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The response of the solar coronal magnetic field to small-scale photospheric boundary motions including the possible formation of current sheets via the Parker scenario is one of open questions of solar physics. Here we address the problem…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. L. Wilmot-Smith , D. I. Pontin , G. Hornig

In this paper, we simulate the magnetic flux evolution at different heliocentric distances during two solar-maximum Carrington rotations (CRs) using the time-evolving coronal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model COCONUT to investigate the ``open…

We describe, test, and apply a technique to incorporate full-sun, surface flux evolution into an MHD model of the global solar corona. Requiring only maps of the evolving surface flux, our method is similar to that of Lionello et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-12 Roberto Lionello , Cooper Downs , Emily I. Mason , Jon A. Linker , Ronald M. Caplan , Pete Riley , Viacheslav S. Titov , Marc L. DeRosa

We present a three-dimensional model of rotating convection combined with a simplified corona in spherical coordinates. The motions in the convection zone generate a large-scale magnetic field that gets sporadically ejected into the outer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-17 Jörn Warnecke , Petri J. Käpylä , Maarit. J. Mantere , Axel Brandenburg

Measurements of the stellar coronal magnetic field are of great importance in understanding the stellar magnetic activity, yet the measurements have been extremely difficult. Recent studies proposed a new method of magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Xianyu Liu , Hui Tian , Yajie Chen , Wenxian Li , Meng Jin , Xianyong Bai , Zihao Yang

Accurate forecasting of the solar wind has grown in importance as society becomes increasingly dependent on technology that is susceptible to space weather events. This work describes an inner boundary condition for ambient solar wind…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-07-22 Kaine A. Bunting , Huw Morgan

We present a magnetic flux rope (FR) extraction tool for solar coronal magnetic field modelling data, which builds upon the methodology from Wagner et al. (2023). We apply the scheme to magnetic field simulations of active regions AR12473…

Understanding many physical processes in the solar atmosphere requires determination of the magnetic field in each atmospheric layer. However, direct measurements of the magnetic field in the Sun's corona are difficult to obtain. Using…

The Sun's magnetic field is a key driver in coronal heating and consequently solar wind acceleration. Remote measurement of the photosphere provides the magnetic surface boundary condition necessary for data-constrained 3D global coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-06 Caroline L. Evans , Cooper Downs , Donald Schmit

We use SDO/HMI and SOLIS/VSM photospheric magnetic field measurements to model the force-free coronal field above a solar active region, assuming magnetic forces to dominate. We take measurement uncertainties caused by, e.g., noise and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. K. Thalmann , A. Pietarila , X. Sun , T. Wiegelmann

Potential field extrapolations are widely used as minimum-energy models for the Sun's coronal magnetic field. As the reference to which other magnetic fields are compared, they have -- by any reasonable definition -- no global (signed)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 A. R. Yeates

When magnetic field in the solar convection zone buoyantly rises to pierce the visible solar surface (photosphere), the atmosphere (corona) above this surface must respond in some way. One response of the coronal field to photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-19 Lucas A. Tarr

The potential field source surface (PFSS) method is a widely used magnetic field extrapolation technique in the space weather community. The only free parameter in the PFSS method is the source-surface height ($R_{\rm SS}$), beyond which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-16 Munehito Shoda , Kyogo Tokoro , Daikou Shiota , Shinsuke Imada

Data from recent numerical simulations of the solar corona and transition region are analysed and the magnetic field connection between the low corona and the photosphere is found to be close to that of a potential field. The fieldline to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 B. V. Gudiksen , Å. Nordlund

The possibility that the magnetic dipole moment (MDM) of light charged vector mesons could be measured from radiative processes involving the production (\tau \to \rho \nu \gamma) and decay(\rho \to \pi \pi \gamma) of vector mesons is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Toledo Sanchez

Adopting the thermal free-free emission mechanism, the coronal and chromospheric magnetic fields are derived from the polarization and spectral observations with the Nobeyama Radioheliograph at 1.76 cm. The solar active regions (AR) located…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 A. Mouner , Abdelrazek M. K. Shaltout , M. M. Beheary , K. A. K. Gadallah , K. A. Edris

Photospheric magnetic vector maps from two different instruments are used to model the nonlinear force-free coronal magnetic field above an active region. We use vector maps inferred from polarization measurements of the Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 J. K. Thalmann , S. K. Tiwari , T. Wiegelmann

The internal dynamics of the Sun generate magnetic and plasma structures in the photosphere and overlying atmosphere across a wide range of spatial scales. Identifying the critical spatial scale is essential for interpreting physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Ananya Hore , Prantika Bhowmik

We investigate the change in stellar magnetic topology across the fully-convective boundary and its effects on coronal properties. We consider both the magnitude of the open flux that influences angular momentum loss in the stellar wind and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-11 Pauline Lang , Moira Jardine , Jean-Francois Donati , Julien Morin , Aline Vidotto

Context: Observations indicate that the `quiet' solar photosphere outside active regions contains considerable amounts of magnetic energy and magnetic flux, with mixed polarity on small scales. The origin of this flux is unclear. Aims: We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Voegler , M. Schuessler