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We use a novel global helioseismic analysis method to infer the meridional flow in the deep Solar interior. The method is based on the perturbation of eigenfunctions of Solar p modes due to meridional flow. We apply this method to time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-02 A. Schad , J. Timmer , M. Roth

Small bipolar magnetic features are observed to appear in the interior of individual granules in the quiet Sun, signaling the emergence of tiny magnetic loops from the solar interior. We study the origin of those features as part of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-05 F. Moreno-Insertis , J. Martinez-Sykora , V. H. Hansteen , D. Muñoz

The convectively driven, weakly magnetized regions of the solar photosphere dominate the Sun's surface at any given time, but the temporal variations of these quiet regions of the photosphere throughout the solar cycle are still not well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-05 James Crowley , Ivan Milic , Gianna Cauzzi , Kevin Reardon

Accurate prediction of solar activity calls for precise calibration of solar cycle models. Consequently we aim to find optimal parameters for models which describe the physical processes on the solar surface, which in turn act as proxies…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 T. Whitbread , A. R. Yeates , A. Muñoz-Jaramillo , G. J. D. Petrie

Context. Solar eruptions and high flare activity often accompany the rapid rotation of sunspots. The study of sunspot rotation and the mechanisms driving this motion are therefore key to our understanding of how the solar atmosphere attains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Z. Sturrock , A. W. Hood , V. Archontis , C. M. McNeill

We examine the linear behavior of three-dimensional Lagrangian displacements in a stratified, shearing background. The isentropic and iso-rotation surfaces of the equilibrium flow are assumed to be axisymmetric, but otherwise fully…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Steven A. Balbus , Emmanuel Schaan

The Mg II h&k lines are amongst the best diagnostic tools of the upper solar chromosphere. This region of the atmosphere is of particular interest as it is the lowest region of the Sun's atmosphere where the magnetic field is dominant in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-01 Viggo Hansteen , Juan Martinez Sykora , Mats Carlsson , Bart De Pontieu , Milan Gosic , Souvik Bose

Long-term sunspot observations and solar activity reconstructions reveal that the Sun occasionally slips into quiescent phases known as solar grand minima, the dynamics during which is not well understood. We use a flux transport dynamo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-30 Chitradeep Saha , Sanghita Chandra , Dibyendu Nandy

The paper presents a study of kinematic axisymmetric mean-field dynamo models for a case of the meridional circulation with a deep-seated stagnation point and a strong return flow at the bottom of the convection zone. This kind of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 V. V. Pipin , A. G. Kosovichev

We study vertical variations of wave-periods of magnetoacoustic two-fluid waves in the partially ionized lower solar atmosphere, consisting of ion (proton) + electron and neutral (atomic hydrogen) fluids, which are coupled by ion-neutral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 J. Kraśkiewicz , K. Murawski , Z. E. Musielak

Turbulent convection efficiently transports energy up to the solar photosphere, but its multi-scale nature and dynamic properties are still not fully understood. Several works in the literature have investigated the emergence of patterns of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 F. Giannattasio , F. Berrilli , G. Consolini , D. Del Moro , M. Gosic , L. Bellot Rubio

We simulate the buoyant rise of a magnetic flux rope from the solar convection zone into the corona to better understand the energetic coupling of the solar interior to the corona. The magnetohydrodynamic model addresses the physics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Fang Fang , Ward Manchester , William P. Abbett , Bart van der Holst

A combination of diamagnetic pumping and a nonlocal alpha-effect of the Babcock-Leighton type in a solar dynamo model helps to reproduce observations of solar magnetic activity. The period of the solar cycle can be reproduced without…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 L. L. Kitchatinov , S. V. Olemskoy

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

The planet Mercury possesses a small but highly dynamic magnetosphere in which the role and dynamics of electrons are still largely unknown. We aim at modeling the global dynamics of solar wind electrons impinging on Mercury's…

The Sun is a magnetic star whose magnetism and cyclic activity is linked to the existence of an internal dynamo. We aim to understand the establishment of the solar magnetic 22-yr cycle, its associated butterfly diagram and field parity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Jouve , A. S. Brun

For more than 40 years the quest to understand how large-scale magnetic fields emerge from turbulent flows in rotating astrophysical systems, such as the Sun, has been a major focus of computational astrophysics research. Using a parameter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 François Rincon

We report preliminary results from a series of numerical simulations of the reduced magnetohydrodynamic equations, used to describe the dynamics of magnetic loops in active regions of the solar corona. A stationary velocity field is applied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pablo Dmitruk , Daniel Gomez

The physical processes that heat the solar corona and accelerate the solar wind remain unknown after many years of study. Some have suggested that the wind is driven by waves and turbulence in open magnetic flux tubes, and others have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen

We present a theoretical model of the near-surface shear layer (NSSL) of the Sun. Convection cells deeper down are affected by the Sun's rotation, but this is not the case in a layer just below the solar surface due to the smallness of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Arnab Rai Choudhuri , Bibhuti Kumar Jha