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Recently observed oscillations in the solar atmosphere have been interpreted and modeled as magnetohydrodynamic wave modes. This has allowed the estimation of parameters that are otherwise hard to derive, such as the coronal magnetic-field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-07 Jack Ireland , Michael S. Marsh , Therese A. Kucera , Christopher A. Young

The calling card of solar magnetism is the sunspot cycle, during which sunspots regularly reverse their polarity sense every 11 years. However, a number of more complicated time-dependent behaviors have also been identified. In particular,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-06 Loren Matilsky , Juri Toomre

Solar active regions (ARs) are the primary source of solar eruptions and space weather. Accurate detection and tracking of ARs is crucial for understanding their evolution and predicting solar activities. In the previous work, based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-25 C. X. Shi , Q. Hao , P. F. Chen , Y. Guo

Solar inertial modes are quasi-toroidal modes of the Sun that are of practical interest as they allow probing the deep convection zone. Since 2010, solar images of the photospheric magnetic field are made available by HMI onboard the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-10 Neelanchal Joshi , Zhi-Chao Liang , Damien Fournier , Laurent Gizon

The rotational profile of the Sun is considered to be one of the key inputs in a solar dynamo model. Hence, precise and long-term measurements of this quantity is important for our understanding of solar magnetism and its variability. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-02 Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Aditya Priyadarshi , Sudip Mandal , Subhamoy Chaterjee , Dipankar Banerjee

Decay and dispersal of the tilted Bipolar Magnetic Regions (BMRs) on the solar surface are observed to produce large-scale poloidal field, which acts as the seed for the toroidal field and, thus, the next sunspot cycle. However, various…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-17 Pawan Kumar , Bidya Binay Karak , Anu Sreedevi

Investigating the solar magnetic field is crucial to understand the physical processes in the solar interior as well as their effects on the interplanetary environment. We introduce a novel method to predict the evolution of the solar…

We have examined the global structure of the solar magnetic field using data from the FeI spectral line at {\lambda}5250.2{\AA} obtained at the 150-foot tower telescope at the Mt. Wilson Observatory (MWO). For each point on the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Roger K. Ulrich , Tham Tran

Context. The Sun shows an activity cycle that is caused by its varying global magnetic field. During a solar cycle, sunspots, i.e. extended regions of strong magnetic fields, occur in activity belts that are slowly migrating from middle to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-25 D. Utz , R. Muller , S. Thonhofer , A. Veronig , A. Hanslmeier , M. Bodnárová , M. Bárta , J. C. del Toro Iniesta

The variation of solar irradiance is one of the natural forcing mechanisms of the terrestrial climate. Hence, the time-dependent solar irradiance is an important input parameter for climate modelling. The solar surface magnetic field is a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-11 Omar Ashamari , Rami Qahwaji , Stan Ipson , Micha Scholl , Omar Nibouche , Margit Haberreiter

Among several heliophysical and geophysical quantities, the accurate evolution of the solar irradiance is fundamental to forecast the evolution of the neutral and ionized components of the Earth's atmosphere.We developed an artificial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-23 Luis Eduardo A. Vieira , Thierry Dudok de Wit , Matthieu Kretzschmar

Identifying solar active regions (ARs), which consist of one or more pairs of magnetic patches with opposite polarities, is essential due to their significant role in dynamic solar atmospheric phenomena. In this study, we analyze ARs during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Zahra Tajik , Hasan Rezaei , Mehdi Simiari , Hossien Safari

The Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM) of the NSO's Synoptic Optical Long-Term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) facility is now operational and obtains the first-ever vector magnetic field measurements of the entire visible solar hemisphere.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-02 M. K. Georgoulis , N. -E. Raouafi , C. J Henney

Breakthroughs in our understanding of physical phenomena have traditionally followed improvements in instrumentation. Studies of the magnetic field of the Sun, and its influence on the solar dynamo and space weather events, have benefited…

The continuous observation of the magnetic field by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) produces numerous image sequences in time and space. These sequences provide data support for predicting the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Liang Bai , Yi Bi , Bo Yang , Jun-Chao Hong , Zhe Xu , Zhen-Hong Shang , Hui Liu , Hai-Sheng Ji , Kai-Fan Ji

Detection of the drivable area in all conditions is crucial for autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems. However, the amount of labeled data in adverse driving conditions is limited, especially in winter, and supervised…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Eerik Alamikkotervo , Risto Ojala , Alvari Seppänen , Kari Tammi

With the rapid development of telescopes, both temporal cadence and the spatial resolution of observations are increasing. This in turn generates vast amount of data, which can be efficiently searched only with automated detections in order…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Q. Hao , P. F. Chen , C. Fang

The relationship between bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) and their sunspots is an important property of the solar magnetic field, but it is not well constrained. One consequence is that it is a challenge for surface flux transport models…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-30 K. L. Yeo , S. K. Solanki , N. A. Krivova , J. Jiang

We explore the cause of the solar cycle variabilities using a novel 3D Babcock--Leighton dynamo model. In this model, based on the toroidal flux at the base of the convection zone, bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) are produced with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Bidya Binay Karak , Mark Miesch

We carry out numerical simulations of the surface evolution of bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) and magnetic spots on stars, which have radii and surface rotational shears of AB Doradus, the Sun, and the HR 1099 primary. The surface flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Emre Isik , Manfred Schuessler , Sami K. Solanki