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We investigate a possibility of heating of the loops and other closed magnetic structures in active regions of the solar corona by the flow of solar wind (plus other flows that may be present) across the magnetic field lines (that are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Tsiklauri

Resonance spectral lines such as H I Ly {\alpha}, Mg II h&k, and Ca II H&K that form in the solar chromosphere are influenced by the effects of 3D radiative transfer as well as partial redistribution (PRD). So far no one has modeled these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Andrii V. Sukhorukov , Jorrit Leenaarts

Main sequence, solar-like stars (M < 1.5 Msun) have outer convective envelopes that are sufficiently thick to affect significantly their overall structure. The radii of these stars, in particular, are sensitive to the details of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 F. Spada , P. Demarque , S. Basu , J. D. Tanner

The solar atmosphere is known to contain many different types of wavelike oscillation. Waves and other fluctuations (e.g., turbulent eddies) are believed to be responsible for at least some of the energy transport and dissipation that heats…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Steven R. Cranmer , Momchil E. Molnar

A simplified non-linear numerical model for the development of incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in the presence of a strong magnetic field B0 and stratification, nicknamed Shell-Atm, is presented. In planes orthogonal to the mean…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 E. Buchlin , M. Velli

We have performed 3D radiation MHD simulations extending from the convection zone to the corona covering a box 16 Mm$^3$ at 32 km spatial resolution. The simulations show very fine structure in the chromosphere with acoustic shocks…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-12 Mats Carlsson , Viggo H. Hansteen , Boris V. Gudiksen

Solar modelling has long been split into ''internal'' and ''surface'' modelling, because of the lack of tools to connect the very different scales in space and time, as well as the widely different environments and dominating physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-18 Andrius Popovas , Åke Nordlund , Mikolaj Szydlarski

We present a radiation-magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) simulation of a magnetic cancellation event. The model is calculated with the Bifrost code and spans from the uppermost convection zone to the corona. The cancellation occurs between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-24 F. Moreno-Insertis , V. H. Hansteen , D. Nóbrega-Siverio

Context. We have conducted a 3D MHD simulation of the solar corona above an active region (AR) in full scale and high resolution, which shows coronal loops, and plasma flows within them, similar to observations. Aims. We want to find the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Philippe-A. Bourdin , Sven Bingert , Hardi Peter

Static distributions of temperature and wind velocity at the transition region are calculated within the framework of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of completely ionized hydrogen plasma. The numerical solution of the derived equations gives…

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Feng Chen , Matthias Rempel , Yuhong Fan

MHD turbulence has long been proposed as a mechanism for the heating of coronal loops in the framework of the Parker scenario for coronal heating. So far most of the studies have focused on its dynamical properties without considering its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 R. B. Dahlburg , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli

The magnetic network extending from the photosphere (solar radius $\simeq R_\odot$) to lower corona ($R_\odot + 10$ Mm) plays an important role in the heating mechanisms of the solar atmosphere. Here we further develop the models with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-02 Frederick A. Gent , Ben Snow , Viktor Fedun , Robertus Erdelyi

The sunspot penumbra is a transition zone between the strong vertical magnetic field area (sunspot umbra) and the quiet Sun. The penumbra has a fine filamentary structure that is characterized by magnetic field lines inclined toward the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-02 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour , A. A. Wray

Context: State of the art quantitative spectroscopy of OB-stars compares synthetic spectra (calculated by means of 1D, spherically symmetric computer codes) with observations. Certain stellar atmospheres, however, show strong deviations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 L. Hennicker , J. Puls , N. D. Kee , J. O. Sundqvist

Magnetic reconnection in the quiet Sun is a phenomenon that is consistently observed, and it has recently become feasible to simulate via 3D numerical models of realistically stratified and convection-driven reconnection. We aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 Rebecca Robinson , Mats Carlsson , Guillaume Aulanier

In this paper, we present a numerical simulation of an impulsively driven chromospheric jet in the solar atmosphere using the non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations coupled with frequency- and angle-averaged radiation transport…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 J. J. González-Avilés

Maps of the radial magnetic field at a heliocentric distance of ten solar radii are used as boundary conditions in the MHD code CRONOS to simulate a 3D inner-heliospheric solar wind emanating from the rotating Sun out to 1 AU. The input…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-03-19 T. Wiengarten , J. Kleimann , H. Fichtner , R. Cameron , J. Jiang , R. Kissmann , K. Scherer

Observed spectral profiles of emission lines from the corona are found to have widths exceeding the thermal line width. To investigate the physical mechanism, we run a 3D MHD model of a single, straightened loop in which we partially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-02 C. A. Breu , H. Peter , S. K. Solanki , R. Cameron , I. De Moortel

We study extreme-ultraviolet emission line spectra derived from three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models of structures in the corona. In order to investigate the effects of increased magnetic activity at photospheric levels in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-16 Pia Zacharias , Sven Bingert , Hardi Peter