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Kilogauss-strength magnetic fields are often observed in intergranular lanes at the photosphere in the quiet Sun. Such fields are stronger than the equipartition field $B_e$, corresponding to a magnetic energy density that matches the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. J. Bushby , S. M. Houghton , M. R. E. Proctor , N. O. Weiss

The solar corona has been revealed in the past decade to be a highly dynamic nonequilibrium plasma environment. Both the loop-filled coronal base and the extended acceleration region of the solar wind appear to be strongly turbulent, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven R. Cranmer

The solar wind is a magnetized plasma and as such exhibits collective plasma behavior associated with its characteristic spatial and temporal scales. The characteristic length scales include the size of the heliosphere, the collisional mean…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Daniel Verscharen , Kristopher G. Klein , Bennett A. Maruca

Understanding the generation and development of the continuous outflow from the Sun requires tracing the physical conditions from deep in the corona to the heliosphere. Detailed global observations of plasma state variables and the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-01 Yeimy J. Rivera , Samuel T. Badman

The Mg II h&k lines are amongst the best diagnostic tools of the upper solar chromosphere. This region of the atmosphere is of particular interest as it is the lowest region of the Sun's atmosphere where the magnetic field is dominant in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-01 Viggo Hansteen , Juan Martinez Sykora , Mats Carlsson , Bart De Pontieu , Milan Gosic , Souvik Bose

A comprehensive understanding of the solar magnetic cycle requires detailed modeling of the solar interior including the maintenance and variation of large scale flows (differential rotation and meridional flow), the solar dynamo and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 M. Rempel

The solar surface is a continuous source of internal gravity waves (IGWs). IGWs are believed to supply the bulk of the wave energy for the lower solar atmosphere, but their existence and role for the energy balance of the upper layers is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 G. Vigeesh , M. Roth , O. Steiner , B. Fleck

This publication provides an overview of magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere with the focus lying on the corona. The solar magnetic field couples the solar interior with the visible surface of the Sun and with its atmosphere. It is also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Thomas Wiegelmann , Julia K. Thalmann , Sami K. Solanki

In the solar convection zone acoustic waves are scattered by turbulent sound speed fluctuations. In this paper the scattering of waves by convective cells is treated using Rytov's technique. Particular care is taken to include diffraction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Brüggen

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…

Torsional oscillations represent bands of fast and slow zonal flows around the Sun, which extend deep into the convection zone and migrate during solar cycles towards the equator following the sunspot butterfly diagram. Analysis of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-15 Alexander G. Kosovichev , Valery V. Pipin

The lower solar atmosphere is an intrinsically multi-component and collisional environment with electron and proton collision frequencies in the range $10^{8}-10^{10}$ Hz, which may be considerably higher than the gyro-frequencies for both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-04 J. Vranjes , P. S. Krstic

Recent observations have revealed that MHD waves and oscillations are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere, with a wide range of periods. We give a brief review of some aspects of MHD waves and coronal seismology which have recently been the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ineke De Moortel , Valery M. Nakariakov

Sunspots are transient, magnetically intense features that host oscillations linked to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves. These waves may contribute to plasma heating and drive mass flows in the solar wind. Beyond their energetic role, they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , Libo Fu , Ding Yuan , Song Feng , Yuandeng Shen

The X-ray emission from the Sun reveals a very dynamic hot atmosphere, the corona, which is characterized by a complex morphology and broad range of timescales of variability and spatial structuring. The solar magnetic fields play a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-09 Paola Testa , Fabio Reale

Understanding the global rotational profile of the solar atmosphere and its variation is fundamental to uncovering a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the solar magnetic field and the extent of coupling between different layers…

A magneto-hydrostatic model is constructed with spectropolarimetric properties close to those of solar photospheric magnetic bright points. Results of solar radiative magneto-convection simulations are used to produce the spatial structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan , D. B. Jess

We report the observations of the magneto-hydrodynamic waves propagating along magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We identified 20 isolated strong peaks (8 peaks for pores and 12 peaks for inter-granular magnetic structure) in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Daisuke Fujimura , Saku Tsuneta

The solar wind, a continuous flow of plasma from the sun, not only shapes the near Earth space environment but also serves as a natural laboratory to study plasma turbulence in conditions that are not achievable in the lab. Starting with…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Tulasi N. Parashar , William H. Matthaeus

Spectropolarimetric observations show that many low-mass stars possess large-scale poloidal magnetic fields with considerable dipole component, which in some cases exhibit temporal dynamics - cycles or reversals. Although it is widely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Anna Guseva , Ludovic Petitdemange , Charly Pinçon