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Recent observations have demonstrated the capability of mapping the solar coronal magnetic field using the technique of coronal seismology based on the ubiquitous propagating Alfvenic/kink waves through imaging spectroscopy. We established…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 Yuhang Gao , Hui Tian , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Zihao Yang , Mingzhe Guo , Konstantinos Karampelas

Magnetism defines the complex and dynamic solar corona. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are thought to be caused by stresses, twists, and tangles in coronal magnetic fields that build up energy and ultimately erupt, hurling plasma into…

Measurements of the stellar coronal magnetic field are of great importance in understanding the stellar magnetic activity, yet the measurements have been extremely difficult. Recent studies proposed a new method of magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Xianyu Liu , Hui Tian , Yajie Chen , Wenxian Li , Meng Jin , Xianyong Bai , Zihao Yang

Modern radio telescopes are extremely sensitive to plasma on the line of sight from a radio source to the antenna. Plasmas in the corona and solar wind produce measurable changes in the radio wave amplitude and phase, and the phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Steven R. Spangler , Catherine A. Whiting

The magnetic field governs the corona; hence it is a crucial parameter to measure. Unfortunately, existing techniques for estimating its strength are limited by strong assumptions and limitations. These techniques include photospheric or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Juan Martinez-Sykora , Viggo H. Hansteen , Bart De Pontieu , Enrico Landi

Measurements of the magnetic field in the stellar coronae are extremely difficult. Recently, it was proposed that the magnetic-field-induced transition (MIT) of the Fe X 257 {\AA} line can be used to measure the coronal magnetic field of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Yajie Chen , Xianyu Liu , Hui Tian , Xianyong Bai , Meng Jin , Wenxian Li , Yang Yang , Zihao Yang , Yuanyong Deng

This paper reviews the latest observational evidence for the existence of propagating waves in the open magnetic flux tubes of the solar corona. SOHO measurements have put tentative limits on the fluxes of various types of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

Energy stored in the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere above active regions is a key driver of all solar activity (e.g., solar flares and coronal mass ejections), some of which can affect life on Earth. Radio observations provide a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Gregory D. Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Stephen M. White , Dale E. Gary , Tim S. Bastian

Magnetic fields in the sun's outer atmosphere -- the corona -- control both solar-wind acceleration and the dynamics of solar eruptions. We present the first clear observational evidence of coronal magnetic nulls in off-limb linearly…

We analyze five events of the interaction of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with the remote coronal rays located up to 90^\circ away from the CME as observed by the SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph. Using sequences of SOHO/LASCO C2 images, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Boris Filippov , A. K. Srivastava

Estimating the magnetic field strength in the solar corona is crucial for understanding different physical processes happening over diverse spatio-temporal scales. However, the high temperatures and low density of the solar corona make this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-07 Upasna Baweja , Vaibhav Pant , Iñigo Arregui

We estimated the coronal magnetic field strength ($B$) during the 23 July 2016 coronal mass ejection (CME) event using i) the flux rope structure of the CME in the whitelight coronagraph images and ii) the band splitting in the associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Anshu Kumari , R. Ramesh , C. Kathiravan , T. J. Wang

The solar corona is much hotter than the photosphere and chromosphere, but the physical mechanism responsible for heating the coronal plasma remains unidentified yet. The thermal microwave emission, which is produced in strong magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Gregory D. Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Sergey A. Anfinogentov

Determining the mechanisms responsible for the heating of the coronal plasma and maintaining and accelerating the solar wind are long standing goals in solar physics. There is a clear need to constrain the energy, mass and momentum flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-21 R. J. Morton , E. Scullion , D. S. Bloomfield , J. A. McLaughlin , S. Regnier , S. W. McIntosh , S. Tomczyk , P. Young

Waves connect all the layers of the Sun, from its interior to the upper atmosphere. It is becoming clear now the important role of magnetic field on the wave propagation. Magnetic field modifies propagation speed of waves, thus affecting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Elena Khomenko

Recent advances have made it possible to obtain two-dimensional line-of-sight magnetic field maps of the solar corona from spectropolarimetric observations of the Fe XIII 1075 nm forbidden coronal emission line. Together with the linear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yu Liu , Haosheng Lin

We employ a sequence of Doppler images obtained with the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) instrument to perform time-distance seismology of the solar corona. We construct the first k-omega diagrams of the region. These allow us to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Steven Tomczyk , Scott W. McIntosh

Coronal seismology is extensively used to estimate properties of the corona, e.g. the coronal magnetic field strength are derived from oscillations observed in coronal loops. We present a three-dimensional coronal simulation including a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Feng Chen , Hardi Peter

We determine the coronal magnetic field strength in the heliocentric distance range 6 to 23 solar radii (Rs) by measuring the shock standoff distance and the radius of curvature of the flux rope during the 2008 March 25 coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Nat Gopalswamy , Seiji Yashiro

Context. The Sun's complex corona is the source of the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field. While the large scale morphology is well understood, the impact of variations in coronal properties on the scale of a few degrees on…