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We discuss the evolution of solar coronal element abundances over an active region lifetime. Magneto-convection drives the complexity of magnetic fields that emerge above the photosphere. This complexity is dissipated, together with that of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 David H. Brooks , Deborah Baker , David M. Long. Paola Testa , Harry P. Warren

The combination of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation and multi-wavelength observations is an effective way to study mechanisms of magnetic flux rope eruption. We develop a data-driven MHD model using the zero-$\beta$ approximation. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Yang Guo , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens , M. D. Ding , P. F. Chen

Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs) originate from the eruption of complex magnetic structures occurring in our star's atmosphere. Determining the general properties of ICMEs and the physical processes at the heart of their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 F. Regnault , A. Strugarek , M. Janvier , F. Auchère , N. Lugaz , N. Al-Haddad

As a large-scale motion on the Sun, the meridional flow plays an important role in determining magnetic structure and strength and solar cycle. However, the meridional flow near the solar poles is still unclear. The Hinode observations show…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-29 Shuhong Yang , Jie Jiang , Zifan Wang , Yijun Hou , Chunlan Jin , Qiao Song , Yukun Luo , Ting Li , Jun Zhang , Yuzong Zhang , Guiping Zhou , Yuanyong Deng , Jingxiu Wang

The solar coronal magnetic field is a pivotal element in the study of eruptive phenomena, and understanding its dynamic evolution has long been a focal point in solar physics. Numerical models, driven directly by observation data, serve as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Zhi-Peng Liu , Chao-Wei Jiang , Xin-Kai Bian , Qing-Jun Liu , Peng Zou , Xue-Shang Feng

Magnetic flux fills the heliosphere, expands outward from the solar corona, and is fundamentally related to the structure and dynamics of the solar corona and solar wind. Open magnetic flux and the fast wind are thought to originate from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Roberto Lionello , Cooper Downs , Emily I. Mason , Jon A. Linker , Pete Riley , Mathew J. Owens

The internal dynamics of the Sun generate magnetic and plasma structures in the photosphere and overlying atmosphere across a wide range of spatial scales. Identifying the critical spatial scale is essential for interpreting physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Ananya Hore , Prantika Bhowmik

We investigate which scalar quantity or quantities can best predict the loss of equilibrium and subsequent eruption of magnetic flux ropes in the solar corona. Our models are initialized with a potential magnetic arcade, which is then…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Oliver E. K. Rice , Anthony R. Yeates

Solar eruptive phenomena, like flares and coronal mass ejections(CMEs) are governed by magnetic fields. To describe the structure of these phenomena one needs information on the magnetic flux density and the electric current density vector…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , Pevtsov A Alexei , P. Macneice , S. Gosain

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the possible use of the new coronal model COCONUT to compute a detailed representation of a numerical CME at 0.1~AU, after its injection at the solar surface and propagation in a realistic solar wind,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 L. Linan , F. Regnault , B. Perri , M. Brchnelova , B. Kuzma , A. Lani , S. Poedts , B. Schmieder

The shapes of solar coronal loops are sensitive to the presence of electrical currents that are the carriers of the nonpotential energy available for impulsive activity. We use this information in a new method for modeling the coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-29 A. Malanushenko , C. Schrijver , M. L. DeRosa , M. S. Wheatland

We identify coronal mass ejections (CMEs) associated with magnetic clouds (MCs) observed near Earth by the Wind spacecraft from 2008 to mid-2012, a time period when the two STEREO spacecraft were well positioned to study Earth-directed…

We report the results of a magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of a convective dynamo in a model solar convective envelope driven by the solar radiative diffusive heat flux. The convective dynamo produces a large-scale mean magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-18 Yuhong Fan , Fang Fang

The most probable initial magnetic configuration of a CME is a flux rope consisting of twisted field lines which fill the whole volume of a dark coronal cavity. The flux ropes can be in stable equilibrium in the coronal magnetic field for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Boris Filippov , Olesya Martsenyuk , Abhishek K. Srivastava , Wahab Uddin

Three-dimensional magnetic topology of solar flare plays a crucial role in understanding its explosive release of magnetic energy in the corona. However, such three-dimensional coronal magnetic field is still elusive in direct observation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-09 Chaowei Jiang , Peng Zou , Xueshang Feng , Qiang Hu , Aiying Duan , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang , Fengsi Wei

The choice of free parameters in surface flux transport (SFT) models describing the evolution of the large-scale poloidal magnetic field of the Sun is critical for the correct reproduction of the polar magnetic flux built up during a solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 K. Petrovay , M. Talafha

The evolution of a coronal loop is studied by means of numerical simulations of the fully compressible three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equations using the HYPERION code. The footpoints of the loop magnetic field are advected by random…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , B. D. Taylor , I. Ugarte-Urra , H. P. Warren , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli

We have performed a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation to study the emergence of a twisted magnetic flux tube from -20,000 km of the solar convection zone to the corona through the photosphere and the chromosphere. The middle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Toriumi , T. Yokoyama

Magnetic flux ropes are a bundle of twisted magnetic field lines produced by internal electric currents, which are responsible for solar eruptions and are the major drivers of geomagnetic storms. As such, it is crucial to develop a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 J. H. Guo , Y. W. Ni , Y. Guo , C. Xia , B. Schmieder , S. Poedts , Z. Zhong , Y. H. Zhou , F. Yu , P. F. Chen

It is well known that magnetic fields dominate the dynamics in the solar corona, and new generation of numerical modelling of the evolution of coronal magnetic fields, as featured with boundary conditions driven directly by observation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-16 Chaowei Jiang , Xinkai Bian , Tingting Sun , Xueshang Feng