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The latitudinal distribution of starspots deviates from the solar pattern with increasing rotation rate. Numerical simulations of magnetic flux emergence and transport can help model the observed stellar activity patterns and the associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 Emre Işık , Sami K. Solanki , Natalie A. Krivova , Alexander I. Shapiro

We propose a phenomenological technique for modelling the emergence of active regions within a three-dimensional, kinematic dynamo framework. By imposing localised velocity perturbations, we create emergent flux-tubes out of toroidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. R. Yeates , A. Muñoz-Jaramillo

The dynamics of active region (AR) 12673 is qualitatively studied using observational data obtained with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager of the Solar Dynamics Observatory on August 31--September 8, 2017. This AR was remarkable for its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-27 A. V. Getling

Aims. We study the emergence of a non-twisted flux tube from the solar interior into the solar atmosphere. We investigate whether the length of the buoyant part of the flux tube (i.e. {\lambda}) affects the emergence of the field and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 Petros Syntelis , Vasilis Archontis , Costis Gontikakis , Kanaris Tsinganos

The current study aims to quantify characteristic features of bipolar flux appearance of solar intranetwork (IN) magnetic elements. To attack such a problem, we use the Narrow-band Filter Imager (NFI) magnetograms from the Solar Optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-06 Jingxiu Wang , Guiping Zhou , Chunlan Jin , Hui Li

We report the observations of the magneto-hydrodynamic waves propagating along magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We identified 20 isolated strong peaks (8 peaks for pores and 12 peaks for inter-granular magnetic structure) in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Daisuke Fujimura , Saku Tsuneta

The relationship between bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) and their sunspots is an important property of the solar magnetic field, but it is not well constrained. One consequence is that it is a challenge for surface flux transport models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-30 K. L. Yeo , S. K. Solanki , N. A. Krivova , J. Jiang

Bipolar emerging flux regions (EFRs) form active regions (ARs) that generally evolve in a pre-existing magnetic environment in the solar atmosphere. Reconfiguration of the small- and large-scale magnetic connectivities is invoked to explain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-07 Mariarita Murabito , Ilaria Ermolli , Salvo L. Guglielmino , Paolo Romano , Fabrizio Giorgi

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

Continuous observations were obtained of active region 10953 with the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) on board the \emph{Hinode} satellite during 2007 April 28 to May 9. A prominence was located over the polarity inversion line (PIL) in the…

We use observations of line-of-sight magnetograms from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to investigate polarity separation, magnetic flux, flux emergence rate, twist and tilt of solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 A. S. Kutsenko , V. I. Abramenko , A. A. Pevtsov

We present a subset of multi-wavelengths observations obtained with the Japanese Hinode mission, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) at Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Spain during the time period…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Verma , H. Balthasar , N. Deng , C. Liu , T. Shimizu , H. Wang , C. Denker

Combining the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the New Vacuum Solar Telescope observations, we study a confined flare triggered by a rising flux rope within the trailing sunspots of active region 12733. The flux rope lying above the sheared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Qiao Song , Yi Bi , Ting Li

The emergence and magnetic evolution of solar active regions (ARs) of beta-gamma-delta type, which are known to be highly flare-productive, were studied with the SOHO/MDI data in Cycle 23. We selected 31 ARs that can be observed from their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Kan Takizawa , Reizaburo Kitai

Aims. Although the temporal evolution of active regions (ARs) is relatively well understood, the processes involved continue to be the subject of investigation. We study how the magnetic field of a series of ARs evolves with time to better…

Observations the Sun's photospheric magnetic field are often confined to the Sun-Earth line. Surface flux transport (SFT) models, such as the Advective Flux Transport (AFT) model, simulate the evolution of the photospheric magnetic field to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-09 Lisa A. Upton , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Harry P. Warren , David H. Hathaway

We use a thin flux tube model in a rotating spherical shell of turbulent convective flows to study how active region scale flux tubes rise buoyantly from the bottom of the convection zone to near the solar surface. We investigate toroidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Maria A. Weber , Yuhong Fan , Mark S. Miesch

Magnetic fields emerging from the Sun's interior carry information about physical processes of magnetic field generation and transport in the convection zone. Soon after appearance on the solar surface the magnetic flux gets concentrated in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Kosovichev

We present a detailed investigation on the evolution of observed net vertical current using a time series of vector magnetograms of the active region (AR) NOAA 11158 obtained from Helioseismic Magnetic Imager. We also discuss the relation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 P. Vemareddy , P. Venkatakrishnan , S. Karthikreddy

The emergence of the magnetic field through the photosphere has multiple manifestations and sunspots are the most prominent examples of this. One of the most relevant sunspot properties, to study both its structure and evolution, is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-30 R. Gafeira , C. C. Fonte , M. A. Pais , J. Fernandes