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The aim of this work is to create a long (410 years) series of average annual total sunspot areas AR - physically-based index of sunspot activity. We used telescopic observations of the AR index in 1832-1868 and 1875-2020, as well as the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Yury A. Nagovitsyn , Aleksandra A. Osipova

Solar flare above-the-loop-top (ALT) regions are vital for understanding solar eruptions and fundamental processes in plasma physics. Recent advances in 3D MHD simulations have revealed unprecedented details on turbulent flows and MHD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Xiaoyan Xie , Chengcai Shen , Katharine Reeves , Bin Chen , Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Sijie Yu , Yuqian Wei , Chuanfei Dong

To model the structure and dynamics of the heliosphere well enough for high-quality forecasting, it is essential to accurately estimate the global solar magnetic field used as inner boundary condition in solar wind models. However, our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 Stephan G. Heinemann , Dan Yang , Shaela I. Jones , Jens Pomoell , Eleanna Asvestari , Carl J. Henney , Charles N. Arge , Laurent Gizon

We propose a new method for measuring the spatial density distribution of the stellar halo of the Milky Way. Our method is based on a pairwise statistic of the distribution of stars on the sky, the angular two-point correlation function…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-09 Anda Chen , Zhigang Li , Yougang Wang , Yan Gong , Xuelei Chen , Richard J. Long

The 3D structure of an active region (AR) filament is studied using nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) extrapolations based on simultaneous observations at a photospheric and a chromospheric height. To that end, we used the Si I 10827 \AA\…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 L. Yelles Chaouche , C. Kuckein , V. Martínez Pillet , F. Moreno-Insertis

Solar sub-surface fluid topology provides an indirect approach to examine the internal characteristics of active regions (ARs). Earlier studies have revealed the prevalence of strong flows in the interior of ARs having complex magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-19 R. A. Maurya , A. Ambastha

The New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST) has been releasing its novel winged Ha data (WHD) since April 2021, namely the Ha imaging spectroscopic data. Compared with the prior released version, the new data are further co-aligned among the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-01 Yun-Fang Cai , Xu Yang , Yong-Yuang Xiang , Xiao-Li Yan , Zhen-Yu Jin , Hui Liu , Kai-Fan Ji

The hemispheric asymmetry of sunspot activity observed possesses a regular component varying on a time scale of several solar cycles whose origin and properties are currently debated. This paper addresses the question of whether the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-08 Alexander Nepomnyashchikh , Sudip Mandal , Dipankar Banerjee , Leonid Kitchatinov

Dust polarization observations from the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) are analyzed with the goal of providing a general tool to interpret the role of the magnetic field in molecular clouds.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Patrick M. Koch , Ya-Wen Tang , Paul T. P. Ho

Sympathetic solar flares are eruptions that occur nearby in space and time, driven by an apparent interaction between the active regions in which they are triggered. Their statistical existence on the Sun has yet to be firmly established.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Louis-Simon Guité , Antoine Strugarek , Paul Charbonneau

The solar cycle is generated by a magnetohydrodynamic dynamo mechanism which involves the induction and recycling of the toroidal and poloidal components of the Sun's magnetic field. Recent observations indicate that the Babcock-Leighton…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-22 Shaonwita Pal , Dibyendu Nandy

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

We present a machine-learning photometric redshift analysis of the Kilo-Degree Survey Data Release 3, using two neural-network based techniques: ANNz2 and MLPQNA. Despite limited coverage of spectroscopic training sets, these ML codes…

Young, fast rotating single stars can show dramatically different magnetic signatures and levels of magnetic activity as compared with the Sun. While losing angular momentum due to magnetic breaking and mass loss through stellar winds, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-03 L. Kriskovics , Zs. Kővári , K. Vida , K. Oláh , T. A. Carroll , T. Granzer

The tilt of solar active regions described by Joy's law is essential for converting a toroidal field to a poloidal field in Babcock-Leighton dynamo models. In thin flux tube models the Coriolis force causes Joy's law, acting on east-west…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Hannah Schunker , Christian Baumgartner , Aaron C. Birch , Robert H. Cameron , Douglas C. Braun , Laurent Gizon

An algebraic method for the reconstruction and potentially prediction of the solar dipole moment value at sunspot minimum (known to be a good predictor of the amplitude of the next solar cycle) was suggested in the first paper in this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-29 Melinda Nagy , Kristóf Petrovay , Alexandre Lemerle , Paul Charbonneau

One prominent feature of solar cycle is its irregular variation in its cycle strength, making it challenging to predict the amplitude of the next cycle. Studies show that fluctuations and nonlinearity in generating poloidal field throughout…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Bidisha Dey , Anu Sreedevi , Bidya Binay Karak

The temporal variation of the horizontal velocity in subsurface layers beneath three different types of active regions is studied using the technique of ring diagrams. In this study, we select active regions (ARs) 10923, 10930, 10935 from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 K. Jain , R. W. Komm , I González Hernández , S. C. Tripathy , F. Hill

The MHD virial theorem may be used to estimate the magnetic energy of active regions based on vector magnetic fields measured at the photosphere or chromosphere. However, the virial estimate depends on the measured vector magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Wheatland , T. R. Metcalf

The development of accurate forecasts of solar eruptive activity has become increasingly important for preventing potential impacts on space technologies and exploration. Therefore, it is crucial to detect Active Regions (ARs) before they…