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We estimate the temporal change of magnetic flux perpendicular to the solar surface in a decaying active region by using a time series of the spatial distribution of vector magnetic fields in the photosphere. The vector magnetic fields are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Kubo , B. W. Lites , T. Shimizu , K. Ichimoto

The WISPR imager on Parker Solar Probe provides a unique view the young solar wind, flying through solar wind structures at high speed. It is of interest to use WISPR image sequences to measure the velocity of both large features (such as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Samuel J. Van Kooten , Craig E. Deforest , Guillermo Stenborg , Kenny N. Kenny

We present G-band and Ca II H observations of NOAA AR 10930 obtained by Hinode/SOT on 2006 December 6 covering an X6.5 flare. Local Correlation Tracking (LCT) technique was applied to the foreshortening-corrected G-band image series to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Na Deng , Chang Liu , Debi Prasad Choudhary , Haimin Wang

The solar photosphere is the visible surface of the Sun, where many bright granules, surrounded by narrow dark intergranular lanes, are observed everywhere. The granular pattern is a manifestation of convective motion at the photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 T. Oba , Y. Iida , T. Shimizu

We review (i) observations and numerical simulations of vortical flows in the solar atmosphere and (ii) measurements of the horizontal magnetic field in quiet Sun regions. First, we discuss various manifestations of vortical flows and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-21 O. Steiner , R. Rezaei

High resolution imaging observation of a sunspot umbra was done with Hinode Solar Optical Telescope (SOT). Filtergrams in wavelengths of blue and green continuum were taken during three consecutive days. The umbra consisted of a dark core…

Vortex-type motions have been measured by tracking bright points in high-resolution observations of the solar photosphere. These small-scale motions are thought to be determinant in the evolution of magnetic footpoints and their interaction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 L. Balmaceda , S. Vargas Domínguez , J. Palacios , I. Cabello , V. Domingo

Convective flows are known as the prime means of transporting magnetic fields on the solar surface. Thus, small magnetic structures are good tracers of the turbulent flows. We study the migration and dispersal of magnetic bright features…

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

Time-distance helioseismic measurements in surface- and deep-focus geometries for wave-paths that distinguish surface magnetic contributions from those due to deeper perturbations beneath a large sunspot are presented and analysed. Travel…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-21 S. P. Rajaguru

We derive horizontal fluid motions on the solar surface over large areas covering the quiet-Sun magnetic network from local correlation tracking of convective granules imaged in continuum intensity and Doppler velocity by the Helioseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 C. R. Sangeetha , S. P. Rajaguru

In this work, we present SoFT: Solar Feature Tracking, a novel feature-tracking tool developed in Python and designed to detect, identify, and track magnetic elements in the solar atmosphere. It relies on a watershed segmentation algorithm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-10 M. Berretti , M. Stangalini , S. Mestici , D. B. Jess , S. Jafarzadeh , F. Berrilli

The line profile asymmetry defining the Evershed effect in sunspot penumbrae, disappears abruptly at the outer sunspot boundary over a horizontal distance of less than 500 km immediately at the outermost ends of the dark penumbral continuum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-10 E. Wiehr

We present a three-dimensional numerical model for the generation and evolution of the magnetic field in the solar convection zone, in which sunspots are produced and contribute to the cyclic reversal of the large-scale magnetic field. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 Rohit Kumar , Laurène Jouve , Rui F. Pinto , Alexis P. Rouillard

As the global magnetic field of the Sun has an activity cycle, one expects to observe some variation of the dynamical properties of the flows visible in the photosphere. We investigate the flow field during the solar cycle by analysing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Th. Roudier , J. M. Malherbe , G. M. Mirouh

The Sun features on its surface typical flow patterns called the granulation, mesogranulation, and supergranulation. These patterns arise due to convective flows transporting energy from the interior of the Sun to its surface. In this paper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 J. I. Campos Rozo , D. Utz , S. Vargas Dominguez , A. Veronig , T. Van Doorsselaere

We analyse the chromospheric Doppler velocity oscillations in a sunspot using the high resolution spectral observations obtained from the Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph(FISS) of the New Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar Observatory.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-25 R. A. Maurya

Regions of quiet Sun generally exhibit a complex distribution of small-scale magnetic field structures, which interact with the near-surface turbulent convective motions. Furthermore, it is probable that some of these magnetic fields are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Paul J. Bushby , Benjamin Favier

We use high spatial and spectral resolution observations obtained with the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter at the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope to analyze the velocity profile of granular light bridges in a sunspot. We find upflows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Rouppe van der Voort , L. R. Bellot Rubio , A. Ortiz

We interpret penumbral filaments as due to convection in field-free, radially aligned gaps just below the visible surface of the penumbra, intruding into a nearly potential field above. This solves the classical discrepancy between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 H. C. Spruit , G. B. Scharmer