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Gas convection is observed in the solar photosphere as the granulation, i.e., having highly time-dependent cellular patterns, consisting of numerous bright cells called granules and dark surrounding-channels called intergranular lanes. Many…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 T. Oba , Y. Iida , T. Shimizu

We present observational evidence for oscillations of magnetic flux density in the quiet areas of the Sun. The majority of magnetic fields on the solar surface have strengths of the order of or lower than the equipartition field (300-500…

Context: Studying the motions on the solar surface is fundamental for understanding how turbulent convection transports energy and how magnetic fields are distributed across the solar surface. Aims: From horizontal velocity measurements all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Th. Roudier , M. Švanda , M. Rieutord , J. M. Malherbe , R. Burston , L. Gizon

Surface granulation of the Sun is primarily a consequence of thermal transport in the outer 1 % of the radius. Its typical scale of about 1 - 2 Mm is set by the balance between convection, free-streaming radiation, and the strong density…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Shravan M. Hanasoge , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

We analyze a time series of high angular resolution magnetograms of quiet Sun Inter-Network (IN) magnetic fields. These magnetograms have a spatial resolution better than 0.5 arcsec, a noise of some 20 G, and they have been obtained at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Sanchez Almeida

In the recent papers, we introduced a method utilised to measure the flow field. The method is based on the tracking of supergranular structures. We did not precisely know, whether its results represent the flow field in the photosphere or…

Kilogauss-strength magnetic fields are often observed in intergranular lanes at the photosphere in the quiet Sun. Such fields are stronger than the equipartition field $B_e$, corresponding to a magnetic energy density that matches the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. J. Bushby , S. M. Houghton , M. R. E. Proctor , N. O. Weiss

Below the scale of supergranules we find that cellular flows are present in the solar photosphere at two distinct size scales, approximately 2 Mm and 4 Mm, with distinct characteristic times. Simultaneously present in the flow is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. K. Lawrence , A. C. Cadavid , A. Ruzmaikin

Magneto-convection simulations with two scenarios have been performed: In one, horizontal magnetic field is advected into the computational domain by fluid entering at the bottom. In the other, an initially uniform vertical magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Robert F. Stein , David Bercik , Aake Nordlund

Three-dimensional numerical simulations of solar surface magnetoconvection using realistic model physics are conducted. The thermal structure of convective motions into the upper radiative layers of the photosphere, the main scales of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sergey D. Ustyugov

Context: Observations indicate that the `quiet' solar photosphere outside active regions contains considerable amounts of magnetic energy and magnetic flux, with mixed polarity on small scales. The origin of this flux is unclear. Aims: We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Voegler , M. Schuessler

We carried out the Stokes diagnostics of new two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models with a continuous evolution of magnetogranulation in the course of two hours of the hydrodynamic (solar) time. Our results agree satisfactorily with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-25 V. A. Sheminova

Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical large eddy simulations of solar surface convection using realistic model physics is conducted. The effects of magnetic fields on thermal structure of convective motions into radiative layers, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergey Ustyugov

Small scale magnetic fields (magnetic elements) are ubiquitous in the solar photosphere. Their interaction can provide energy to the upper atmospheric layers, and contribute to heat the solar corona. In this work, the dynamic properties of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 F. Giannattasio , M. Stangalini , F. Berrilli , D. Del Moro , L. Bellot Rubio

The observed magnetic field on the solar surface is characterized by a very complex spatial and temporal behaviour. Although feature-tracking algorithms have allowed us to deepen our understanding of this behaviour, subjectivity plays an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-04 A. Y. Gorobets , J. M. Borrero , S. Berdyugina

As well known, magnetic fields in space are distributed very inhomogeneously. Some-times field distributions have forms of filaments with high magnetic field values. As many ob-servations show, such a filamentation takes place in convective…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-03 Evgeny A. Kuznetsov , Evgeny A. Mikhailov

In this paper, we study the properties of solar granulation in a facular region from the photosphere up to the lower chromosphere. Our aim is to investigate the dependence of granular structure on magnetic field strength. We use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 R. Kostik , E. Khomenko

We have carried out numerical simulation based on the equations of radiation magnetohydrodynamics to study the interaction of solar granules and small-scale magnetic fields in photospheric regions with various magnetic fluxes. Four…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-09 I. N. Atroshchenko , V. A. Sheminova

The data from solar neutrino experiments together with standard solar model predictions are used in order to derive the possible profile of the magnetic field inside the Sun, assuming the existence of a sizeable neutrino magnetic moment and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Joao Pulido

Solar oscillations are expected to be excited by turbulent flows in the intergranular lanes near the solar surface. Time series recorded by the IMaX instrument aboard the {\sc Sunrise} observatory reveal solar oscillations at high…