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We present results from numerical modeling of emerging flux regions on the solar surface. The modeling was carried out by means of 3D radiative MHD simulations of the rise of buoyant magnetic flux tubes through the convection zone and into…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. M. Cheung , M. Schuessler , T. D. Tarbell , A. M. Title

At high frequencies beyond the acoustic cut-off, a peak-like structure is visible in the solar power spectrum. Known as the pseudo-modes, their frequencies have been shown to vary in anti-phase with solar magnetic activity. In this work, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Laura Jade Millson , Anne-Marie Broomhall , Tishtrya Mehta

In this work, we employ the set of ideal expanding magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations within the Expanding Box Model (EBM) framework to theoretically characterize the effects of radial solar wind expansion on its characteristic linear MHD…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 Sebastián Saldivia , Felipe A. Asenjo , Pablo S. Moya

With the ultimate aim of using the fundamental or $f$-mode to study helioseismic aspects of turbulence-generated magnetic flux concentrations, we use randomly forced hydromagnetic simulations of a piecewise isothermal layer in two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Nishant K. Singh , Axel Brandenburg , S. M. Chitre , Matthias Rheinhardt

We explore the effect of the magnetic field when using realistic three-dimensional convection experiments to determine solar element abundances. By carrying out magnetoconvection simulations with a radiation-hydro code (the Copenhagen…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 D. Fabbian , E. Khomenko , F. Moreno-Insertis , Å. Nordlund

On the one hand, several types of global-scale inertial modes of oscillation have been observed on the Sun. They include the equatorial Rossby modes, critical-latitude modes, and high-latitude modes. On the other hand, the columnar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-08 Yuto Bekki , Robert H. Cameron , Laurent Gizon

We use 2D numerical simulations and eikonal approximation, to study properties of MHD waves traveling below the solar surface through the magnetic structure of sunspots. We consider a series of magnetostatic models of sunspots of different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 E. Khomenko , A. Kosovichev , M. Collados , K. Parchevsky , V. Olshevsky

We investigate the propagation of high-speed solar wind streams from their origin near the Sun to 1 AU using three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. By tracking both global stream structure and individual plasma parcels, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 Stefan J. Hofmeister

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are routinely observed in the solar atmosphere. These waves are important in the context of solar physics as it is widely believed they can contribute to the energy budget of the solar atmosphere and are a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Samuel Skirvin , Viktor Fedun , Suzana Silva , Gary Verth

Solar active regions are formed through the emergence of magnetic flux from the deeper convection zone. Recent satellite observations have shown that a horizontal divergent flow (HDF) stretches out over the solar surface just before the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Shin Toriumi , Takaaki Yokoyama

State-of-the-art one-dimensional (1D) stellar evolution codes rely on simplifying assumptions, such as mixing length theory, in order to describe superadiabatic convection. As a result, 1D stellar structure models do not correctly recover…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Andreas Christ Sølvsten Jørgensen , Achim Weiss

An enhancement in high-frequency acoustic power is commonly observed in the solar photosphere and chromosphere surrounding magnetic active regions. We perform 3D linear forward wave modelling with a simple wavelet pulse acoustic source to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Carlos Rijs , Hamed Moradi , Damien Przybylski , Paul S. Cally

It has been demonstrated that frequencies of f-modes can be used to estimate the solar radius to a good accuracy. These frequencies have been used to study temporal variations in the solar radius with conflicting results. The variation in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. M. Antia

In this paper, we construct background solar models that are stable against convection, by modifying the vertical pressure gradient of Model S (Christensen-Dalsgaard et al., 1996, Science, 272, 1286) relinquishing hydrostatic equilibrium.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Hannah Schunker , Robert Cameron , Laurent Gizon , Hamed Moradi

We describe systematic changes in the centroid frequencies and the splitting coefficients as found using data from MDI on board SOHO, covering cycle 23. The data allow us to construct a seismic map of the evolving solar activity -- covering…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. A. Dziembowski , Philip R. Goode

The aim of this paper is to improve our understanding of the heating mechanisms of the solar chromosphere via realistic three-dimensional (3D) modeling of solar magneto-convection, considering the fact that solar plasma contains a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , M. Modestov

This paper presents the results of the analysis of 3D simulations of solar magneto-convection that include the joint action of the ambipolar diffusion and the Hall effect. Three simulation-runs are compared: one including both ambipolar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 E. Khomenko , M. Collados , N. Vitas , P. A. Gonzalez-Morales

Here we investigate the contribution of surface Alfven wave damping to the heating of the solar wind in minima conditions. These waves are present in regions of strong inhomogeneities in density or magnetic field (e. g., the border between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. M. Evans , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

Meridional circulation regulates the Sun's interior dynamics and magnetism. While it is well accepted that meridional flows are poleward at the Sun's surface, helioseismic observations have yet to provide a definitive answer for the depth…

Recent spectro-polarimetric observations have provided detailed measurements of magnetic field, velocity and intensity during events of magnetic field intensification in the solar photosphere. We consider the temporal evolution of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Danilovic , M. Schüssler , S. K. Solanki