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We present the results of the numerical simulations of the interaction between a magnetized star and an imperfectly conducting accretion disk. To analyze the ''star-disk'' interaction we numerically investigate the MHD equations used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. G. Yelenina , G. V. Ustyugova , A. V. Koldoba

Context: The majority of studies on stressed 3D magnetic null points consider magnetic reconnection driven by an external perturbation, but the formation of a genuine current sheet equilibrium remains poorly understood. This problem has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Jorge Fuentes-Fernandez , Clare E. Parnell

Solar flares are major space weather events that result from the explosive conversion of stored magnetic energy into bulk motion, plasma heating, and particle acceleration. While the standard flare model has proven highly successful in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Joel T. Dahlin , Spiro K. Antiochos , Peter F. Wyper , Jiong Qiu , C. Richard DeVore

The magnetic field in many astrophysical plasmas -- such as the Solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere -- has been shown to have a highly complex, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in theory and computational simulations have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 D. I. Pontin

The nanoflare paradigm of coronal heating has proven extremely promising for explaining the presence of hot, multi-million degree loops in the solar corona. In this paradigm, localized heating events supply enough energy to heat the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Kalman J. Knizhnik , Will T. Barnes , Jeffrey W. Reep , Vadim M. Uritsky

The photospheric magnetic field vector is continuously derived from measurements, while reconstruction of the three-dimensional (3D) coronal magnetic field requires modelling with photospheric measurements as a boundary condition. For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-23 I. Chifu , B. Inhester , T. Wiegelmann

Context. Multi-dimensional solar flare simulations have not yet included detailed analysis of the lower atmospheric responses such as down-flowing chromospheric compressions and chromospheric evaporation processes. Aims. We present an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-02 Malcolm Druett , Wenzhi Ruan , Rony Keppens

A system of multiple open magnetic flux tubes spanning the solar photosphere and lower corona is modelled analytically, within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. This extends results for a single magnetic flux tube…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-18 Frederick A. Gent , Viktor Fedun , Rebertus Erd'elyi

We apply a data-driven MHD model to investigate the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field of NOAA active region (AR) 11117 around the time of a C-class confined flare occurred on 2010 October 25. The MHD model, based on the spacetime…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng , S. T. Wu , Qiang Hu

The solar coronal magnetic field is a pivotal element in the study of eruptive phenomena, and understanding its dynamic evolution has long been a focal point in solar physics. Numerical models, driven directly by observation data, serve as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Zhi-Peng Liu , Chao-Wei Jiang , Xin-Kai Bian , Qing-Jun Liu , Peng Zou , Xue-Shang Feng

In this series of papers we examine magnetic reconnection in a domain where the magnetic field does not vanish and the non-ideal region is localised in space. In a previous paper we presented a technique for obtaining analytical solutions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. L. Wilmot-Smith , G. Hornig , E. R. Priest

Recent observations of coronal hole areas with the XRT and EIS instruments onboard the Hinode satellite have shown with unprecedented detail the launching of fast, hot jets away from the solar surface. In some cases these events coincide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Moreno-Insertis , K. Galsgaard , I. Ugarte-Urra

Solar flares are 3D phenomenon but modelling a flare in 3D, including many of the important processes in the chromosphere, is a computational challenge. Accurately modelling the chromosphere is important, even if the transition region and…

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We discuss some aspects of magnetic reconnection which could help in understanding many aspects of magnetic plasma interactions. We will show that the helical structure often observed in polar jets is a natural consequence of magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Ehsan Tavabi , Serge Koutchmy , Ali Ajabshirizadeh

High-resolution observations show the fine structure of the global equilibrium magnetic field configuration in solar atmosphere to be essentially different from that assumed in the traditional 'potential + force-free' field scenarios. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-01 L. A. Pustil'nik , N. R. Ikhsanov , N. G. Beskrovnaya

Many questions have to be answered before understanding the relationship between the emerging magnetic flux through the solar surface and the extreme geoeffective events. Which threshold determines the onset of the eruption? What is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-08 Brigitte Schmieder

The braiding of the solar coronal magnetic field via photospheric motions - with subsequent relaxation and magnetic reconnection -- is one of the most widely debated ideas of solar physics. We readdress the theory in the light of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. L. Wilmot-Smith , G. Hornig , D. I. Pontin

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

The generation of outflows from the Sun known as solar winds is coupled with the heating of the solar corona, and both processes are operated in magnetic structures formed on the Sun. To study the magnetic configuration responsible for…

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