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Recent work has revealed an phenomenological picture of the how the $\sim$11-year sunspot cycle of Sun arises. The production and destruction of sunspots is a consequence of the latitudinal-temporal overlap and interaction of the toroidal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Scott W. McIntosh , Robert J. Leamon

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

Solar flares and plasma eruptions are sudden releases of magnetic energy stored in the plasma atmosphere. To understand the physical mechanisms governing their occurrences, three-dimensional magnetic fields from the photosphere up to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Takafumi Kaneko , Sung-Hong Park , Kanya Kusano

We improve the description of the evolution of the Sun's open and total magnetic flux on time scales of years to millenia. In the model employed here the evolution of the solar total and open magnetic flux is computed from the flux emerging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-24 L. E. A. Vieira , S. Solanki

Spicules are rapidly evolving fine-scale jets of magnetized plasma in the solar chromosphere. It remains unclear how these prevalent jets originate from the solar surface and what role they play in heating the solar atmosphere. Using the…

Generation and diffusion of the magnetic field on the Sun is a key mechanism responsible for solar activity on all spatial and temporal scales - from the solar cycle down to the evolution of small-scale magnetic elements in the quiet Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-14 V. I. Abramenko , V. B. Yurchyshyn , P. R. Goode

We investigate the processes that lead to the formation, ejection and fall of a confined plasma ejection that was observed in a numerical experiment of the solar corona. By quantifying physical parameters such as mass, velocity, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 P. Zacharias , H. Peter , S. Bingert

The outer solar atmosphere, the corona, contains plasma at temperatures of more than a million K, more than 100 times hotter that solar surface. How this gas is heated is a fundamental question tightly interwoven with the structure of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-07 F. Chen , H. Peter , S. Bingert , M. C. M. Cheung

Filament longitudinal oscillations have been observed on the solar disk in H$\alpha$. We intend to find an example of the longitudinal oscillations of a prominence, where the magnetic dip can be seen directly, and examine what is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Qingmin Zhang , Pengfei Chen , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

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

We study the evolution of turbulence in the solar wind by solving numerically the full 3D magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) equations embedded in a radial mean wind. The corresponding equations (expanding box model or EBM) have been considered…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Yue Dong , Andrea Verdini , Roland Grappin

The topology and dynamics of the three-dimensional magnetic field in the solar atmosphere govern various solar eruptive phenomena and activities, such as flares, coronal mass ejections, and filaments/prominences. We have to observe and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 Yang Guo , Xin Cheng , M. D. Ding

Our Sun exhibits strong convective dynamo action which results in magnetic flux bundles emerging through the stellar surface as magnetic spots. Global-scale dynamo action is believed to generate large-scale magnetic structures in the deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 Nicholas J. Nelson , Mark S. Miesch

The hour-long, gradual phase of solar flares is well-observed across the electromagnetic spectrum, demonstrating many multi-phase aspects, where cold condensations form within the heated post-flare system, but a complete three-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-29 Wenzhi Ruan , Rony Keppens , Limei Yan , Patrick Antolin

We present a comprehensive radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the quiet Sun and large solar active regions. The 197 Mm wide simulation domain spans from 18 (10) Mm beneath the photosphere to 113 Mm in the solar corona. Radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Feng Chen , Matthias Rempel , Yuhong Fan

It is well known that major solar eruptions are often produced by active regions with continual photospheric shearing and converging motions. Here, through high accuracy magnetohydrodynamics simulation, we show how solar eruption is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-15 Xinkai Bian , Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng

In May 2024, the Sun exhibited intense magnetic activity, marked by numerous high-intensity flares resulting from the interaction and merging of NOAA ARs 13664 and 13668 in the southern hemisphere and AR 13663 in the northern hemisphere.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-04 B Lekshmi , Sushanta Tripathy , Kiran Jain , Alexei Pevtsov

Solar filaments/prominences are common features in the Sun's atmosphere that contain cool chromospheric material suspended within the hot corona. However, the intricate topology of these structures and the mechanisms driving their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-20 X. F. Zhang , G. P. Zhou , C. L. Jin , Y. Z. Zhang , G. W. Li , Z. H. Shang , L. P. Li , S. B. Yang , S. H. Yang , J. X. Wang

This publication provides an overview of magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere with the focus lying on the corona. The solar magnetic field couples the solar interior with the visible surface of the Sun and with its atmosphere. It is also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Thomas Wiegelmann , Julia K. Thalmann , Sami K. Solanki

The issue of predicting solar flares is one of the most fundamental in physics, addressing issues of plasma physics, high-energy physics, and modelling of complex systems. It also poses societal consequences, with our ever-increasing need…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 R. T. James McAteer , Peter T. Gallagher , Paul A. Conlon