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We present a comprehensive radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the quiet Sun and large solar active regions. The 197 Mm wide simulation domain spans from 18 (10) Mm beneath the photosphere to 113 Mm in the solar corona. Radiative…

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We discuss the turbulent structure and dynamics of the upper solar convection zone using a 3D radiative hydrodynamic simulation model at 45 degrees latitude. The model reveals the self-formation of meridional flows, the leptocline, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-04 Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alan A. Wray

Over the last decades, realistic 3D radiative-MHD simulations have become the dominant theoretical tool for understanding the complex interactions between the plasma and the magnetic field on the Sun. Most of such simulations are based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , A. de Vicente

We study the evolution of spectra of acoustic waves that are generated in the convection zone and propagate upward into the photosphere, where we compare the simulated acoustic spectra with the spectrum observed in an Fe I line. Although…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Theurer , P. Ulmschneider , W. Kalkofen

Results of numerical 3D simulations of propagation of acoustic waves inside the Sun are presented. A linear 3D code which utilizes realistic OPAL equation of state was developed by authors. Modified convectively stable standard solar model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 K. V. Parchevsky , A. G. Kosovichev

Waves and shocks traveling through the solar chromospheric plasma are influenced by its partial ionization and weak collisional coupling, and may become susceptible to multi-fluid effects, similar to interstellar shock waves. In this study,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente

Advanced 3D radiative MHD simulations now reproduce many properties of the outer solar atmosphere. When including a domain from the convection zone into the corona, a hot chromosphere and corona are self-consistently maintained. Here we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Viggo Hansteen , Nuno Guerreiro , Bart De Pontieu , Mats Carlsson

We review (i) observations and numerical simulations of vortical flows in the solar atmosphere and (ii) measurements of the horizontal magnetic field in quiet Sun regions. First, we discuss various manifestations of vortical flows and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-21 O. Steiner , R. Rezaei

We have carried out numerical simulation based on the equations of radiation magnetohydrodynamics to study the interaction of solar granules and small-scale magnetic fields in photospheric regions with various magnetic fluxes. Four…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-09 I. N. Atroshchenko , V. A. Sheminova

In the following short review we will outline some of the possible interaction processes of lower solar atmospheric plasma with the embedded small-scale solar magnetic fields. After introducing the topic, important types of small-scale…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-07 Santiago Vargas Domínguez , Dominik Utz

In this work we use solar observations with the ALMA radio telescope at the wavelength of 1.21 mm. The aim of the analysis is to improve understanding of the solar chromosphere, a dynamic layer in the solar atmosphere between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 R. Brajša , D. Sudar , I. Skokic , A. O. Benz , M. Kuhar , A. Kobelski , S. Wedemeyer , S. M. White , H. -G. Ludwig , M. Temmer , S. H. Saar , C. L. Selhorst

The solar corona has been revealed in the past decade to be a highly dynamic nonequilibrium plasma environment. Both the loop-filled coronal base and the extended acceleration region of the solar wind appear to be strongly turbulent, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven R. Cranmer

It is widely believed that the heating of the chromosphere in quiet-Sun internetwork regions is provided by dissipation of acoustic waves that are excited by the convective motions close to the top of the convection zone and in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Wedemeyer-Böhm , O. Steiner , J. Bruls , W. Rammacher

In an attempt to understand the properties of convective energy transport in the solar convection zone, a numerical model has been constructed for turbulent flows in a compressible, radiation-coupled, non-magnetic, gravitationally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yong -Cheol Kim , Peter A. Fox , Sabatino Sofia , Pierre Demarque

The temperature and density conditions in the magnetized photosphere and chromosphere of the Sun lead to a very small degree of atomic ionization. In addition, at particular height, the magnetic field may be strong enough to give rise to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-08 Elena Khomenko

The presence of turbulent phenomena in the outer solar atmosphere is a given. However, because we are reduced to remotely sensing the atmosphere of a star with instruments of limited spatial and/or spectral resolution, we can only infer the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-12 Scott W. McIntosh , Christian Bethge , James Threlfall , Ineke De Moortel , Robert J. Leamon , Hui Tian

We investigate the propagation of high-speed solar wind streams from their origin near the Sun to 1 AU using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. By tracking both global stream structure and individual plasma parcels, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 Stefan J. Hofmeister

We have performed a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation to study the emergence of a twisted magnetic flux tube from -20,000 km of the solar convection zone to the corona through the photosphere and the chromosphere. The middle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Toriumi , T. Yokoyama

A major goal in solar physics has during the last five decades been to find how energy flux generated in the solar convection zone is transported and dissipated in the outer solar layers. Progress in this field has been slow and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Viggo H. Hansteen , Mats Carlsson , Boris Gudiksen

Solar wind turbulence is often perceived as weakly compressible and the density fluctuations remain poorly understood both theoretically and observationally. Compressible magnetohydrodynamic simulations provide useful insights into the…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Senbei Du , Hui Li , Zhaoming Gan , Xiangrong Fu