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In recent years, space weather research has focused on developing modelling techniques to predict the arrival time and properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at the Earth. The aim of this paper is to propose a new modelling technique…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-22 P. Pagano , D. H. Mackay , A. R. Yeates

We present a magnetic flux rope (FR) extraction tool for solar coronal magnetic field modelling data, which builds upon the methodology from Wagner et al. (2023). We apply the scheme to magnetic field simulations of active regions AR12473…

The Sun, aside from its eleven year sunspot cycle is additionally subject to long term variation in its activity. In this work we analyse a solar-like convective dynamo simulation, containing approximately 60 magnetic cycles, exhibiting…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Frederick A. Gent , Maarit J. Käpylä , Jörn Warnecke

The magnetic flux cancellation on the Sun plays a crucial role in determining the manner in which the net magnetic flux changes in every solar cycle, affecting the large scale evolution of the coronal magnetic fields and heliospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Susanta Kumar Bisoi , P. Janardhan

After emerging to the solar surface, the Sun's magnetic field displays a complex and intricate evolution. The evolution of the surface field is important for several reasons. One is that the surface field, and its dynamics, sets the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. Jiang , D. H. Hathaway , R. H. Cameron , S. K. Solanki , L. Gizon , L. Upton

The magnetic network extending from the photosphere (solar radius $\simeq R_\odot$) to lower corona ($R_\odot + 10$ Mm) plays an important role in the heating mechanisms of the solar atmosphere. Here we further develop the models with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-02 Frederick A. Gent , Ben Snow , Viktor Fedun , Robertus Erdelyi

To reproduce the weak magnetic field on the polar caps of the Sun observed during the declining phase of cycle 23 poses a challenge to surface flux transport models since this cycle has not been particularly weak. We use a well-calibrated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jie Jiang , Robert H. Cameron , Dieter Schmitt , Manfred Schuessler

Three-dimensional magnetic topology is crucial to understanding the explosive release of magnetic energy in the corona during solar flares. Much attention has been given to the pre-flare magnetic topology to identify candidate sites of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 Chaowei Jiang , Peng Zou , Xueshang Feng , Qiang Hu , Rui Liu , P. Vemareddy , Aiying Duan , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang , Fengsi Wei

Models for the evolution of the solar coronal magnetic field are vital for understanding solar activity, yet the best measurements of magnetic field lie at the photosphere, necessitating the development of coronal models which are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 James E. Leake , Mark G. Linton , Peter W. Schuck

We present a nonlinear mean-field model of the solar interior dynamics and dynamo, which reproduces the observed cyclic variations of the global magnetic field of the Sun, as well as the differential rotation and meridional circulation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 V. V. Pipin , A. G. Kosovichev

Coronal hole spatial-temporal evolution is studied and comparison made with that of the solar global magnetic field in cycles 21-23 (1976-2012). The latitude-longitude distribution dynamics of coronal holes and the regularities in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-25 I. A. Bilenko , K. S. Tavastsherna

This paper is the third in a series of papers working towards the construction of a realistic, evolving, non-linear force-free coronal field model for the solar magnetic carpet. Here, we present preliminary results of 3D time-dependent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 K. A. Meyer , D. H. Mackay , A. A. van Ballegooijen , C. E. Parnell

This paper examines long-term temporal and spatial fluctuations in the solar rotation (more than four solar cycles) by investigating radio emission escapes from various layers of the solar atmosphere during the years 1967-2010. The flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-06 Vivek Kumar Singh , Satish Chandra , Sanish Thomas , Som Kumar Sharma , Hari Om Vats

We present an analysis of the formation of atmospheric flux ropes in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) solar flux emergence simulation. The simulation domain ranges from the top of the solar interior to the low corona. A twisted magnetic flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 David MacTaggart , Andrew Haynes

The dynamics of the solar wind depends intrinsically on the structure of the global solar magnetic field, which undergoes fundamental changes over the 11-yr solar cycle. For instance, the wind terminal velocity is thought to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Victor Réville , Allan Sacha Brun

We present simulations modeling closed regions of the solar corona threaded by a strong magnetic field where localized photospheric vortical motions twist the coronal field lines. The linear and nonlinear dynamics are investigated in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-20 A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli , G. Einaudi

In this review, I focus on the structure and evolution of the coronal magnetic fields modelled from observations. The development of instruments measuring the photospheric and chromospheric magnetic fields with a high spatial and time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-18 Stephane Regnier

The topology of the coronal magnetic field produces a strong impact on the properties of the solar corona and presumably on the origin of the slow solar wind. To advance our understanding of this impact, we revisit the concept of so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 R. Lionello , V. S. Titov , Z. Mikić , J. A. Linker

It is widely believed that loops observed in the solar atmosphere trace out magnetic field lines. However, the degree to which magnetic field extrapolations yield field lines that actually do follow loops has yet to be studied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Harry P. Warren , Nicholas A. Crump , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Xudong Sun , Markus J. Aschwanden , Thomas Wiegelmann

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