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High-resolution ultraviolet observations of nearby bright and faint stars are required to evaluate changes in the past and future galactic environments of the Sun, and the possibly impact of these changes on the interplanetary environment…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. C. Frisch

Here we review the recent progress made in the detection, examination, characterisation and interpretation of oscillations manifesting in small-scale magnetic elements in the solar photosphere. This region of the Sun's atmosphere is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 David B. Jess , Gary Verth

Deciphering and understanding the small-scale magnetic activity of the quiet solar photosphere should help to solve many of the key problems of solar and stellar physics, such as the magnetic coupling to the outer atmosphere and the coronal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Trujillo Bueno , N. Shchukina , A. Asensio Ramos

Investigating the solar magnetic field is crucial to understand the physical processes in the solar interior as well as their effects on the interplanetary environment. We introduce a novel method to predict the evolution of the solar…

We use images of high spatial and temporal resolution, obtained using both ground- and space-based instrumentation, to investigate the role magnetic field inclination angles play in the propagation characteristics of running penumbral waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. B. Jess , V. E. Reznikova , T. Van Doorsselaere , P. H. Keys , D. H. Mackay

Recently, several new solar radio telescopes have been put into operation and provided spectral-imaging observations with much higher resolutions in decimeter (dm) and centimeter (cm) wavelengths. These telescopes include the Mingantu…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Baolin Tan , Yihua Yan , Jing Huang , Yin Zhang , Chengming Tan , Xiaoshuai Zhu

The interaction of magnetic fields and convection is investigated in the context of the coronal heating problem. We study the motions of photospheric magnetic elements using filtergrams obtained at the Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope at La…

The magnetic fields that emerge from beneath the solar surface and permeate the solar atmosphere are the key drivers of space weather and, thus, understanding them is important to human society. Direct observations, used to measure magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-29 Kenny C. Y. Ng , Andrew Hillier , Shin'ichiro Ando

Context. The solar chromosphere is the interface between the solar surface and the solar corona. Modelling of this region is difficult because it represents the transition from optically thick to thin radiation escape, from gas-pressure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Mats Carlsson , Viggo H. Hansteen , Boris V. Gudiksen , Jorrit Leenaarts , Bart De Pontieu

With numerical experiments we explore the feasibility of using high frequency waves for probing the magnetic fields in the photosphere and the chromosphere of the Sun. We track a plane-parallel, monochromatic wave that propagates through a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. Steiner , G. Vigeesh , L. Krieger , S. Wedemeyer-Böhm , W. Schaffenberger , B. Freytag

In addition to sunspots, which represent the most easily visualized manifestation of solar magnetism, cutting-edge observations of the solar atmosphere have uncovered a plethora of magnetic flux tubes, down to the resolving power of modern…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-27 M. Stangalini , G. Verth , V. Fedun , D. Perrone , M. Berretti , P. Bushby , S. Jafarzadeh , D. B. Jess , F. Giannattasio , P. H. Keys , R. Bruno , F. Berrilli

We study the influence of the spatial resolution on scales of $5\deg$ and smaller of solar surface magnetic field maps on global magnetohydrodynamic solar wind models, and on a model of coronal heating and X-ray emission. We compare the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-13 C. Garraffo , O. Cohen , J. J. Drake , C. Downs

The solar surface and atmosphere are highly dynamic plasma environments, which evolve over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Large-scale eruptions, such as coronal mass ejections, can be accelerated to millions of kilometres per…

In recent years, new high spatial resolution observations of the Sun's atmosphere have revealed the presence of a plethora of small-scale magnetic elements down to the resolution limit of current cohort of solar telescopes ($\sim 100-120$…

The temperature and density conditions in the magnetized photosphere and chromosphere of the Sun lead to a very small degree of atomic ionization. In addition, at particular height, the magnetic field may be strong enough to give rise to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-08 Elena Khomenko

We take a broad look at the problem of identifying the magnetic solar causes of space weather. With the lackluster performance of extrapolations based upon magnetic field measurements in the photosphere, we identify a region in the near UV…

The origin of the activity in the solar corona is a long-standing problem in solar physics. Recent satellite observations, such as Hinode, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), show the detail…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-19 S. Imada , T. Shimizu , T. Kawate , H. Hara , T. Watanabe

The goal of helioseismology is to provide accurate information about the Sun's interior from the observations of the wave field at its surface. In the last three decades, both global and local helioseismology studies have made significant…

The study of spatial and temporal scales on which small magnetic structures (magnetic elements) are organized in the quiet Sun may be approached by determining how they are transported on the solar photosphere by convective motions. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 F. Giannattasio , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli , L. Bellot Rubio , M. Gosic , D. Orozco Suarez

Future solar missions and ground-based telescopes aim to understand the magnetism of the solar chromosphere. We performed a supporting study in Quintero Noda et al. (2016) focused on the infrared Ca II 8542 A line and we concluded that is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 C. Quintero Noda , T. Shimizu , Y. Katsukawa , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez , M. Carlsson , T. Anan , T. Oba , K. Ichimoto , Y. Suematsu