionised prominence plasmas. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577, A82-A82. View this article in WRRO
- The P
1 /P2 period ratio for kink oscillations of an asymmetrical coronal loop. Astronomische Nachrichten, 334(9), 948-951. - Magnetoacoustic surface gravity waves at a spherical interface. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 527.
- The dynamical solar atmosphere. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 218(1).
- Mean shear flows generated by nonlinear resonant Alfveacuten waves. PHYS PLASMAS, 16(7). View this article in WRRO
- Nonlinear resonant absorption of fast magnetoacoustic waves in strongly anisotropic and dispersive plasmas. PHYS PLASMAS, 16(4). View this article in WRRO
- On the validity of nonlinear Alfven resonance in space plasmas. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 494(1), 317-327. View this article in WRRO
- The problem of phase mixed shear Alfven waves in the solar corona revisited. ASTRON NACHR, 329(8), 780-785. View this article in WRRO
- Forced oscillations of coronal loops driven by EIT waves. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 488(3), 1125-1132. View this article in WRRO
- Nonlinear theory of resonant slow waves in anisotropic and dispersive plasmas. PHYS PLASMAS, 15(8). View this article in WRRO
- Thermally damped linear compressional waves in a 2D solar coronal model. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S247), 320-323. View this article in WRRO
- Coronal global EIT waves as tools for multiple diagnostics. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S247), 243-250. View this article in WRRO
- Sampling the coronal magnetic field. AIP Conference Proceedings, 934, 44-53.
- Magnetohydrodynamic modes in a periodic magnetic steady state medium. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 449(3), 1193-1202.
- Slow magnetohydrodynamic waves in stratified and viscous plasmas. PHYS PLASMAS, 13(4).
- Diagnostics of local and global coronal magnetic field using global coronal waves. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2(233), 132-133.
- Propagating magnetohydrodynamics waves in coronal loops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 364(1839), 461-472.
- The Sun: for academics, students and idiots. Astronomy and Geophysics, 45(4), 4.44-4.45.
- The effect of anisotropy on the propagation of linear compressional waves in magnetic flux tubes: Applications to astrophysical plasmas. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 415(2), 691-703.
- On dissipative effects in solar prominences. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 410(2), L17-L19.
- Solitary waves in a Hall solar wind plasma. ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 404(2), 701-707.
- Extended Leibovich-Roberts equation in rarefied plasmas. PHYS PLASMAS, 9(10), 4280-4284.
- Linear and nonlinear wave propagation in rarefied plasmas. PHYS PLASMAS, 9(6), 2593-2603.
- Nonlinear theory of resonant slow MHD waves in twisted magnetic flux tubes. J PLASMA PHYS, 67, 79-97. View this article in WRRO
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- Magnetic Energy Powers the Corona: How We Can Understand its 3D Storage & Release. Vol. 55, Issue 3 (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers), 55(3).
- Generation of Localised Vertical Streams in Unstable Stratified Atmosphere. Fluids, 6(12), 454-454.
- Statistical relationship between the succeeding solar flares detected by
the RHESSI satellite. MNRAS, 441, 1157-1165. View this article in WRRO
- Three-dimensional numerical simulation of magnetohydrodynamic-gravity
waves and vortices in the solar atmosphere. View this article in WRRO
- Sausage Mode Propagation in a Thick Magnetic Flux Tube. 2013SoPh..tmp..229P. View this article in WRRO
- Transverse kink oscillations of expanding coronal loops. View this article in WRRO
- The effect of the environment on the P1/P2 period ratio for kink
oscillations of coronal loops. View this article in WRRO
- TRACE Observations of Driven Loop Oscillations.
- Nonlinear effects in resonant layers in solar and space plasmas.
- Resonant Absorption of Fast Magnetoacoustic Waves due to Coupling into
the Slow and Alfven Continua in the Solar Atmosphere. Solar Physics 06/2010.
- The effect of longitudinal flow on resonantly damped kink oscillations.
- Time-dependent properties of sunspot groups. I. Lifetime and asymmetric evolution. Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Conference proceedings papers
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- Global coronal seismology. SOLAR PHYSICS, Vol. 246(1) (pp 177-185)
- Nonlinear waves in solar plasmas - a review. First International Workshop and Summer School on Plasma Physics, Vol. 44 (pp 20-29)
Preprints
- The Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Modes in Sunspots. The Astrophysical Journal, 954(1), 30-30.
- Research group
- Grants
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Past grants, as Principal Investigator
Instabilities in partially ionized prominence plasmas Leverhulme Damping of Forced Oscillations in Coronal Loops RS Conference Attendance RS Global Coronal Seismology Using SOHO/EIT Observations Nuffield Past grants, as Coinvestigator
Application to STFC for Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC) STFC Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC) STFC Heating and Magneto-Seismology of the Solar Atmosphere STFC
- Teaching interests
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- Differential and difference equations
- Complex Analysis
- Numerical methods