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Large-scale magnetic fields of Ap/Bp stars are stable over long timescales and have typically simple dipolar geometries, leading to the idea of a fossil origin. These stars are also expected to have convective cores that can host strong…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-16 J. P. Hidalgo , P. J. Käpylä , D. R. G Schleicher , C. A. Ortiz-Rodríguez , F. H. Navarrete

The surface differential rotation of active solar-type stars can be investigated by means of Doppler and Zeeman-Doppler Imaging, both techniques enabling one to estimate the short-term temporal evolution of photospheric structures (cools…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Petit , J. -F. Donati , A. Collier Cameron

We use high accuracy photometric data obtained with the Kepler satellite to monitor the activity modulations of the Kepler-210 planet host star over a time span of more than four years. Following the phenomenology of the star's light curve…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-07 P. Ioannidis , J. H. M. M. Schmitt

For a better understanding of magnetic field in the solar corona and dynamic activities such as flares and coronal mass ejections, it is crucial to measure the time-evolving coronal field and accurately estimate the magnetic energy.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-26 Shin Toriumi , Shinsuke Takasao , Mark C. M. Cheung , Chaowei Jiang , Yang Guo , Keiji Hayashi , Satoshi Inoue

We present a model for magnetic structured coronae above accretion discs. On the shortest timescales, spatially and temporally correlated coronal flares can explain X-ray temporal and spectral variability observed in Seyfert galaxies. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Merloni , A. C. Fabian

Magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) constitute the core structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), but hot debates remain on whether the MFR forms before or during solar eruptions. Furthermore, how flare reconnection shapes the erupting MFR is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-20 Chaowei Jiang , Jun Chen , Aiying Duan , Xinkai Bian , Xinyi Wang , Jiaying Li , Peng Zou , Xueshang Feng

During eruptive solar flares and coronal mass ejections, a non-pot{\-}ential magnetic arcade with much excess magnetic energy goes unstable and reconnects. It produces a twisted erupting flux rope and leaves behind a sheared arcade of hot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 Eric Priest , Dana Longcope , Miho Janvier

The importance of the existence of a radiative core in generating a solar-like magnetic dynamo is still unclear. Analytic models and magnetohydrodynamic simulations of stars suggest the thin layer between a star's radiative core and its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-16 Yuxi Lu , Victor See , Louis Amard , Ruth Angus , Sean P. Matt

Using the wealth of ~24 yr multiband data, we present an in-depth study of the star-spot cycles, surface differential rotations (SDR), optical flares, evolution of star-spot distributions, and coronal activities on the surface of young,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Subhajeet Karmakar , J. C. Pandey , I. S. Savanov , G. Taş , S. B. Pandey , K. Misra , S. Joshi , E. S. Dmitrienko , T. Sakamoto , N. Gehrels , T. Okajima

We investigate the role of latitudinal differential rotation (DR) in the spin evolution of solar-type stars. Recent asteroseismic observation detected the strong equator-fast DR in some solar-type stars. Numerical simulations show that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-01 Takato Tokuno , Takeru K. Suzuki , Munehito Shoda

The distribution of magnetic flux across the solar photosphere results in a complex web of coronal magnetic field structures. To understand this complexity, the magnetic skeleton of the coronal field can be calculated. The skeleton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-23 Sarah J. Platten , Clare E. Parnell , Andrew L. Haynes , Eric R. Priest , Duncan H. Mackay

A comparison of accretion and (turbulent) magnetic diffusion timescales for sheets and filaments demonstrates that dense star-forming clouds generally will -- under realistic conditions -- become supercritical due to mass accretion on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Fabian Heitsch , Lee Hartmann

It is well accepted that a magnetic flux rope (MFR) is a critical component of many coronal mass ejections (CMEs), yet how it evolves toward eruption remains unclear. Here we investigate the continuous evolution of a pre-existing MFR, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Wensi Wang , Chunming Zhu , Jiong Qiu , Rui Liu , Kai E. Yang , Qiang Hu

Magnetic flux ropes are bundles of twisted magnetic field enveloping a central axis. They harbor free magnetic energy and can be progenitors of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), but identifying flux ropes on the Sun can be challenging. One of…

Here, we present numerical simulations of magnetic flux buoyantly rising from a granular convection zone into the low corona. We study the complex interaction of the magnetic field with the turbulent plasma. The model includes the radiative…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Fang Fang , Ward Manchester , William P. Abbett , Bart van der Holst

We investigate the relations between tachocline-based dynamos and the surface flux transport mechanisms in stars with outer convection zones. Using our combined models of flux generation and transport, we demonstrate the importance of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Emre Işik , Dieter Schmitt , Manfred Schüssler

The intense magnetic fields present in neutron stars are closely linked to their observed temperature and spectral characteristics, timing properties, including spin period and its derivatives. Therefore, a comprehensive theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-03 Debasis Atta , Vinay Singh , D. N. Basu

Solar prominences are long-lived cool and dense plasma curtains in the hot and rarefied outer solar atmosphere or corona. The physical mechanism responsible for their formation and especially for their internal plasma circulation has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

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

Context. As a star evolves, the planet orbits change with time due to tidal interactions, stellar mass losses, friction and gravitational drag forces, mass accretion and evaporation on/by the planet. Stellar rotation modifies the structure…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Giovanni Privitera , Georges Meynet , Patrick Eggenberger , Aline A. Vidotto , Eva Villaver , Michele Bianda