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Sunspots are regions of decreased brightness on the visible surface of the Sun (photosphere) that are associated with strong magnetic fields. They have been found to be locations associated with solar flares, which occur when energy stored…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-24 Sophie A. Murray

The magnetic field of the Sun drives a wide range of eruptive phenomena, from small-scale nanoflares to large flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). While direct observations of solar activity cover only the past few decades, indirect…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Valeriy Vasilyev , Natalie Krivova , Ilya Usoskin

Filament eruptions are magnetically driven violent explosions commonly observed on the Sun and late-type stars, sometimes leading to monster coronal mass ejections that directly affect the nearby planets' environments. More than a century…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Hechao Chen , Hui Tian , Quanhao Zhang , Chuan Li , Chun Xia , Xianyong Bai , Zhenyong Hou , Kaifan Ji , Yuanyong Deng , Xiao Yang , Ziyao Hu

Bunches of swaying and spinning plasma jets in the solar atmosphere - the spicules - exhibit a variety of complex dynamics that are clearly observed in the images of the solar limb. Utilizing three-dimensional radiative magnetohydrodynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-26 Sahel Dey , Piyali Chatterjee , Robertus Erdelyi

Vortex-type motions have been measured by tracking bright points in high-resolution observations of the solar photosphere. These small-scale motions are thought to be determinant in the evolution of magnetic footpoints and their interaction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 L. Balmaceda , S. Vargas Domínguez , J. Palacios , I. Cabello , V. Domingo

The Sun's magnetic dynamo cycle features a distinct pattern: a propagating region of sunspot emergence appears around 30 degrees latitude and vanishes near the equator every 11 years. Moreover, longitudinal flows called "torsional…

Magnetic flux emergence is traditionally considered a key trigger of solar filament eruptions; however, its role in suppressing filament eruptions remains less understood. Using multi-wavelength observations from the Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-26 Chengrui Zhou , Yuandeng Shen , Chun Xia , Hao Liang , Zehao Tang , Dongxu Liu , Surui Yao

Solar filaments often exhibit rotation and deflection during eruptions, which would significantly affect the geoeffectiveness of the corresponding coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Therefore, understanding the mechanisms that lead to such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-21 Jinhan Guo , Ye Qiu , Yiwei Ni , Yang Guo , Chuan Li , Yuhang Gao , Brigitte Schmieder , Stefaan Poedts , Pengfei Chen

The presence of turbulent phenomena in the outer solar atmosphere is a given. However, because we are reduced to remotely sensing the atmosphere of a star with instruments of limited spatial and/or spectral resolution, we can only infer the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-12 Scott W. McIntosh , Christian Bethge , James Threlfall , Ineke De Moortel , Robert J. Leamon , Hui Tian

The magnetic breakout model has been widely used to explain solar eruptive activities. Here, we apply it to explain successive filament eruptions occurred in a quadrupolar magnetic source region. Based on the high temporal and spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-09 Yuandeng Shen

A solar filament is a dense cool condensation that is supported and thermally insulated by magnetic fields in the rarefied hot corona. Its evolution and stability, leading to either an eruption or disappearance, depend on its coupling with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-04 L. P. Chitta , H. Peter , L. Li

The solar corona has been revealed in the past decade to be a highly dynamic nonequilibrium plasma environment. Both the loop-filled coronal base and the extended acceleration region of the solar wind appear to be strongly turbulent, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven R. Cranmer

Using numerical simulations of the magnetised solar photosphere and radiative diagnostics of the simulated photospheric models, we further analyse the physical nature of magnetic photospheric intergranular vortices. We confirm the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-10 S. Shelyag , V. Fedun , R. Erdélyi , F. P. Keenan , M. Mathioudakis

Utilizing observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST), Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory-Ahead (STEREO-A), we investigate the event from two distinct observational perspectives: on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-02 Jincheng Wang , Xiaoli Yan , Qiangwei Cai , Zhike Xue , Liheng Yang , Qiaoling Li , Zhe Xu , Yunfang Cai , Liping Yang , Yang Peng , Xia Sun , Xinsheng Zhang , Yian Zhou

Solar prominences are clouds of cool plasma levitating above the solar surface and insulated from the million-degree corona by magnetic fields. They form in regions of complex magnetic topology, characterized by non-potential fields, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 M. J. Martinez Gonzalez , R. Manso Sainz , A. Asensio Ramos , C. Beck , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez , A. J. Diaz

A spectacular manifestation of solar activity is the appearance of transient brightenings in the far wings of the H$\alpha$ line, known as Ellerman bombs (EBs). Recent observations obtained by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

Magnetic storms on stars manifest as remarkable, randomly occurring changes of the luminosity over durations that are tiny in comparison to the normal evolution of stars. These stellar flares are bursts of electromagnetic radiation from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 Adam F. Kowalski

The magnetic field of the Sun is the underlying cause of the many diverse phenomena combined under the heading of solar activity. Here we describe the magnetic field as it threads its way from the bottom of the convection zone, where it is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-05 Sami K. Solanki , Bernd Inhester , Manfred Schüssler

We analyze H-alpha images, soft X-ray profiles, magnetograms, extreme ultra-violet images and radio observations of two homologous flare events (M1.4/1N and M9.6/2B) on 20 November 2003 in the active region NOAA 10501 and study properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Pankaj Kumar , P. K. Manoharan , Wahab Uddin

Solar flares signify the sudden release of magnetic energy and are sources of so called space weather. The fine structures (below 500 km) of flares are rarely observed and are accessible to only a few instruments world-wide. Here we present…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-29 Ju Jing , Yan Xu , Wenda Cao , Chang Liu , Dale Gary , Haimin Wang