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Due to the absence of direct measurement, the magnetic field in the solar corona is usually extrapolated from the photosphere in numerical way. At the moment, the nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) model dominates the physical models for…

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Seven different models are applied to the same problem of simulating the Sun's coronal magnetic field during the solar eclipse on 2015 March 20. All of the models are non-potential, allowing for free magnetic energy, but the associated…

This paper is concerned with the Laplace boundary-value problem with the directional derivative, corresponding to the specific nature of measurements of the longitudinal component of the photospheric magnetic field. Boundary conditions are…

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We derive an analytical approximation of nonlinear force-free magnetic field solutions (NLFFF) that can efficiently be used for fast forward-fitting to solar magnetic data, constrained either by observed line-of-sight magnetograms and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-27 Markus J. Aschwanden

Solar magnetic fields play a key role in understanding the nature of the coronal phenomena. Global coronal magnetic fields are usually extrapolated from photospheric fields, for which farside data is taken when it was at the frontside,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 Hyun-Jin Jeong , Yong-Jae Moon , Eunsu Park , Harim Lee

We test a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) optimization code in spherical geometry using an analytical solution from Low and Lou. Several tests are run, ranging from idealized cases where exact vector field data are provided on all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Y. Guo , M. D. Ding , Y. Liu , X. D. Sun , M. L. DeRosa , T. Wiegelmann

This paper is the third in a series of papers working towards the construction of a realistic, evolving, non-linear force-free coronal field model for the solar magnetic carpet. Here, we present preliminary results of 3D time-dependent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 K. A. Meyer , D. H. Mackay , A. A. van Ballegooijen , C. E. Parnell

Understanding structures and evolutions of the magnetic fields and plasma in multiple layers on the Sun is very important. A force-free magnetic field which is an accurate approximation of the solar corona due to the low plasma $\beta$ has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Xiaoshuai Zhu , Thomas Neukirch , Thomas Wiegelmann

We present a careful assess of the forced field extrapolation using Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (SDO/HMI) magnetogram. The convergence property is checked by several metrics. The extrapolated field lines…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Xiaoshuai Zhu , Huaning Wang , Zhanle Du , Han He

Determining the electric field (E-field) distribution on the Sun's photosphere is essential for quantitative studies of how energy flows from the Sun's photosphere, through the corona, and into the heliosphere. This E-field also provides…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 G. H. Fisher , B. T. Welsch , W. P. Abbett , D. J. Bercik

Context. High resolution magnetic field measurements are routinely done only in the solar photosphere. Higher layers like the chromosphere and corona can be modeled by extrapolating the photospheric magnetic field upward. In the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Xiaoshuai Zhu , Thomas Wiegelmann , Sami Solanki

The availability of vector magnetogram sequences with sufficient accuracy and cadence to estimate the time derivative of the magnetic field allows us to use Faraday's law to find an approximate solution for the electric field in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 George H. Fisher , Brian T. Welsch , William P. Abbett

We present a Python code for calculating and displaying magnetic field extrapolations from given two-dimensional boundary conditions, specifically from solar surface magnetograms. The code implements analytical magnetohydrostatic models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-13 Lilli Nadol , Thomas Neukirch

Multiscale topological complexity of solar magnetic field is among the primary factors controlling energy release in the corona, including associated processes in the photospheric and chromospheric boundaries. We present a new approach for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Vadim M. Uritsky , Joseph M. Davila

The Potential Field Source Surface (PFSS) model is the most used approach for extrapolating the global coronal magnetic field, offering efficiency and strong performance at large scales. However, PFSS assumes a potential coronal field, so…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-23 C. Antonio , I. Chifu , R. Gafeira , J. J. G. Lima

Estimates of the photospheric magnetic, electric and plasma velocity fields are essential for studying the dynamics of the solar atmosphere, for example through the derivative quantities of Poynting and relative helicity flux and by using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-18 E. Lumme , J. Pomoell , E. K. J. Kilpua

Charge transfer in polymer devices represents a crucial, though highly inaccessible stage of photocurrent generation. In this article we propose studying the properties and behaviour of organic solar cells through the modification of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-09-27 S. Oviedo-Casado , A. Urbina , J. Prior

Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field in the solar atmosphere provides crucial information to understand the explosive phenomenon such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Since it is still hard that we determine the 3D magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-07 Daiki Yamasaki , Takahiro Miyoshi , Satoshi Inoue

Photospheric vector magnetograms from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamic Observatory are utilized as the boundary conditions to extrapolate both non-linear force-free and potential magnetic fields in solar corona.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 J. T. Su , J. Jing , S. Wang , T. Wiegelmann , H. M. Wang

Photoevaporation and magnetically driven winds are two independent mechanisms to remove mass from protoplanetary disks. In addition to accretion, the effect of these two principles acting concurrently could be significant and the transition…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-16 Peter J. Rodenkirch , Hubert Klahr , Christian Fendt , Cornelis P. Dullemond