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Striated granular edges observed in the solar photosphere represent one of the smallest-scale phenomena on the Sun. They arise from the interaction of strongly coupled hydrodynamic, magnetic, and radiative properties of the plasma. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-08 D. Kuridze , F. Wöger , H. Uitenbroek , M. Rempel , A. Tritschler , T. Rimmele , C. Fischer , O. Steiner

We present 3D numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven MHD turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez

Although the magnetic fields in the quiet Sun account for the majority of the magnetic energy in the solar photosphere, inferring their exact spatial distribution, origin, and evolution poses an important challenge because the signals lie…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-03 Elias Ebert , Ivan Milic , Juan Manuel Borrero

Observations of quiet Sun from the Solar Optical Telescope/Spectro-Polarimeter (SOT/SP) aboard the Hinode spacecraft would reveal the magnetic characters of the solar photosphere. By making use of the deep mode observations of three quiet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Chunlan Jin , Jingxiu Wang , Meng Zhao

To explore the physics of large-scale flows in solar-like stars, we perform 3D anelastic simulations of rotating convection for global models with stratification resembling the solar interior. The numerical method is based on an implicit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-10 G. Guerrero , P. K. Smolarkiewicz , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour

(1)The previous theoretical studies showed that in the presence of the small-scale dynamo the large-scale vorticity can produce the the divergent-type helicity flux breaking the equatorial reflection symmetry of the magnetic fluctuations in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 V. V. Pipin

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

Generation and diffusion of the magnetic field on the Sun is a key mechanism responsible for solar activity on all spatial and temporal scales - from the solar cycle down to the evolution of small-scale magnetic elements in the quiet Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-14 V. I. Abramenko , V. B. Yurchyshyn , P. R. Goode

Magneto-convection simulations on meso-granule and granule scales near the solar surface are used to study small scale dynamo activity, the emergence and disappearance of magnetic flux tubes, and the formation and evolution of micropores.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert F. Stein , Aake Nordlund

Advances in solar instrumentation have led to a widespread usage of time series to study the dynamics of solar features, specially at small spatial scales and at very fast cadences. Physical processes at such scales are determinant as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Vargas Dominguez , J. Palacios , L. Balmaceda , I. Cabello , V. Domingo

The spatiotemporal inhomogeneous-homogeneous transition in the dynamics and structures of solar photospheric turbulence is studied by applying the complexity-entropy analysis to Hinode images of a vortical region of supergranular junctions…

The forcing of interstellar turbulence, driven mainly by supernova explosions, is irrotational in nature, but the development of significant amounts of vorticity and helicity, accompanied by large-scale dynamo action, has been reported.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-21 Maarit J. Käpylä , Frederick A. Gent , Miikka S. Väisälä , Graeme R. Sarson

Observations of magnetic helicity transportation through the solar photosphere reflect the interaction of turbulent plasma movements and magnetic fields in the solar dynamo process. In this chapter, we have reviewed the research process of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Hongqi Zhang , Shangbin Yang , Haiqing Xu , Xiao Yang , Jie Chen , Jihong Liu

Our Sun exhibits strong convective dynamo action which results in magnetic flux bundles emerging through the stellar surface as magnetic spots. Global-scale dynamo action is believed to generate large-scale magnetic structures in the deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Nicholas J. Nelson , Mark S. Miesch

We demonstrate that a magneto-convection simulation incorporating essential physical processes governing solar surface convection exhibits turbulent small-scale dynamo action. By presenting a derivation of the energy balance equation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-23 Jonathan Pietarila Graham , Robert Cameron , Manfred Schuessler

Magnetic flux generated and intensified by the solar dynamo emerges into the solar atmosphere, forming active regions (ARs) including sunspots. Existing theories of flux emergence suggest that the magnetic flux can rise buoyantly through…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 Aiying Duan , Chaowei Jiang , Shin Toriumi , Petros Syntelis

We present high-cadence observations and simulations of the solar photosphere, obtained using the Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere imaging system and the MuRAM magneto-hydrodynamic code, respectively. Each dataset demonstrates a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. B. Jess , S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , P. H. Keys , D. J. Christian , F. P. Keenan

We study the effect of turbulent drift of a large-scale magnetic field that results from the interaction of helical convective motions and differential rotation in the solar convection zone. The principal direction of the drift corresponds…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 V. V. Pipin

There is no source for cosmic vorticity within the cold dark matter cosmology. However, vorticity has been observed in the universe, especially on the scales of clusters, filaments, galaxies, etc. Recent results from high-resolution general…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-14 Obinna Umeh

Optical vortices host the orbital nature of photons, which offers an extra degree of freedom in photonic applications. Unlike vortices in other physical entities, optical vortices require structural singularities, which restrict their…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-23 Dongha Kim , Arthur Baucour , Yun-Seok Choi , Jonghwa Shin , Min-Kyo Seo