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Non-linear force-free extrapolations are a common approach to estimate the 3D topology of coronal magnetic fields based on photospheric vector magnetograms. The force-free assumption is a valid approximation at coronal heights, but for the…

Solar filaments are dense and cool plasma clouds in the solar corona. They are supposed to be supported in a dip of coronal magnetic field. However, the models are still under argument between two types of the field configuration; one is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Daiki Yamasaki , Yu Wei Huang , Yuki Hashimoto , Denis P. Cabezas , Tomoko Kawate , Satoru UeNo , Kiyoshi Ichimoto

The study of magnetars is of particular relevance since these objects are the only laboratories where the physics in ultra-strong magnetic fields can be directly tested. Until now, spectroscopic and timing measurements at X-ray energies in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Roberto Taverna , Fabio Muleri , Roberto Turolla , Paolo Soffitta , Sergio Fabiani , Luciano Nobili

Regardless of the physical origin of stellar magnetic fields - fossil or dynamo induced - an inclination angle between the magnetic and rotation axes is very often observed. Absence of observational evidence in this direction in the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-27 A. Pastor Yabar , M. J. Martínez González , M. Collados

The X-ray emission from the Sun reveals a very dynamic hot atmosphere, the corona, which is characterized by a complex morphology and broad range of timescales of variability and spatial structuring. The solar magnetic fields play a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-09 Paola Testa , Fabio Reale

Solar atmosphere is a single system unified by the presence of large-scale magnetic fields. Topological changes in magnetic fields that occur in one place may have consequences for coronal heating and eruptions for other, even remote…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-05 Alexei A. Pevtsov

Macroscopic wave and oscillatory phenomena ubiquitously detected in the plasma of the corona of the Sun are interpreted in terms of magnetohydrodynamic theory. Fast and slow magnetoacoustic waves are clearly distinguished in observations.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-02 Valery M. Nakariakov , Sihui Zhong , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov , Rebecca L. Meadowcroft , Yu Zhong , Ding Yuan

The Sun's magnetic field is a key driver in coronal heating and consequently solar wind acceleration. Remote measurement of the photosphere provides the magnetic surface boundary condition necessary for data-constrained 3D global coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-06 Caroline L. Evans , Cooper Downs , Donald Schmit

The fine-structure of magnetic field of a sunspot penumbra in the upper chromosphere is to be explored and compared to that in the photosphere. High spatial resolution spectropolarimetric observations were recorded with the 1.5-meter GREGOR…

We present a focused parameter study of solar wind - magnetosphere interaction for the young Sun and Earth, $~3.5$ Ga ago, that relies on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations for both the solar wind and the magnetosphere. By simulating the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-02 M. Glenn Sterenborg , Ofer Cohen , Jeremy J. Drake , Tamas I. Gombosi

To understand the physics of sunspots, it is important to know the properties of their magnetic field, and especially its height stratification plays a substantial role. There are mainly two methods to assess this stratification, but they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Horst Balthasar

Breakthroughs in our understanding of physical phenomena have traditionally followed improvements in instrumentation. Studies of the magnetic field of the Sun, and its influence on the solar dynamo and space weather events, have benefited…

State-of-the-art magnetic field measurements performed in shielded environments with carefully controlled conditions rarely reflect the realities of those applications envisioned in the introductions of peer-reviewed publications.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Kai-Mei C. Fu , Geoffrey Z. Iwata , Arne Wickenbrock , Dmitry Budker

Sunspots are dark spots on the solar surface associated with strong magnetic fields. The number, area, and brightness of sunspots are supposed to reflect the intensity of the solar magnetic fields and are often used as proxies for their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. Georgieva , B. Kirov , Yu. A. Nagovitsyn

Magnetic field couples the solar interior to the solar atmosphere, known as the corona. The coronal magnetic field is one of the crucial parameters which determines the coronal structures and regulates the space weather phenomena like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-26 Devojyoti Kansabanik , Divya Oberoi , Surajit Mondal

Identification of the mechanisms responsible for heating the solar chromosphere and corona remains an outstanding problem, one of great relevance to late-type stars as well. There has been tremendous progress in the past decade, largely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-12 Tim Bastian , Bin Chen , Dale Gary , Gregory Fleishman , Lindsay Glesener , Colin Lonsdale , Pascal Saint-Hilaire , Stephen White

The solar magnetic field is responsible for all aspects of solar activity. Sunspots are the main manifestation of the ensuing solar activity. Combining high-resolution and synoptic observations has the ambition to provide a comprehensive…

The magnetic field plays a major role in governing the dynamics of the sun. Many interesting features like sunspots, flares, prominences, and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) occur on its surface due to the dynamics associated with the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Souvik Bose

Magnetic-field sensing has contributed to the formulation of the plate-tectonics theory, the discovery and mapping of underground structures on Earth, and the study of magnetism in other planets. Filling the gap between space-based and…

This chapter describes the scientific motivations that led to the development of the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission. The solar wind coupling with the terrestrial magnetosphere is a key link in Sun-Earth…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Graziella Branduardi-Raymont , Chi Wang