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We present an analysis of the formation of atmospheric flux ropes in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) solar flux emergence simulation. The simulation domain ranges from the top of the solar interior to the low corona. A twisted magnetic flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 David MacTaggart , Andrew Haynes

Magnetic reconnection is essential to release the flux rope during its ejection. The question remains: how does the magnetic reconnection change the flux rope structure? Following the original study of \citet{Qiu2007}, we compare properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-30 Qiang Hu , Jiong Qiu , B. Dasgupta , A. Khare , G. M. Webb

In addition to buoyancy- and magnetic tension-driven instabilities, magnetic flux rings are also susceptible to an instability induced by the hydrodynamic drag force. We investigate the influence of the toroidal shape and equilibrium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Volkmar Holzwarth

The vector magnetic field characteristics of superactive regions (SARs) hold the key for understanding why SARs are extremely active and provide the guidance in space weather prediction. We aim to quantify the characteristics of SARs using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Q. Chen , J. X. Wang

With the aim of understanding how the magnetic properties of active regions (ARs) control the eruptive character of solar flares, we analyze 719 flares of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) class $\geq$C5.0 during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-01 Ting Li , Anqin Chen , Yijun Hou , Astrid M. Veronig , Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang

We investigate the photometric signature of magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We developed two dimensional, static numerical models of isolated and clustered magnetic flux tubes. We investigated the emergent intensity profiles…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Serena Criscuoli , Mark Rast

Spectropolarimetric observations used to infer the solar magnetic fields are obtained with a limited spatial resolution. The effects of this limited resolution on the inference of the open flux over the observed region have not been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-06 Ivan Milic , Rebecca Centeno , Xudong Sun , Matthias Rempel , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez

Solar active regions (ARs) are areas on the Sun with very strong magnetic fields where various activities take place. Prominences are one of the typical solar features in the solar atmosphere, whose eruptions often lead to solar flares and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 T. Zhang , Q. Hao , P. F. Chen

Observations the Sun's photospheric magnetic field are often confined to the Sun-Earth line. Surface flux transport (SFT) models, such as the Advective Flux Transport (AFT) model, simulate the evolution of the photospheric magnetic field to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-09 Lisa A. Upton , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Harry P. Warren , David H. Hathaway

Flare productivity varies among solar active regions (ARs). This study analyzed 20 ARs of contrasting sunspot areas and flare productivities to understand the super flare productivity of certain ARs. We used the flare index (FI) as an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Suman K. Dhakal , Jie Zhang

Magnetic flux rope (MFR) plays an important role in solar activities. A quantitative assessment of the topology of an MFR and its evolution is crucial for a better understanding of the relationship between the MFR and the associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Kai Yang , Yang Guo , M. D. Ding

In this paper we study the dynamics of toroidal flux tubes emerging from the solar interior, through the photosphere and into the corona. Many previous theoretical studies of flux emergence use a twisted cylindrical tube in the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-23 D. MacTaggart , A. W. Hood

The study of solar oscillations (helioseismology) has been a very successful method of researching the Sun. Helioseismology teaches us about the structure and mean properties of the Sun. Together with mid-resolution data, the local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 David Korda , Michal Švanda , Thierry Roudier

Using a 3D non-linear mean-field solar dynamo model, we investigate the magnetic helicity flux and magnetic twist, and tilt parameters of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) emerging from the solar convection zone due to the magnetic buoyancy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-04 V. V. Pipin , Shangbin Yang , A. G. Kosovichev

The chromosphere above active regions (ARs) on the Sun hosts magnetized supersonic downflows. Studies of these supersonic downflows help to decipher the magnetic fine structure and dynamics of the chromosphere. We perform a statistical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-26 K. Sowmya , A. Lagg , S. K. Solanki , J. S. Castellanos Durán

We analyze a three-dimensional (3D) magnetic structure and its stability in large solar active region(AR) 12192, using the 3D coronal magnetic field constructed under a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) approximation. In particular, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 S. Inoue , K. Hayashi , K. Kusano

Observations of magnetically active close binaries with orbital periods of a few days reveal the existence of starspots at preferred longitudes (with respect to the direction of the companion star). We numerically investigate the non-linear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Holzwarth , M. Schuessler

To create early warning capabilities for upcoming Space Weather disturbances, we have selected a dataset of 61 emerging active regions, which allows us to identify characteristic features in the evolution of acoustic power density to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Spiridon Kasapis , Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alexander G. Kosovichev , John T. Stefan , Bhairavi Apte

Magnetic clouds (MCs) are twisted magnetic structures ejected from the Sun and probed by in situ instruments. They are typically modeled as flux ropes (FRs). The determination of the FR global characteristics requires the estimation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 Pascal Démoulin , Sergio Dasso , Miho Janvier

Combining the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the New Vacuum Solar Telescope observations, we study a confined flare triggered by a rising flux rope within the trailing sunspots of active region 12733. The flux rope lying above the sheared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Qiao Song , Yi Bi , Ting Li