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It is well-known that the global acoustic oscillations of the Sun's atmosphere can excite resonance modes within large-scale magnetic concentrations. These structures are conduits of energy between the different layers of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 M. Berretti , M. Stangalini , G. Verth , V. Fedun , S. Jafarzadeh , D. B. Jess , F. Berrilli

We analysed line-of-sight magnetic fields and magnetic power spectra of an undisturbed photosphere using magnetograms acquired by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on-board the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) and the Near InfraRed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-17 Valentina I. Abramenko , Vasyl B. Yurchyshyn

The absolute brightness temperature of the Sun at millimeter wavelengths is an important diagnostic of the solar chromosphere. Because the Sun is so bright, measurement of this property usually involves the operation of telescopes under…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-02 Kazumasa Iwai , Masumi Shimojo , Shinichiro Asayama , Tetsuhiro Minamidani , Stephen White , Timothy Bastian , Masao Saito

The irradiance of the Sun is modulated on all time scales. Small-scale solar magnetic elements composed of quiet-Sun network and active region plages contribute to this modulation on solar cycle time scales. The evaluation of their contrast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-02 Fatima Kahil

Exploding granules on the solar surface play a major role in the dynamics of the outer part of the convection zone, especially in the diffusion of the magnetic field. We aim to develop an automated procedure able to investigate the location…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-30 J. Ballot , T. Roudier

The Sun is replete with magnetic fields, with sunspots, pores and plage regions being their most prominent representatives on the solar surface. But even far away from these active regions, magnetic fields are ubiquitous. To a large extent,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-05 Andreas Lagg , Bruce Lites , Jack Harvey , Sanjay Gosain , Rebecca Centeno

The bulk of the quiet solar photosphere is thought to be significantly magnetized, due to the ubiquitous presence of a tangled magnetic field at subresolution scales with an average strength <B> ~ 100 G. This conclusion was reached through…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Nataliya Shchukina , Javier Trujillo Bueno

Hidden photons, gauge bosons of a U(1) symmetry of a hidden sector, can constitute the dark matter of the universe and a smoking gun for large volume compactifications of string theory. In the sub-eV mass range, a possible discovery…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-08-06 Javier Redondo

Turbulent properties of the quiet Sun represent the basic state of surface conditions, and a background for various processes of solar activity. Therefore understanding of properties and dynamics of this `basic' state is important for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-27 I. N. Kitiashvili , V. I. Abramenko , P. R. Goode , A. G. Kosovichev , S. K. Lele , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray , V. B. Yurchyshyn

Our recent observational study shows that the majority of coronal bright points (CBPs) in the quiet Sun are sources of one or more eruptions during their lifetime. Here, we investigate the non-potential time dependent structure of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-13 Klaus Galsgaard , Maria S. Madjarska , Duncan H. Mackay , Chaozhou Mou

Recent studies suggest that the magnetic switchbacks (SBs) detected by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) carry information on the scales of solar supergranulation (large scale) and granulation (medium scale). We test this claim using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-18 Jeongwoo Lee , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Haimin Wang , Xu Yang , Wenda Cao , Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros

Taken at a high spatial resolution of 0.1 arcsec, Bright Points (BPs) are found to coexist with faculae in images and the latter are often resolved as adjacent striations. Understanding the properties of these different features is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-21 P. Kobel , J. Hirzberger , S. K. Solanki

The presence of magnetic field is crucial in the transport of energy through the solar atmosphere. Recent ground-based and space-borne observations of the quiet Sun have revealed that magnetic field accumulates at photospheric heights, via…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Juan Martínez-Sykora , Viggo H. Hansteen , Boris Gudiksen , Mats Carlsson , Bart De Pontieu , Milan Gosic

High levels of horizontal magnetic flux have been reported in the quiet-Sun internetwork, often based on Stokes profile inversions. Here we introduce a new method for deducing the inclination of magnetic elements and use it to test magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-01 S. Jafarzadeh , S. K. Solanki , A. Lagg , L. R. Bellot Rubio , M. van Noort , A. Feller , S. Danilovic

Recently, there have been some reports of unusually strong photospheric magnetic fields (which can reach values of over 7 kG) inferred from Hinode SOT/SP sunspot observations within penumbral regions. These superstrong penumbral fields are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-30 A. Siu-Tapia , A. Lagg , M. van Noort , M. Rempel , S. K. Solanki

Dense plasma fragments were observed to fall back on the solar surface by the Solar Dynamics Observatory after an eruption on 7 June 2011, producing strong EUV brightenings. Previous studies investigated impacts in regions of weak magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 A. Petralia , F. Reale , S. Orlando , P. Testa

For a given solar magnetic field, the near-Sun (phase-space) density of cosmic ray electrons and positrons of energy above about 10GeV can be calculated from first principles, without any assumptions about the cosmic ray diffusion. This is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-22 Andrei Gruzinov

The magnetic field inside the sunspot umbra, as observed by the Full-disk MagnetoGraph (FMG) onboard the Advanced Space based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), was found to be experiencing a weakening. To address this issue, we employed a method…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-30 Haiqing Xu , Jiangtao Su , Suo Liu , Yuanyong Deng , Xianyong Bai , Jie Chen , Xiaofan Wang , Xiao Yang , Yongliang Song

As we resolve ever smaller structures in the solar atmosphere, it has become clear that magnetism is an important component of those small structures. Small-scale magnetism holds the key to many poorly understood facets of solar magnetism…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-25 A. G. de Wijn , J. O. Stenflo , S. K. Solanki , S. Tsuneta

High cadence high spatial resolution observations in H-alpha with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma have revealed the existence of small-scale highly dynamic bright blobs. A fast wavelength tuning spectro-polarimeter provides…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Y. Lin , O. Engvold , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort