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A system of multiple open magnetic flux tubes spanning the solar photosphere and lower corona is modelled analytically, within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. This extends results for a single magnetic flux tube…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-18 Frederick A. Gent , Viktor Fedun , Rebertus Erd'elyi

Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field in the solar atmosphere provides crucial information to understand the explosive phenomenon such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Since it is still hard that we determine the 3D magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-07 Daiki Yamasaki , Takahiro Miyoshi , Satoshi Inoue

A single open magnetic flux tube spanning the solar photosphere (solar radius R) and the lower corona (R + 10 Mm) is modelled in magnetohydrostatic equilibrium within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. Such flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-16 Frederick Armstrong Gent , Viktor Fedun , Stuart John Mumford , Robertus Erdelyi

Magnetohydrostatic models of the solar atmosphere are often based on idealized analytic solutions because the underlying equations are too difficult to solve in full generality. Numerical approaches, too, are often limited in scope and have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-28 S. A. Gilchrist , D. C. Braun , G. Barnes

The plasma-$\beta$ is an important fundamental physical quantity in solar plasma physics, which determines the dominating process in the solar atmosphere, i.e., magnetic or thermodynamic processes. Here, for the first time, we provide…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Ananya Rawat , Girjesh Gupta , Tom Van Doorsselaere , S. Krishna Prasad , Robertus Erdélyi

We investigate magnetized solar-like stellar winds by means of self-consistent three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) numerical simulations. We analyze winds with different magnetic field intensities and densities as to explore…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. A. Vidotto , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

One of the puzzling features of solar magnetism is formation of long-living compact magnetic structures; such as sunspots and pores, in the highly turbulent upper layer of the solar convective zone. We use realistic radiative 3D MHD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev , A. A. Wray , N. N. Mansour

We present a radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulation of the formation of an Active Region on the solar surface. The simulation models the rise of a buoyant magnetic flux bundle from a depth of 7.5 Mm in the convection zone up into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. C. M. Cheung , M. Rempel , A. M. Title , M. Schüssler

We present a reduced magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mathematical model describing the dynamical behavior of highly conducting plasmas with frozen-in magnetic fields, constrained by the assumption that, there exists a frame of reference, where…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Igor V Sokolov , Lulu Zhao , Tamas I Gombosi

We have performed a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation to study the emergence of a twisted magnetic flux tube from -20,000 km of the solar convection zone to the corona through the photosphere and the chromosphere. The middle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Toriumi , T. Yokoyama

Solar corona is much hotter than lower layers of the solar atmosphere-photosphere and chromosphere. The coronal temperature is up to 1MK in quiet sun areas, while up to several MK in active regions, which implies a key role of magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-24 Gregory D. Fleishman , Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Gelu M. Nita

Microflares, one of small-scale solar activities, are believed to be caused by magnetic reconnection. Nevertheless, their three-dimensional (3D) magnetic structures, thermodynamic structures, and physical links to the reconnection have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Z. F. Li , X. Cheng , F. Chen , J. Chen , M. D. Ding

We present first results from three-dimensional radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulations of M-type dwarf stars with CO5BOLD. The local models include the top of the convection zone, the photosphere, and the chromosphere. The results are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-10 S. Wedemeyer , H. -G. Ludwig , O. Steiner

We investigate the three-dimensional structure of the pulsar magnetosphere through time-dependent numerical simulations of a magnetic dipole that is set in rotation. We developed our own Eulerian finite difference time domain numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Constantinos Kalapotharakos , Ioannis Contopoulos

In recent decades our understanding of solar active regions (ARs) has improved substantially due to observations made with better angular resolution and wider spectral coverage. While prior AR observations have shown that these structures…

Magnetic fields in the solar corona are responsible for a wide range of phenomena. However, any direct measurements of the coronal magnetic fields are very difficult due to lack of suitable spectral lines, weak magnetic fields, and high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-28 P. Vemareddy , A. Ambastha , T. Wiegelmann

A statistical analysis of magnetic energies of the nonlinear force-free and potential fields, and their difference (a proxy for the free magnetic energy) in active regions (ARs) on the Sun of different Hale (Mount Wilson) and McIntosh…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 I. V. Zimovets , I. N. Sharykin , W. -Q. Gan

We present numerical magnetohydrostatic solutions describing the gravitationally stratified, bulk equilibrium of cool, dense prominence plasma embedded in a near-potential coronal field. These solutions are calculated using the FINESSE…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 G. J. D. Petrie , J. W. S. Blokland , R. Keppens

The magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere structure the plasma, store free magnetic energy and produce a wide variety of active solar phenomena, like flare and coronal mass ejections(CMEs). The distribution and strength of magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , K. Olson , P. J. MacNeice

The 3-D exact analytical solutions of ideal two fluid plasma, single fluid plasma (MHD) and neutral fluid equations have been found using physically justifiable assumptions. Surprisingly these solutions satisfy all non-linearities in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Hamid Saleem , Zain H. Saleem