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The magnetic field inside the sunspot umbra, as observed by the Full-disk MagnetoGraph (FMG) onboard the Advanced Space based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), was found to be experiencing a weakening. To address this issue, we employed a method…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-30 Haiqing Xu , Jiangtao Su , Suo Liu , Yuanyong Deng , Xianyong Bai , Jie Chen , Xiaofan Wang , Xiao Yang , Yongliang Song

Sunspots are the standard measure of solar magnetic activity, which are also used to estimate solar spectral irradiance over centennial time scales. However, because of the lack of homogeneous, century-long spectral measurements, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-27 Kalevi Mursula

We use spectro-polarimetric data recorded by Hinode to analyze the magnetic field configuration of a part of a sunspot (AR 10923) where a bundle of penumbral filaments are intruding into its umbra. We want to explore the role of the sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-15 Hashem Hamedivafa

Context. Existing sunspot simulations fail to reproduce the observed magnetic field distribution due to an artificially increased $B_{hor}$ at the upper boundary. Aims. We explore alternative ways to better reproduce the magnetic and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-03 Markus Schmassmann , Nazaret Bello González , Rolf Schlichenmaier , Jan Jurčák

High resolution spectropolarimetric observations by Hinode reveal the existence of supersonic downflows at the umbra-penumbra boundary of 3 sunspots that was recently reported by Louis et al. (2010). These downflows are observed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Rohan E. Louis , Luis R. Bellot Rubio , Shibu K. Mathew , P. Venkatakrishnan

In this paper we provide clear direct evidence of multiple concurrent higher order magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes in circular and elliptical sunspots by applying both Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Dynamic Mode Decomposition…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 A. B. Albidah , V. Fedun , A. A. Aldhafeeri , I. Ballai , W. Brevis , D. B. Jess , J. Higham , M. Stangalini , S. S. A. Silva , G. Verth

We study the variation in the magnetic field strength and the umbral intensity of sunspots during the declining phase of the solar cycle no.23 and in the beginning of cycle no.24. We analyze a sample of 183 sunspots observed from 1999 until…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Rezaei , C. Beck , W. Schmidt

There are no direct spatially resolved observations of spots on stars other than the Sun and starspot properties are inferred indirectly through lightcurves and spectropolarimetric data. We present the first self-consistent 3D radiative MHD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-23 Mayukh Panja , Robert Cameron , Sami K. Solanki

The decay of sunspot plays a key role in magnetic flux transportation in solar active regions (ARs). To better understand the physical mechanism of the entire decay process of a sunspot, an {\alpha}-configuration sunspot in AR NOAA 12411…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-12 Yang Peng , Zhi-Ke Xue , Xiao-Li Yan , Aimee A. Norton , Zhong-Quan Qu , Jin-Cheng Wang , Zhe Xu , Li-Heng Yang , Qiao-Ling Li , Li-Ping Yang , Xia Sun

The paper presents the results of the analysis of the geometric characteristics of sunspots for the period of 19-24 cycles of activity. The shape of sunspots was studied on the basis of the method of normalization of images of sunspots to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Andrey Tlatov

Size distribution of sunspots provides key information about the generation and emergence processes of the solar magnetic field. Previous studies on the size distribution have primarily focused on either the whole group or individual spot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Sudip Mandal , Natalie A. Krivova , Robert Cameron , Sami K. Solanki

Three-minute oscillations over sunspot's umbra in AR 11131 were observed simultaneously in UV/EUV emission by SDO/AIA and in radio emission by Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH). We use 24-hours series of SDO and 8-hours series of NoRH…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 V. E. Reznikova , K. Shibasaki , R. A. Sych , V. M. Nakariakov

Images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) at 211A are used to identify the solar source of the type III radio bursts seen in WIND/WAVES dynamic spectra. We analyse a 2.5 hour period during which six strong bursts are seen. The radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. E. Innes , R. H. Cameron , S. K. Solanki

High resolution solar observations show the complex structure of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave motion. We apply the techniques of POD and DMD to identify the dominant MHD wave modes in a sunspot using the intensity time series. The POD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 A. B. Albidah , W. Brevis , V. Fedun , I. Ballai , D. B. Jess , M. Stangalini , J. Higham , G. Verth

Context. The height structure of 3-min oscillations over sunspots is studied in the context of the recently discovered effect of height inversion: over the umbra, the spatial location of the maximum of chromospheric 3-min oscillation power…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-11 N. I. Kobanov , D. Y. Kolobov , S. A. Chupin , V. M. Nakariakov

The physical parameters of the sunspot are not fully understood, especially the height dependence of the magnetic field. So far, it is also an open question as to which heights the He I 1083 nm spectral line is formed at. Our aim is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-12 M. Benko , H. Balthasar , P. Gömöry , C. Kuckein , S. J. González Manrique

Bright points (BPs) in the solar photosphere are radiative signatures of magnetic elements described by slender flux tubes located in the darker intergranular lanes. They contribute to the ultraviolet (UV) flux variations over the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-11 T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki , S. V. Berdyugina , M. Schüssler , V. Martínez Pillet , A. Feller , A. Gandorfer , J. Hirzberger

High-resolution observations of horizontal motions in the penumbra are needed to complement the concept of penumbrae obtained from spectropolarimetry. Time series of intensity images of a large sunspot in AR 10634 acquired with the Swedish…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-01 Michal Sobotka , Klaus G. Puschmann

Solar ultraviolet (UV) bursts are small-scale compact brightenings in transition region images. The spectral profiles of transition region lines in these bursts are significantly enhanced and broadened, often with chromospheric absorption…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-07 Yajie Chen , Hui Tian , Xiaoshuai Zhu , Tanmoy Samanta , Linghua Wang , Jiansen He

Solar chromospheric observations of sunspot umbrae offer an exceptional view of magneto-hydrodynamic wave phenomena. In recent years, a wealth of wave signatures related to propagating magneto-acoustic modes have been presented, which…