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We present a comprehensive radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the quiet Sun and large solar active regions. The 197 Mm wide simulation domain spans from 18 (10) Mm beneath the photosphere to 113 Mm in the solar corona. Radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Feng Chen , Matthias Rempel , Yuhong Fan

We study the effect of photospheric footpoint motions on magnetic field structures containing magnetic nulls. The footpoint motions are prescribed on the photospheric boundary as a velocity field which entangles the magnetic field. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-19 Simon Candelaresi , David Ian Pontin , Gunnar Hornig

Besides their own intrinsic interest, correct interpretation of solar surface magnetic field observations is crucial to our ability to describe the global magnetic structure of the solar atmosphere. Photospheric magnetograms are often used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 Gordon J. D. Petrie , Irina Patrikeeva

The solar corona is much hotter than the photosphere and chromosphere, but the physical mechanism responsible for heating the coronal plasma remains unidentified yet. The thermal microwave emission, which is produced in strong magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Gregory D. Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Sergey A. Anfinogentov

We investigate the morphology and temporal variability of a quiet Sun network region in different solar layers. The emission in several EUV spectral lines through both raster and slot time series, recorded by EIS/Hinode is studied along…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-26 Ioannis Kontogiannis , Costis Gontikakis , Georgia Tsiropoula , Kostas Tziotziou

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

A 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulation analysis of the energy release for three different reconnection regimes is presented. The system under investigation consists in a current-sheet located in a medium with a strong density…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-24 Lapo Bettarini , Giovanni Lapenta

This white paper advocates the importance of multi-height measurements of the vector magnetic field in the solar atmosphere. As briefly described in this document, these measurements are critical for addressing some of the most fundamental…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-13 L. Bertello , N. Arge , A. G. De Wijn , S. Gosain , C. Henney , K. D. Leka , J. Linker , Y. Liu , J. Luhmann , P. J. Macniece , G. Petrie , A. Pevtsov , A. A. Pevtsov

In this work, we have studied the temporal evolution of some properties of a sample of superactive regions with the aim to single out the most significant for flare activity forecasting. We have investigated properties of 14 superactive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Criscuoli , P. Romano , F. Zuccarello , F. Giorgi

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

We examine the hypothesis that multipolar magnetic fields advected by photospheric granules can contribute heating to the active chromosphere and corona. On 28 September 2020 the GRIS and HiFI+ instruments at the GREGOR telescope obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-14 Philip Judge , Lucia Kleint , Christoph Kuckein

The structure and dynamics of the outer solar atmosphere are reviewed with emphasis on the role played by the magnetic field. Contemporary observations that focus on high resolution imaging over a range of temperatures, as well as UV, EUV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-24 Lyndsay Fletcher , Peter J. Cargill , Spiro K. Antiochos , Boris V. Gudiksen

Solar flares stem from the reconnection of twisted magnetic field lines in the solar photosphere. The energy and waiting time distributions of these events follow complex patterns that have been carefully considered in the past and that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-17 M. Mendoza , A. Kaydul , L. de Arcangelis , J. S. Andrade , H. J. Herrmann

Magnetoseismology, a technique of magnetic field diagnostics based on observations of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves, has been widely used to estimate the field strengths of oscillating structures in the solar corona. However, previously…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-05 Zihao Yang , Hui Tian , Steven Tomczyk , Richard Morton , Xianyong Bai , Tanmoy Samanta , Yajie Chen

Being directly observed in the Doppler shift and imaging data and indirectly as quasi-periodic pulsations in solar and stellar flares, slow magnetoacoustic waves offer an important seismological tool for probing many vital parameters of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Valery M. Nakariakov

The chromosphere is a dynamic and complex layer where all the relevant physical processes happen on very small spatio-temporal scales. A few spectral lines that can be used as chromospheric diagnostics give us convoluted information that is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Sanja Danilovic

Context. Recent observations have shown that magnetic flux cancellation occurs at the photosphere more frequently than previously thought. Aims. In order to understand the energy release by reconnection driven by flux cancellation, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 P. Syntelis , E. R. Priest

The extreme space weather conditions resulting from high energetic events likes solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) demand for reliable space weather forecasting. The magnetic flux tubes while rising through the convection zone…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 B Lekshmi , Kiran Jain , Rudolf W. Komm , Dibyendu Nandy

This work examines the relation between the fractal properties of the photospheric magnetic patterns and those of the coronal magnetic fields in solar active regions.Our results show no correlation between the fractal dimensions of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. Dimitropoulou , M. Georgoulis , H. Isliker , L. Vlahos , A. Anastasiadis , D. Strintzi , X. Moussas

In this work, we introduce a novel generative denoising diffusion model for synthesizing the Sun's three-dimensional coronal magnetic field, a complex and dynamic region characterized by evolving magnetic structures. Despite daily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 Daniel E. da Silva , Michael Kirk , Nat Mathews , Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo