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The physical connection between thermal convection in the solar interior and the solar wind remains unclear due to their significant scale separation. Using an extended version of the three-dimensional radiative magnetohydrodynamic code…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-21 H. Iijima , T. Matsumoto , H. Hotta , S. Imada

We propose a novel methodology to identity flows in the solar atmosphere and classify their velocities as either supersonic, subsonic, or sonic. The proposed methodology consists of three parts. First, an algorithm is applied to the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 E. Philishvi , B. M. Shergelashvili , S. Buitendag , J. Raes , S. Poedts , M. L. Khodachenko

Hinode observations have provided a new view of outflows from the Sun. These have been focussed in particular on flows emanating from the edges of active regions. These flows are long lasting and seem to exist to some extent in every active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-24 Louise Harra

The solar corona has been revealed in the past decade to be a highly dynamic nonequilibrium plasma environment. Both the loop-filled coronal base and the extended acceleration region of the solar wind appear to be strongly turbulent, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven R. Cranmer

Remote and in-situ observations strongly imply that the slow solar wind consists of plasma from the hot, closed-field corona that is released onto open magnetic field lines. The Separatrix Web (S-Web) theory for the slow wind proposes that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-26 A. K. Higginson , S. K. Antiochos , C. R. DeVore , P. F. Wyper , T. H. Zurbuchen

We investigate the origin of mesoscale structures in the solar wind called microstreams defined as enhancements in solar wind speed and temperature that last several hours. They were first clearly detected in Helios and Ulysses solar wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-24 Bahaeddine Gannouni , Victor Réville , Alexis Rouillard

We first discuss how the flux transport dynamo with reasonably high diffusion can explain both the regular and the irregular features of the solar cycle quite well. Then we critically examine the inadequacies of the model and the challenge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Arnab Rai Choudhuri

We study the problem of self-supervised 3D scene flow estimation from real large-scale raw point cloud sequences, which is crucial to various tasks like trajectory prediction or instance segmentation. In the absence of ground truth scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Patrik Vacek , David Hurych , Tomáš Svoboda , Karel Zimmermann

We present a method for performing data-driven simulations of solar active region formation and evolution. The approach is based on magnetofriction, which evolves the induction equation assuming the plasma velocity is proportional to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mark C. M. Cheung , Marc L. DeRosa

Solar flares, as one of the most prominent manifestations of solar activity, have a profound impact on both the Earth's space environment and human activities. As a result, accurate solar flare prediction has emerged as a central topic in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 Mingfu Shao , Suo Liu , Haiqing Xu , Peng Jia , Hui Wang , Liyue Tong , Yang Bai , Chen Yang , Yuyang Li , Nan Li , Jiaben Lin

Current solar wind prediction is based on the Wang & Sheeley empirical relationship between the solar wind speed observed at 1 AU and the rate of magnetic flux tube expansion (FTE) between the photosphere and the inner corona, where FTE is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Bala Poduval , Gordon Petrie , Luca Bertello

Current state-of-the-art trackers often fail due to distractorsand large object appearance changes. In this work, we explore the use ofdense optical flow to improve tracking robustness. Our main insight is that, because flow estimation can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Jianing Qian , Junyu Nan , Siddharth Ancha , Brian Okorn , David Held

In this work, we present SoFT: Solar Feature Tracking, a novel feature-tracking tool developed in Python and designed to detect, identify, and track magnetic elements in the solar atmosphere. It relies on a watershed segmentation algorithm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-10 M. Berretti , M. Stangalini , S. Mestici , D. B. Jess , S. Jafarzadeh , F. Berrilli

Low-level clouds are ubiquitous in Earth's atmosphere, playing a crucial role in transporting heat, moisture, and momentum across the planet. Their evolution and interaction with other atmospheric components, such as aerosols, are essential…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Mingzhe Li , Dwaipayan Chatterjee , Franziska Glassmeier , Fabian Senf , Bei Wang

Small scale transients occur in the Solar corona at much higher frequencies than flares and play a significant role in coronal dynamics. Here we study three well-identified transients discovered by Hi-C and also detected by the EUV channels…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-01 Abhishek Rajhans , Durgesh Tripathi , Vinay L. Kashyap

The Sun's axisymmetric large-scale flows, differential rotation and meridional circulation, are thought to be maintained by the influence of rotation on the thermal-convective motions in the solar convection zone. These large-scale flows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-27 Hideyuki Hotta , Yuto Bekki , Laurent Gizon , Quentin Noraz , Mark P. Rast

Observations of the solar surface reveal the presence of flows with length scales of around $35$ Mm, commonly referred to as supergranules. Inferring the sub-surface flow profile of supergranules from measurements of the surface and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Jishnu Bhattacharya , Shravan M. Hanasoge

The origin of the Sun's slow wind and its inherent variability remain unknown, but there is increasing evidence that interactions between closed and open magnetic flux in the corona play a major role. This paper studies the dynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Sahel Dey , David I. Pontin , Spiro K. Antiochos

The meridional flow in the Sun is an axisymmetric flow that is generally poleward directed at the surface, and is presumed to be of fundamental importance in the generation and transport of magnetic fields. Its true shape and strength,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Thomas Hartlep , Junwei Zhao , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Nagi N. Mansour

The solar wind, a continuous stream of charged particles from the Sun's corona, shapes the heliosphere and impacts space systems near Earth. Variations such as high-speed streams and coronal mass ejections can disrupt satellites, power…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Reza Mansouri , Dustin Kempton , Pete Riley , Rafal Angryk