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Several scenarios explaining how filaments are formed can be found in literature. In this paper, we analyzed the observations of an active region filament and critically evaluated the observed properties in the context of current filament…

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The dynamics of horizontal plasma flows during the first hours of the emergence of active region magnetic flux in the solar photosphere have been analyzed using SOHO/MDI data. Four active regions emerging near the solar limb have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-01 A. Khlystova

The generation of magnetic flux in the solar interior and its transport from the convection zone into the photosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona will be in the focus of solar physics research for the next decades. With 4m class…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Schlichenmaier , N. Bello Gonzalez , R. Rezaei , T. A. Waldmann

Bipolar Magnetic Regions (BMRs) that appear on the solar photosphere are surface manifestations of the Suns internal magnetic field. With modern observations and continuous data streams, the study of BMRs has moved from manual sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-19 Anu Sreedevi , Bidya Binay Karak , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Rambahadur Gupta , Dipankar Banerjee

The velocity field in the lower solar atmosphere undergoes strong interactions with magnetic fields. Many authors have pointed out that power is reduced by a factor between two and three within magnetic regions, depending on frequency,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Giannattasio , M. Stangalini , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli

We carry out numerical simulations of the surface evolution of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) and magnetic spots on stars, which have radii and surface rotational shears of AB Doradus, the Sun, and the HR 1099 primary. The surface flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Emre Isik , Manfred Schuessler , Sami K. Solanki

Upflows at the edges of active regions (ARs) are studied by spatially and temporally combining multi-instrument observations obtained with EIS/Hinode, AIA and HMI/SDO and IBIS/NSO, to derive their plasma parameters. This information is used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 K. Vanninathan , M. S. Madjarska , K. Galsgaard , Z. Huang , J. G. Doyle

We applied automatic identification of sunspot umbrae and penumbrae to daily observations from the Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to study their magnetic flux (B) and area (A). The results…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-03 Andrey G. Tlatov , Alexei A. Pevtsov

Solar active regions show a wide variety of oscillatory phenomena. The presence of the magnetic field leads to the appearance of several wave modes, whose behavior is determined by the sunspot thermal and magnetic structure. We aim to study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 T. Felipe , C. Kuckein , E. Khomenko , I. Thaler

Context: Solar active regions (ARs) are key manifestations of the Sun's magnetic activity, displaying diverse spatial and temporal characteristics. Their formation and evolution play a crucial role in understanding the solar dynamo and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 M. Švanda , J. Jurčák , M. Schmassmann

The evolution of the global solar magnetic field directly impacts the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). During the solar maximum of Cycle 24, the monthly averaged IMF strength doubled over five Carrington rotations in late 2014. To…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-02 Minami Yoshida , Toshifumi Shimizu , Shin Toriumi , Haruhisa Iijima

We calculated the 3D distribution of the area expansion factors in a potential magnetic field extrapolated from the high-resolution \textit{Hinode}/SOT magnetogram of a quiescent active region NOAA 11482. Retaining only closed loops within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Jaroslav Dudik , Elena Dzifcakova , Jonathan W. Cirtain

It was empirically determined that the umbra-penumbra boundaries of stable sunspots are characterized by a constant value of the vertical magnetic field. We analyzed the evolution of the photospheric magnetic field properties of a decaying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 M. Benko , S. J. González Manrique , H. Balthasar , P. Gömöry , C. Kuckein , J. Jurčák

Using the polar vector magnetic field data observed by Hinode from 2012 to 2021, we study the long-term variations of the magnetic flux, the flux proportion of different polarities, and the magnetic inclination with respect to the local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Shuhong Yang , Chunlan Jin , Qiao Song , Yuzong Zhang , Yin Li , Yijun Hou , Ting Li , Guiping Zhou , Yuanyong Deng , Jingxiu Wang

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

Solar magnetic synoptic charts obtained by NSO/Kitt Peak and SOHO/MDI are analyzed for studying the appearance of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) during solar minima. As a result, we find the emergence of long-lived BMRs has three typical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wenbin Song , Xueshang Feng

Aims: To investigate the relationship between surges and magnetic reconnection during the emergence of small-scale active regions. In particular, to examine how the large-scale geometry of the magnetic field, shaped by different phases of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 David MacTaggart , Salvo Guglielmino , Andrew Haynes , Radostin Simitev , Francesca Zuccarello

The flare-prolific active region NOAA 10930 offered both a developing delta-spot and a decaying satellite sunspot of opposite polarity. The objective of this study is to characterize the photometric decay of the satellite sunspot and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Meetu Verma , Carsten Denker

Identifying solar active regions (ARs), which consist of one or more pairs of magnetic patches with opposite polarities, is essential due to their significant role in dynamic solar atmospheric phenomena. In this study, we analyze ARs during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Zahra Tajik , Hasan Rezaei , Mehdi Simiari , Hossien Safari

We describe the long-term evolution of a bipolar non-Hale active region which was observed from October, 1995, to January, 1996. Along these four solar rotations the sunspots and subsequent flux concentrations, during the decay phase of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 M. C. López Fuentes , P. Démoulin , C. H. Mandrini , L. van Driel-Gesztelyi