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The poleward migration of the active regions' magnetic flux on the solar surface plays an important role in the development of the large-scale field development, especially the polar field reversal, which is a key process in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Zi-Fan Wang , Jie Jiang , Jing-Xiu Wang

Using multi-viewpoint observations from STEREO and SOHO during three solar cycles from 23 to 25, we study the magnetic flux rope (MFR) structures of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) near the Sun and magnetic clouds (MCs) at 1au. The study aims…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 Hong Xie , Nat Gopalswamy , Sachiko Akiyama , Pertti Makela , Seiji Yashiro

In this review, our present day understanding of the Sun's global photospheric and coronal magnetic fields is discussed from both observational and theoretical viewpoints. Firstly, the large-scale properties of photospheric magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 D. H. Mackay , A. R. Yeates

The origin and evolution of the magnetic helicity in the solar corona are not well understood. For instance, the magnetic helicity of an active region is often about $10^{42}$ Mx$^2$ ($10^{26}$ Wb$^{2}$), but the observed processes whereby…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Regnier

We study the connections between the sun's convection zone and the evolution of the solar wind and corona. We let the magnetic fields generated by a 2.5D axisymmetric kinematic dynamo code (STELEM) evolve in a 2.5D axisymmetric coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Rui F. Pinto , Allan Sacha Brun , Laurène Jouve , Roland Grappin

Rotation is a significant characteristic of the Sun and other stars, and it plays an important role in understanding their dynamo actions and magnetic activities. In this study, the rotation of the solar chromospheric activity is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-22 Jing-Chen Xu , Peng-Xin Gao , Xiang-Jun Shi

Coronal holes are the dark patches in the solar corona associated with relatively cool, less dense plasma and unipolar fields. The fast component of the solar wind emanates from these regions. Several observations reveal the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 D. Banerjee , S. Krishna Prasad

The distribution of magnetic fields of positive and negative polarities over the surface of the Sun was studied on the basis of synoptic maps presented by the NSO/Kitt Peak (1978-2016). To emphasize the contribution of weak fields the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Elena S. Vernova , Marta I. Tyasto , Dmitrii G. Baranov

Following the observation and analysis of large-scale coronal wave-like disturbances, we discuss the theoretical progress made in the field of global coronal seismology. Using simple mathematical techniques we determine average values for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Istvan Ballai

This review provides an introduction to the generation and evolution of the Sun's magnetic field, summarising both observational evidence and theoretical models. The eleven year solar cycle, which is well known from a variety of observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-17 Alan W. Hood , David W. Hughes

Previous studies have found that coronal loops have a nearly uniform thickness, which seems to disagree with the characteristic expansion of active region magnetic fields. This is one of the most intriguing enigmas in solar physics. We here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. Lopez Fuentes , J. A. Klimchuk , P. Demoulin

The Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) has opened up exciting opportunities to probe transverse MHD waves in the Sun's corona. The archive of CoMP data is utilised to generate a catalogue of quiescent coronal loops that can be used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Ajay K. Tiwari , Richard J. Morton , James A. McLaughlin

A non-potential quasi-static evolution model coupling the Sun's photospheric and coronal magnetic fields is applied to the problem of filament chirality at high latitudes. For the first time, we run a continuous 15 year simulation, using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. R. Yeates , D. H. Mackay

Estimating high resolution models of the Earth's core magnetic field and its time variation in the polar regions requires that one can adequately account for magnetic signals produced by polar ionospheric currents, which vary on a wide…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-09-11 Clemens Kloss , Christopher C. Finlay , Karl M. Laundal , Nils Olsen

Using the polar vector magnetic field data observed by Hinode from 2012 to 2021, we study the long-term variations of the magnetic flux, the flux proportion of different polarities, and the magnetic inclination with respect to the local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Shuhong Yang , Chunlan Jin , Qiao Song , Yuzong Zhang , Yin Li , Yijun Hou , Ting Li , Guiping Zhou , Yuanyong Deng , Jingxiu Wang

A comparison between a Coronal Hole (CH) and the adjacent Quiet-Sun (QS) has been performed using spectroscopic diagnostics of Hinode/ the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). Coronal funnels play an important role in the formation and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 P. Kayshap , D. Banerjee , A. K. Srivastava

The solar northern and southern hemispheres exhibit differences between the intensities and time profiles of the activity cycles. The time variation of these properties has been studied in a previous article on the data of Cycles 12-23. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-29 Judit Muraközy

The paper considers the influence of the solar global magnetic field structure (GMFS) cycle evolution on the occurrence rate and parameters of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in cycles 23-24. It has been shown that over solar cycles, CMEs are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-24 Irina A. Bilenko

Though generated deep inside the convection zone, the solar magnetic field has a direct impact on the Earth space environment via the Parker spiral. It strongly modulates the solar wind in the whole heliosphere, especially its latitudinal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Barbara Perri , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Victor Réville

Solar subsurface zonal and meridional-flow profiles during the rising phase of solar cycle 24 are studied using time-distance helioseismology technique. The faster zonal bands in the torsional-oscillation pattern show strong hemispheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Junwei Zhao , A. G. Kosovichev , R. S. Bogart