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The striking similarity between the cyclic equatorward migration of the torsional oscillation belts and the sunspot activity latitudes inspired several attempts to seek an explanation of the torsional phenomenon in terms of interactions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-10 J. Muraközy , A. Ludmány

Hot luminous stars show a variety of phenomena in their photospheres and winds which still lack clear physical explanation. Among these phenomena are photospheric turbulence, line profile variability (LPV), non-thermal emission, non-radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Matteo Cantiello , Jonathan Braithwaite

The formation of shocks within the solar atmosphere remains one of the few observable signatures of energy dissipation arising from the plethora of magnetohydrodynamic waves generated close to the solar surface. Active region observations…

A sunspot acts as a waveguide in response to the dynamics of the solar interior; the trapped waves and oscillations could reveal its thermal and magnetic structures. We study the oscillations in a sunspot intruded by a light bridge, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Ding Yuan , Robert W. Walsh

Some differences between theoretical, numerical and observational determinations of spectral slopes of solar wind turbulence are interpreted in the thermodynamical sense. Confirmations of turbulent Kolmogorov slopes in solar wind magnetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-03-01 R. A. Treumann , W. Baumjohann , Y. Narita

The complex dynamics that lead to the emergence of active regions on the sun are poorly understood. One possibility is that magnetic structures (flux tubes, etc.) rise from below the surface by self induction and convection that lead to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-30 T. Hartlep , A. G. Kosovichev , J. Zhao , N. N. Mansour

The negative effective magnetic pressure instability operates on scales encompassing many turbulent eddies and is here discussed in connection with the formation of active regions near the surface layers of the Sun. This instability is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-10 Koen Kemel , Axel Brandenburg , Nathan Kleeorin , Dhrubaditya Mitra , Igor Rogachevskii

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

The physics of Sunspots is a fascinating and demanding field of research in solar astronomy. Interaction of magnetic fields and plasma flows takes place in a tangled magnetic geometry and occurs on spatial scales that pose a continuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-10 Alexandra Tritschler

The dynamical state of the solar nebula depends critically upon whether or not the gas is magnetically coupled. The presence of a subthermal field will cause laminar flow to break down into turbulence. Magnetic coupling, in turn, depends…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Steven A. Balbus , John F. Hawley

We have investigated a time series of continuum intensity maps and corresponding Dopplergrams of granulation in a very quiet solar region at the disk center, recorded with the Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) on board the…

The magnetic nature of the formation of solar active regions lies at the heart of understanding solar activity and, in particular, solar eruptions. A widespread model, used in many theoretical studies, simulations and the interpretation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 David MacTaggart , Chris Prior , Breno Raphaldini , Paolo Romano , Salvatore Guglielmino

Magnetic turbulence in the solar wind is treated from the point of view of electrodynamics. This can be done based on the use of Poynting's theorem attributing all turbulent dynamics to the spectrum of turbulent conductivity. For two…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-01-19 R. A. Treumann , W. Baumjohann

The stability of sunspots is one of the long-standing unsolved puzzles in the field of solar magnetism. We study the effects that destabilise and stabilise the flux tube of a simulated sunspot in the upper convection zone. The depth-varying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Hanna Strecker , Wolfgang Schmidt , Rolf Schlichenmaier , Matthias Rempel

Small-scale magnetic flux emergence in the quiet Sun is crucial for maintaining solar magnetic activity. On the smallest scales studied so far, namely within individual granules, two mechanisms have been identified: emergence in tiny…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 S. M. Díaz-Castillo , C. E. Fischer , F. Moreno-Insertis , S. L. Guglielmino , R. Ishikawa , S. Criscuoli

From the previous study (Hiremath 2009b; Hiremath 2010), on the genesis of solar cycle and activity phenomena, it is understood that sunspots are formed at different depths by superposition of Alfven wave perturbations of a strong toroidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-30 K. M. Hiremath , Lovely , M. R

Solar active regions are driven dissipative dynamical systems. The turbulent convection zone forces new magnetic flux tubes to rise above the photosphere and shuffles the magnetic fields which are already above the photosphere. The driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Loukas Vlahos

Solar flares stem from the reconnection of twisted magnetic field lines in the solar photosphere. The energy and waiting time distributions of these events follow complex patterns that have been carefully considered in the past and that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-17 M. Mendoza , A. Kaydul , L. de Arcangelis , J. S. Andrade , H. J. Herrmann

The emergence of magnetic flux from the deep convection zone plays an important role in the solar magnetism, such as the generation of active regions and triggering of various eruptive phenomena, including jets, flares, and coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 Shin Toriumi , Hideyuki Hotta , Kanya Kusano

We investigate sharply outlined features recorded in solar magnetic field tracers. It is shown that the magnetic boundaries of a sunspot do not coincide with the photometric ones. Moreover, there is no clear magnetic boundary around…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-21 V. N. Obridko , D. D. Sokoloff , M. M. Katsova