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The magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere structure the plasma, store free magnetic energy and produce a wide variety of active solar phenomena, like flare and coronal mass ejections(CMEs). The distribution and strength of magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , K. Olson , P. J. MacNeice

In this work, we introduce a novel generative denoising diffusion model for synthesizing the Sun's three-dimensional coronal magnetic field, a complex and dynamic region characterized by evolving magnetic structures. Despite daily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-03 Daniel E. da Silva , Michael Kirk , Nat Mathews , Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo

We report a solar coronal split-band type II radio burst that was observed on 2016 March 16 with the Gauribidanur Radio Spectro-Polarimeter (GRASP) in the frequency range $\approx$\,90\,-\,50 MHz, and the Gauribidanur RadioheliograPH…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anshu Kumari , R. Ramesh , C. Kathiravan , T. J. Wang , N. Gopalswamy

Faraday rotation measurements of the solar corona made with the Very Large Array (VLA) at frequencies of 1465 and 1665 MHz are reported. The measurements were made along 20 lines of sight to 19 extragalactic radio sources in March and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Laura D. Ingleby , Steven R. Spangler , Catherine A. Whiting

The variations of the 3-D coronal magnetic fields associated with the X3.4-class flare of active region 10930 are studied in this paper. The coronal magnetic field data are reconstructed from the photospheric vector magnetograms obtained by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-03 Han He , Huaning Wang , Yihua Yan , P. F. Chen , Cheng Fang

Large coronal loops around one solar radius in altitude are an important connection between the solar wind and the low solar corona. However, their plasma properties are ill-defined as standard X-ray and UV techniques are not suited to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Jinge Zhang , Hamish A. S. Reid , Vratislav Krupar , Pietro Zucca , Bartosz Dabrowski , Andrzej Krankowski

Coronal condensation and rain are a crucial part of the mass cycle between the corona and chromosphere. In some cases, condensation and subsequent rain originate in the magnetic dips formed during magnetic reconnection. This provides a new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Leping Li , Hardi Peter , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Hongqiang Song

The present study provides statistical information on the coronal magnetic field and intensity properties of small-scale bright and faint loops in the quiet Sun. We aim to quantitatively investigate the morphological and topological…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-16 Maria S. Madjarska , Thomas Wiegelmann , Pascal Démoulin , Klaus Galsgaard

Here we report on the unique observation of flaring coronal loops at the solar limb using high resolution imaging spectropolarimetry from the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope. The vantage position, orientation and nature of the chromospheric…

The distribution of the coronal electron density at different distances from the Sun strongly influences the physical processes in the solar corona and is therefore a very important topic in solar physics. Most methods, including radio…

The magnetic field plays an essential role in the initiation and evolution of different solar phenomena in the corona. The structure and evolution of the 3D coronal magnetic field are still not very well known. A way to get the 3D structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Iulia Chifu , Ricardo Gafeira

EUV images of Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) from the AIA show striations related to the magnetic field structure in both open and closed magnetic regions. The brightness contrast implies coronal density contrasts of at least a factor of 6…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 J. C. Raymond , P. I. McCauley , S. R. Cranmer , C. Downs

We present a multiwavelength study of AB Doradus, combining modelling that incorporates a spectropolarimetric magnetic field map with 8.4 GHz radio interferometry to measure the coronal extent and density of this young star. We use the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-10 C. E. Brasseur , M. M. Jardine , G. A. J. Hussain

In recent years, a two-dimensional (2D) coronal seismology technique applied to spectral-imaging data from the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) and UCoMP has enabled routine measurement of the global coronal magnetic field. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-16 Zihao Yang , Sarah Gibson , Matthias Rempel , Giuliana de Toma

Faraday rotation measurements of extragalactic radio sources occulted by the solar corona serve as a powerful complementary tool for probing the pre-eruption electron density and magnetic field structure. These measurements thereby allow us…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-05 Salvatore Mancuso

We investigate the plasma and magnetic environment of active region NOAA 11261 on 2 August 2011 around a GOES M1.4 flare/CME (SOL2011-08-02T06:19). We compare coronal emission at (extreme) ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, using SDO AIA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Julia K. Thalmann , Astrid M. Veronig , Yang Su

The coming decade will see the routine use of solar data of unprecedented spatial and spectral resolution, time cadence, and completeness. To capitalize on the new (or soon to be available) facilities such as SDO, ATST and FASR, and the…

We aim to reproduce the structure of the corona above a solar active region as seen in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) using a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (3D MHD) model. The 3D MHD data-driven model solves the induction equation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-30 Jörn Warnecke , Hardi Peter

Optical observations of solar corona provide key information on its magnetic geometry. The large-scale open field of the corona plays an important role in shaping the ambient solar wind and constraining the propagation dynamics of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-19 Vadim M. Uritsky , Christopher E. Rura , Cooper Downs , Shaela I. Jones , Charles Nickolos Arge , Nathalia Alzate

Type U radio bursts are impulsive coherent radio emissions produced by the Sun that indicate the presence of subrelativistic electron beams propagating along magnetic loops in the solar corona. In this work, we present the analysis of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 S. Mancuso , D. Barghini , A. Bemporad , D. Telloni , D. Gardiol , F. Frassati , I. Bizzarri , C. Taricco