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Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are subject to changes in their direction of propagation, tilt, and other properties as they interact with the variable solar wind. We investigated the heliospheric propagation of 15 Earth-impacting CMEs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Sandeep Kumar , Nandita Srivastava , Nat Gopalswamy , Ashutosh Dash

Analysis of synoptic data from the Vector Stokes Magnetograph (VSM) of the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) and the NASA/NSO Spectromagnetograph (SPM) at the NSO/Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope facility shows that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 Alexander V. Mordvinov , Alexei A. Pevtsov , Luca Bertello , Gordon J. D. Petrie

As a star spins-down during the main sequence, its wind properties are affected. In this work, we investigate how the Earth's magnetosphere has responded to the change in the solar wind. Earth's magnetosphere is simulated using 3D…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 S. Carolan , A. A. Vidotto , C. Loesch , P. Coogan

The power spectrum of magnetic-field fluctuations in the fast solar wind ($V_{\rm SW}> 500 \mbox{ km} \mbox{ s}^{-1}$) at magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) scales is characterized by two different power laws on either side of a break frequency…

Observations of magnetic helicity transportation through the solar photosphere reflect the interaction of turbulent plasma movements and magnetic fields in the solar dynamo process. In this chapter, we have reviewed the research process of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Hongqi Zhang , Shangbin Yang , Haiqing Xu , Xiao Yang , Jie Chen , Jihong Liu

We report analysis of sub-Alfv\'enic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) perturbations in the low-\b{eta} radial-field solar wind using the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft data from 31 October to 12 November 2018. We calculate wave vectors using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 S. Q. Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Mingzhe Liu , Mijie Shi

Accurate modeling of the Sun's coronal magnetic field and solar wind structures require inputs of the solar global magnetic field, including both the near and far sides, but the Sun's far-side magnetic field cannot be directly observed.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao , Shea Hess Webber , Yang Liu , J. Todd Hoeksema , Marc L. Derosa

Magnetic switchbacks, or sudden reversals in the magnetic field's radial direction, are one of the more striking observations of Parker Solar Probe (PSP) thus far in its mission. While their precise production mechanisms are still unknown,…

Computational heliophysics has shed light on the fundamental physical processes inside the Sun, such as the differential rotation, meridional circulation, and dynamo-generation of magnetic fields. However, despite the substantial advances,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 A. G. Kosovichev , G. Guerrero , A. M. Stejko , V. V. Pipin , A. V. Getling

The Alfv\'en surface -- where the solar wind exceeds the local Alfv\'en speed as it expands into interplanetary space -- is now routinely probed by NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in the near-Sun environment. The size of the Alfv\'en…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-29 Adam J. Finley

Sunspots are regions of decreased brightness on the visible surface of the Sun (photosphere) that are associated with strong magnetic fields. They have been found to be locations associated with solar flares, which occur when energy stored…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-24 Sophie A. Murray

Robustly identifying the solar sources of individual packets of solar wind measured in interplanetary space remains an open problem. We set out to see if this problem is easier to tackle using solar wind measurements closer to the Sun than…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 D. Stansby , T. S. Horbury , L. Matteini

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

As one of the most violent eruptions on the Sun, flares are believed to be powered by magnetic reconnection. The fundamental physics involving the release, transfer and deposition of energy have been studied extensively. Taking advantage of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-11 Yan Xu , Wenda Cao , Kwangsu Ahn , Ju Jing , Chang Liu , Jongchul Chae , Nengyi Huang , Na Deng , Dale E. Gary , Haimin Wang

Switchbacks -- rapid, large deflections of the solar wind's magnetic field -- have generated significant interest as possible signatures of the key mechanisms that heat the corona and accelerate the solar wind. In this context, an important…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-23 Jonathan Squire , Zade Johnston , Alfred Mallet , Romain Meyrand

The change of sound speed has been found at the base of the convection during the solar cycles, which can be used to constrain the solar internal magnetic field. We aim to check whether the magnetic field generated by the solar dynamo can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Shaolan Bi , Tanda Li , Kang Liu , Jie Jiang , Yaguang Li , Jinghua Zhang , Xianfei Zhang , Yaqian Wu

It was found out that the distribution's shape of the in-ecliptic (as well as radial) component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) significantly changes with the heliocentric distance, which poorly corresponds to classical models of…

Space Physics · Physics 2011-10-25 Olga Khabarova , Vladimir Obridko

One of the discoveries made by Parker Solar Probe during first encounters with the Sun is the ubiquitous presence of relatively small-scale structures standing out as sudden deflections of the magnetic field. They were called switchbacks as…

Context. Spacecraft observations early revealed frequent multiple proton populations in the solar wind. Decades of research on their origin have focused on processes such as magnetic reconnection in the low corona and wave-particle…

The inflated radii observed in hundreds of hot Jupiters (HJ) represent a long-standing open issue. In this study, we quantitatively investigate this phenomenon within the framework of Ohmic dissipation arising from magnetic induction in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Daniele Viganò , Soumya Sengupta , Clàudia Soriano-Guerrero , Rosalba Perna , Albert Elias-López , Sandeep Kumar , Taner Akgün