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Umbral dots (UDs) are small-scale convective intrusions in the umbral core of sunspots and pores. Different methods have been used in the past to determine the physical properties of UDs. One of the methods typically used is multi-level…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-27 Rohan Eugene Louis , Amit Chaturvedi

Sunspot regions often form complexes of activity that may live for several solar rotations, and represent a major component of the Sun's magnetic activity. It had been suggested that the close appearance of active regions in space and time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. G. Kosovichev , T. L. Duvall

This article reviews some of the leading results obtained in solar dynamo physics by using temporal oscillator models as a tool to interpret observational data and dynamo model predictions. We discuss how solar observational data such as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-21 Ilídio Lopes , Dário Passos , Melinda Nagy , Kristof Petrovay

Investigating the solar magnetic field is crucial to understand the physical processes in the solar interior as well as their effects on the interplanetary environment. We introduce a novel method to predict the evolution of the solar…

Maps of the magnetic field at the Sun's surface are commonly used as boundary conditions in space-weather modeling. However, continuous observations are only available from the Sun's Earth-facing side. One commonly used approach to mitigate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Dan Yang , Stephan G. Heinemann , Robert H. Cameron , Laurent Gizon

It is widely assumed that the most probable sites of flare occurrences are the locations of high horizontal magnetic field gradients in the active regions. Instead of magnetograms the present work checks this assumption by using sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-10 M. B. Korsos , T. Baranyi , A. Ludmany

Context. In local helioseismology, the travel times of acoustic waves propagating in opposite directions along the same meridian inform us about horizontal flows in the north-south direction. The longitudinal averages of the north-south…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Paul-Louis Poulier , Zhi-Chao Liang , Damien Fournier , Laurent Gizon

Recovering signals from low-order moments is a fundamental yet notoriously difficult task in inverse problems. This recovery process often reduces to solving ill-conditioned systems of polynomial equations. In this work, we propose a new…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Rafi Beinhorn , Shay Kreymer , Amnon Balanov , Michael Cohen , Alon Zabatani , Tamir Bendory

To model the structure and dynamics of the heliosphere well enough for high-quality forecasting, it is essential to accurately estimate the global solar magnetic field used as inner boundary condition in solar wind models. However, our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Stephan G. Heinemann , Dan Yang , Shaela I. Jones , Jens Pomoell , Eleanna Asvestari , Carl J. Henney , Charles N. Arge , Laurent Gizon

The volume of data being collected in solar physics has exponentially increased over the past decade and with the introduction of the $\textit{Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope}$ (DKIST) we will be entering the age of petabyte solar data.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 John A. Armstrong , Lyndsay Fletcher

The purpose of deep-focusing time--distance helioseismology is to construct seismic measurements that have a high sensitivity to the physical conditions at a desired target point in the solar interior. With this technique, pairs of points…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-09 Majid Pourabdian , Damien Fournier , Laurent Gizon

Solar flares are known to generate seismic waves in the Sun. We present a detailed analysis of seismic emission in sunspots accompanying M- and X-class solar flares. For this purpose, we have used high-resolution Dopplergrams and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-13 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar

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

Coronal seismology is a diagnostic tool used in solar physics for measuring parameters that are otherwise hard to measure; of these parameters, magnetic field values are arguably the most important. The parameters are inferred by combining…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-17 N. Magyar , T. Van Doorsselaere

MHD simulations of sunspots have successfully reproduced many aspects of sunspot fine structure as consequence of magneto convection in inclined magnetic field. We study how global sunspot properties and penumbral fine structure depend on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Matthias Rempel

Solar inertial modes have the potential to surpass the diagnostic capabilities of acoustic waves in probing the deep interior of the Sun. The fulfillment of this potential requires an accurate identification and characterization of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-20 Chris S. Hanson , Vivek Menon , Shravan Hanasoge , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Computational heliophysics has shed light on the fundamental physical processes inside the Sun, such as the differential rotation, meridional circulation, and dynamo-generation of magnetic fields. However, despite the substantial advances,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 A. G. Kosovichev , G. Guerrero , A. M. Stejko , V. V. Pipin , A. V. Getling

Marine heatwaves (MHWs), an extreme climate phenomenon, pose significant challenges to marine ecosystems and industries, with their frequency and intensity increasing due to climate change. This study introduces an integrated deep learning…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-12-09 Ding Ning , Varvara Vetrova , Yun Sing Koh , Karin R. Bryan

Understanding and monitoring solar active regions is essential for operational space-weather forecasting and improved solar dynamo modeling. This requires comprehensive 360-degree observations of the Sun. While space-weather forecasting has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Amr Hamada , Kiran Jain , Hanna Strecker , Charles Lindsey , David Orozco Suarez

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
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