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Small bipolar magnetic features are observed to appear in the interior of individual granules in the quiet Sun, signaling the emergence of tiny magnetic loops from the solar interior. We study the origin of those features as part of the…

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In this work, we study and quantify properties of strong-field small-scale convection and compare observed properties with those predicted by numerical simulations. We analyze spectropolarimetric 630.25 nm data from a unipolar ephemeral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 G. Narayan , G. B. Scharmer

The results of 2D MHD simulations of solar magnetogranulation are used to analyze the horizontal magnetic fields and the response of the synthesized Stokes profiles of the FeI 1564.85 nm line to the magnetic fields. Selected 1.5-h series of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-16 V. A. Sheminova

One of the main theories for heating of the solar corona is based on the idea that solar convection shuffles and tangles magnetic field lines to make many small-scale current sheets that, via reconnection, heat coronal loops. Tiwari et al…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-08 V. Aparna , Sanjiv K. Tiwari , Ronald L. Moore , Navdeep K. Panesar , Brian Welsch , Bart De Pontieu , Aimee Norton

A model for the solar dynamo, consistent in global flow and numerical method employed with the differential rotation model, is developed. The magnetic turbulent diffusivity is expressed in terms of the entropy gradient, which is controlled…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 L. L. Kitchatinov , A. A. Nepomnyashchikh

Solar granulation consists of dynamic convective plasma cells that rise from the solar interior to the surface. The interaction between these plasma cells and the Sun's magnetic field provides valuable insights into plasma dynamics near the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 J. I. Campos Rozo , J. Jurčák , S. M. Díaz Castillo , M. van Noort

Magnetic bright points are small-scale magnetic elements ubiquitous across the solar disk, with the prevailing theory suggesting that they form due to the process of convective collapse. Employing a unique full Stokes spectropolarimetric…

We use three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on the energy transport and structure of radiation pressure dominated main sequence massive star envelopes at the region of the iron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Yan-Fei Jiang , Matteo Cantiello , Lars Bildsten , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

It is now well established that the quiet Sun contains in total more magnetic flux than active regions and represents an important reservoir of magnetic energy. But the nature and evolution of these fields remain largely unknown. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Marianne Faurobert , Gilbert Ricort

Our aim is to characterize the effects of the local magnetic fields in quiet regions of stellar atmospheres. We compute magneto-hydrodynamic and purely hydrodynamic simulations of G2V, K0V and M2V star. The magnetic simulations are started…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Andrea Perdomo García , Nikola Vitas , Elena Khomenko , Manuel Collados

We report on a detailed radiative transfer modeling of the observed scattering polarization in the H-alpha line, which allows us to infer quantitative information on the magnetization of the quiet solar chromosphere. Our analysis suggests…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jiri Stepan , Javier Trujillo Bueno

We investigate numerically magnetic field generation by thermal convection with square periodicity cells in a rotating horizontal layer of electrically-conducting fluid with stress-free electrically perfectly conducting boundaries for…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2010-04-12 V. Zheligovsky

The equilibrium configuration of very small magnetic fluxtubes in an intergranular environment automatically produces kG magnetic field strengths. We argue that such process takes place in the Sun and complements the convective collapse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Sanchez Almeida

Isolated flux tubes are considered to be fundamental magnetic building blocks of the solar photosphere. Their formation is usually attributed to the concentration of magnetic field to kG strengths by the convective collapse mechanism.…

The Sun's magnetic field is structured over a range of scales that span approximately seven orders of magnitudes, four of which lie beyond the resolving power of current telescopes. Here we have used a Hinode SOT/SP deep mode data set for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jan O. Stenflo

The large-scale magnetic pattern of the quiet sun is dominated by the magnetic network. This network, created by photospheric magnetic fields swept into convective downflows, delineates the boundaries of large scale cells of overturning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Francesco Berrilli , Stefano Scardigli , Dario Del Moro

We examine whether or not it is possible to derive the field strength distribution of quiet Sun internetwork regions from very high spatial resolution polarimetric observations in the visible. In particular, we consider the case of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Orozco Suarez , L. R. Bellot Rubio , J. C. del Toro Iniesta

Studying the emergence of magnetic fields is essential for understanding the physical mechanisms behind various phenomena in the solar atmosphere. Most importantly, the emerging fields offer valuable insights into how energy and mass are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Milan Gošić , Viggo H. Hansteen , Alberto Sainz Dalda , Bart De Pontieu , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

We report the results of a magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of a convective dynamo in a model solar convective envelope driven by the solar radiative diffusive heat flux. The convective dynamo produces a large-scale mean magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-18 Yuhong Fan , Fang Fang

We simulate an isolated, magnetised Milky Way-like disc galaxy using a self-consistent model of unresolved star formation and feedback, evolving the system until it reaches statistical steady state. We show that the quasi-steady-state…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-28 Benjamin D. Wibking , Mark R. Krumholz