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The Sun is replete with magnetic fields, with sunspots, pores and plage regions being their most prominent representatives on the solar surface. But even far away from these active regions, magnetic fields are ubiquitous. To a large extent,…

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The solar wind is a dynamic plasma outflow that shapes heliospheric conditions and drives space weather. Identifying its large-scale phenomena is crucial, yet the increasing volume of high-cadence Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations poses…

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The magnetopause is the key region in space for the transfer of solar wind mass, momentum, and energy into the magnetosphere. During the last decade, our understanding of the structure and dynamics of Earth's magnetopause and its boundary…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-07-17 Hiroshi Hasegawa

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was launched in December 1995 with a suite of instruments designed to answer long-standing questions about the Sun's internal structure, its extensive outer atmosphere, and the solar wind. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Steven R. Cranmer

The aim of this research is to simulate the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetic field of Mercury and to study the particle fluxes between the magnetosheath and the planet surface. We simulate the magnetosphere structure using…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 J. Varela , F. Pantellini , M. Moncuquet

The interaction of multiple Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) has been observed by LASCO coronagraphs and by near-Earth spacecraft, and it is thought to be an important cause of geo-effective storms, large Solar Energetic Particles events and…

Space Physics · Physics 2008-08-29 N. Lugaz , W. B. Manchester , I. I. Roussev , T. I. Gombosi

Solar eruptions, known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), are frequently observed on our Sun. Recent Kepler observations of superflares on G-type stars have implied that so called super-CMEs, possessing kinetic energies 10 times of the most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-29 Vladimir S. Airapetian , Alex Glocer , William Danchi

This article discusses the magnetic connectivity between the Sun and the Earth, which is essential for understanding solar wind and space weather events. Due to limited direct observations, reliable simulations are necessary. The most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Silke Kennis , Barbara Perri , Stefaan Poedts

The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a proposed mission aimed at understanding the physical mechanisms driving the heating of the solar corona and the eruptions that are at the foundation of space weather. MUSE contains two instruments,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Bart De Pontieu , Juan Martinez-Sykora , Paola Testa , Amy Winebarger , Adrian Daw , Viggo Hansteen , Mark C. M. Cheung , Patrick Antolin , the MUSE team

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

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

Magnetic reconnection powers explosive releases of magnetic energy, heating and particle acceleration throughout the plasma universe. Knowledge of this universal process is vital to understanding the Heliosphere, as it plays a key role in…

Since the discovery by Hale in the early 1900s that sunspots harbor strong magnetic field, magnetism has become increasingly important in our understanding of processes on the Sun and in the Heliosphere. Many current and planned instruments…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-05 A. G. de Wijn

The magnetic disturbances are associated with electric currents as it is well checked at laboratory room scales and described by the Maxwell's equations of electromagnetic field. The analysis of spacecraft observations for more than a…

Space Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eugene Savov

This white paper advocates the importance of multi-height measurements of the vector magnetic field in the solar atmosphere. As briefly described in this document, these measurements are critical for addressing some of the most fundamental…

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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

In the present-day context, small satellites and their constellations consisting of varying sizes (nano, micro, pico satellites) are being favored for remote sensing and in situ probing of the heliosphere and terrestrial…

The solar atmosphere is full of complicated transients manifesting the reconfiguration of solar magnetic field and plasma. Solar jets represent collimated, beam-like plasma ejections; they are ubiquitous in the solar atmosphere and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-09 Yuandeng Shen

Context. The solar chromosphere is the interface between the solar surface and the solar corona. Modelling of this region is difficult because it represents the transition from optically thick to thin radiation escape, from gas-pressure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Mats Carlsson , Viggo H. Hansteen , Boris V. Gudiksen , Jorrit Leenaarts , Bart De Pontieu