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MHD wave propagation inside the Sun's atmosphere is closely related to the magnetic field topology. For example, magnetic fields are able to lower the cutoff frequency for acoustic waves thus allowing waves which would otherwise be trapped…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Stangalini , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli , S. M. Jefferies

There has been tremendous progress in the degree of realism of three-dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the solar atmosphere in the past decades. Four of the most frequently used numerical codes are Bifrost, CO5BOLD,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 B. Fleck , M. Carlsson , E. Khomenko , M. Rempel , O. Steiner , G. Vigeesh

Herein we adopt a multi-scale dynamical spectral analysis technique to compare and study the dynamical evolution of the harmonic components of the overlapping ACRIMSAT/ACRIM3, SOHO/VIRGO and SORCE/TIM total solar irradiance (TSI) records…

General Physics · Physics 2013-11-28 Nicola Scafetta , Richard C. Willson

Solar photospheric magnetic field plays a dominant role in the variability of total solar irradiance (TSI). The modulation of magnetic flux at six specific ranges on TSI is characterized for the first time. The daily flux values of magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-18 J. C. Xu , D. F. Kong , F. Y. Li

Context: Helioseismology aims to infer the properties of the solar interior by analyzing observations of acoustic oscillations. The interpretation of the helioseismic data is however complicated by the non-trivial relationship between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-29 D. Fournier , N. M. Kostogryz , L. Gizon , J. Schou , V. Witzke , A. I. Shapiro , I. Milic

Context. Solar spectral irradiance (SSI) variability is one of the key inputs to models of the Earth's climate. Understanding solar irradiance fluctuations also helps to place the Sun among other stars in terms of their brightness…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-20 R. V. Tagirov , A. I. Shapiro , N. A. Krivova , Y. C. Unruh , K. L. Yeo , S. K. Solanki

We present describe a new computer code that solves the radiative transfer problem on multi-resolution grids. If the cloud model is from an MHD simulation on a regular cartesian grid, criteria based for example on local density or velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Juvela , P. Padoan

Stokes inversion codes are crucial in returning properties of the solar atmosphere, such as temperature and magnetic field strength. However, the success of such algorithms to return reliable values can be hindered by the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 P. H. Keys , O. Steiner , G. Vigeesh

Milne-Eddington (M-E) inversion codes for the radiative transfer equation are the most widely used tools to infer the magnetic field from observations of the polarization signals in photospheric and chromospheric spectral lines.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 J. M. Borrero , B. W. Lites , A. Lagg , R. Rezaei , M. Rempel

The solar spectral irradiance (SSI) depicts the spectral distribution of solar energy flux reaching the top of the Earth's atmosphere. Daily SSI measurements constitute a matrix with spectrally (rows) and temporally (columns) resolved solar…

Applications · Statistics 2026-05-21 Yuxuan Ke , Xianglei Huang , Odele Coddington , Yang Chen

Solar irradiance measurements are limited to the last few decades, requiring reconstructions to assess solar variability on longer timescales and its impact on Earth's climate. We present the first physics-based reconstruction of total…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-22 D. Temaj , N. A. Krivova , S. K. Solanki , I. G. Usoskin , T. Chatzistergos

Here we formulate and solve the 3D radiative transfer problem of the polarization of the solar continuous radiation. Our approach takes into account not only the anisotropy of the continuum radiation, but also the symmetry-breaking effects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Trujillo Bueno , N. Shchukina

The solar atmosphere is extremely dynamic, and many important phenomena develop on small scales that are unresolved in observations with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Irina N. Kitiashvili , Sebastien Couvidat , Andreas Lagg

Feature tracking and recognition are increasingly common tools for data analysis, but are typically implemented on an ad-hoc basis by individual research groups, limiting the usefulness of derived results when selection effects and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 C. E. DeForest , H. J. Hagenaar , D. A. Lamb , C. E. Parnell , B. T. Welsch

The dynamics of the solar radiative interior are still poorly constrained by comparison to the convective zone. This disparity is even more marked when we attempt to derive meaningful temporal variations. Many data sets contain a small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Antonio Eff-Darwich , Sylain G. Korzennik

In this letter, we explore the relationship between the solar seismic radius and total solar irradiance (TSI) during last two solar cycles using the uninterrupted data from space-borne instruments onboard {\it SoHO} and {\it SDO}. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Kiran Jain , S. C. Tripathy , F. Hill

We study the propagation of waves from the photosphere to the chromosphere of sunspots. From time series of cospatial Ca II H (including its line blends) intensity spectra and polarimetric spectra of Si I 1082.7 nm and He I 1083.0 nm we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 T. Felipe , E. Khomenko , M. Collados , C. Beck

We use the three-dimensional hydrodynamic code of Stein and Nordlund to realistically simulate the upper layers of the solar convection zone in order to study physical characteristics of solar oscillations. Our first result is that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Georgobiani , A. G. Kosovichev , R. Nigam , A. Nordlund , R. F. Stein

We perform an analysis of the line-of-sight (LOS) observables of the SDO/HMI for models of the solar atmosphere heated by precipitating high-energy electrons during solar flares. The radiative hydrodynamic (RADYN) flare models are obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Viacheslav M Sadykov , Alexander G Kosovichev , Irina N Kitiashvili , Graham S Kerr

Although the magnetic fields in the quiet Sun account for the majority of the magnetic energy in the solar photosphere, inferring their exact spatial distribution, origin, and evolution poses an important challenge because the signals lie…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-03 Elias Ebert , Ivan Milic , Juan Manuel Borrero