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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Sean Brannon , Dana Longcope

As one of the most spectacular energy release events in the solar system, solar flares are generally powered by magnetic reconnection in the solar corona. As a result of the re-arrangement of magnetic field topology after the reconnection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-29 Tanmoy Samanta , Hui Tian , Bin Chen , Katharine K. Reeves , Mark C. M. Cheung , Angelos Vourlidas , Dipankar Banerjee

Given the importance of simulating hydromagnetic processes that impact star formation, we have earlier developed a 3D adaptive mesh approach that allows us to include hydromagnetic processes during the formation and evolution of cores,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. F. Duffin , R. E. Pudritz

Solar filament eruptions, flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are manifestations of drastic release of energy in the magnetic field, which are related to many eruptive phenomena from the Earth magnetosphere to black hole accretion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Jin-han Guo , Yi-wei Ni , Ze Zhong , Yang Guo , Chun Xia , Hai-tang Li , Stefaan Poedts , Brigitte Schmieder , Peng-fei Chen

We computed the thermal microwave emission from a 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation and compared it with observations of solar jets. The simulation treats the emergence of magnetic flux into the solar atmosphere and its interaction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-23 Costas E. Alissandrakis , Vasilis Archontis , Kostas Moraitis

The history and present state of large-scale magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling of the solar corona and the solar wind with steady or quasi-steady coronal physics is reviewed. We put the evolution of ideas leading to the recognition of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Tamas I. Gombosi , Bart van der Holst , Ward B. Manchester , Igor V. Sokolov

Scale invariance is a hallmark of many natural systems, including solar flares, where energy release spans a vast range of scales. Recent computational advances, at the level of both algorithmics and hardware, have enabled high-resolution…

Solar flares are sudden and violent releases of magnetic energy in the solar atmosphere that can be divided in eruptive flares, when plasma is ejected from the solar atmosphere, resulting in a coronal mass ejection (CME), and confined…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 F. P. Zuccarello , R. Chandra , B. Schmieder , G. Aulanier , R. Joshi

Solar flares are a major driver of hazardous space weather, whose intense electromagnetic emissions and energetic particles can significantly disturb the near-Earth space environment. Therefore, understanding the physical processes during a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Shihan Li , Jinhan Guo , Wensi Wang , Yu Dai , Brigitte Schmieder , Jaroslav DudÍk , Yang Guo , Mingde Ding

Context. Stellar flares can significantly influence the atmospheres and habitability of orbiting exoplanets, especially around young and active M dwarfs. Understanding the temporally and spectrally resolved activity of such stars is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 E. Mamonova , A. F. Kowalski , K. Herbst , S. Wedemeyer , S. C. Werner

Data-driven simulation is becoming an important approach for realistically characterizing the configuration and evolution of solar active regions, revealing the onset mechanism of solar eruption events and hopefully achieving the goal of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Xinyi Wang , Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng

Context. We introduce a model for including accelerated particles in pure magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations of the solar atmosphere. Aims. We show that the method is viable and produces results that enhance the realism of MHD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 Helle Bakke , Lars Frogner , Boris Vilhelm Gudiksen

The bulk of solar flare energy is deposited in the chromosphere. Flare ribbons and footpoints in the chromosphere therefore offer great diagnostic potential of flare energy release and transport processes. High quality observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-12 Graham S. Kerr , Adam F. Kowalski , Joel C. Allred , Adrian N. Daw , Melissa R. Kane

Within the framework of a two-fluid description possible pathways for the generation of fast flows (dynamical as well as steady) in the lower solar atmosphere is established. It is shown that a primary plasma flow (locally sub-Alfv\'enic)…

Over the last decades, realistic 3D radiative-MHD simulations have become the dominant theoretical tool for understanding the complex interactions between the plasma and the magnetic field on the Sun. Most of such simulations are based on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , A. de Vicente

We propose a magnetic confinement nuclear fusion mechanism for the evolution of a solar flare in solar atmosphere. The mechanism agree with two observed characteristics of explosive flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that have proved…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Ying-Zhi Zhang

In order to bridge the gap between heliospheric and solar observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), one of the key steps is to improve the understanding of their corresponding magnetic structures like the magnetic flux ropes (MFRs).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 Wen He , Qiang Hu , Chaowei Jiang , Jiong Qiu , Avijeet Prasad

Turbulent plasma motion is common in the universe, and invoked in solar flares to drive effective acceleration leading to high energy electrons. Unresolved mass motions are frequently detected in flares from extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Wenzhi Ruan , Limei Yan , Rony Keppens

Coronal heating through the explosive release of magnetic energy remains an open problem in solar physics. Recent hydrodynamical models attempt an investigation by placing swarms of 'nanoflares' at random sites and times in modeled…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-30 K. Moraitis , A. Toutountzi , H. Isliker , M. Georgoulis , L. Vlahos , G. Chintzoglou

We analyze a grid of radiative hydrodynamic simulations of solar flares to study the energy balance and response of the atmosphere to nonthermal electron beam heating. The appearance of chromospheric bubbles is one of the most notable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-22 Aaron Reid , Bogdan Zhigulin , Mats Carlsson , Mihalis Mathioudakis