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This paper presents SunPy (version 0.5), a community-developed Python package for solar physics. Python, a free, cross-platform, general-purpose, high-level programming language, has seen widespread adoption among the scientific community,…

The 3D magnetic topology of a solar active region (NOAA 10956) was reconstructed using a linear force-free field extrapolation constrained using the twin perspectives of \emph{STEREO}. A set of coronal field configurations was initially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Paul A. Conlon , Peter T. Gallagher

We present a new code designed to solve the equations of classical ideal magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) in three dimensions, submitted to a constant gravitational field. The purpose of the code centers on the analysis of solar phenomena within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-22 J. J. Gonzalez-Aviles , A. Cruz-Osorio , F. D. Lora-Clavijo , F. S. Guzman

A convenient representation of the structure of the large-scale galactic magnetic field is required for the interpretation of polarization data in the sub-mm and radio ranges, in both the Milky Way and external galaxies. We develop a simple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-14 Anvar Shukurov , Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Paul J. Bushby , James Hollins , Jorg P. Rachen

We present three-dimensional solutions of the magnetohydrostatic equations in the co-rotating frame of reference outside a magnetized rigidly rotating cylinder. We make no symmetry assumption for the magnetic field, but to be able to make…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-30 Thomas Neukirch

It is widely believed that loops observed in the solar atmosphere trace out magnetic field lines. However, the degree to which magnetic field extrapolations yield field lines that actually do follow loops has yet to be studied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Harry P. Warren , Nicholas A. Crump , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Xudong Sun , Markus J. Aschwanden , Thomas Wiegelmann

Magnetic field plays an important role in various solar eruptions like flares, coronal mass ejections, etc. The formation and evolution of characteristic magnetic field topology in solar eruptions are critical problems that will ultimately…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Wen He , Qiang Hu , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang , Chaowei Jiang , Sushree S. Nayak , Avijeet Prasad

The secondary electron emission process is essential for the optimal operation of a wide range of applications, including fusion reactors, high-energy accelerators, or spacecraft. The process can be influenced and controlled by the use of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Claudiu Costin

Knowledge regarding the coronal magnetic field is important for the understanding of many phenomena, like flares and coronal mass ejections. Because of the low plasma beta in the solar corona the coronal magnetic field is often assumed to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Wiegelmann , Bernd Inhester , Takashi Sakurai

Diagnosing solar flare conditions is essential for understanding coronal energy release. Using combined microwave and X-ray data, we reconstruct three-dimensional maps of the magnetic field and plasma parameters in the SOL2021-05-07 flare.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Tatyana Kaltman , Sijie Yu , Gregory D. Fleishman , Daniel F. Ryan

The coronal magnetic field cannot be directly observed, but in principle it can be reconstructed from the comparatively well observed photospheric magnetic field. A popular approach uses a nonlinear force-free model. Non-magnetic forces at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-28 S. A. Gilchrist , M. S. Wheatland

Magnetic field extrapolation from the solar photosphere to the corona plays an important role in solar physics research. In this work, we present a fully-implicit viscous-relaxation nonlinear force-free field (FIVR-NLFFF) extrapolation code…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-18 Zhenhua Liu , Chaowei Jiang

A previously published analytical magnetohydrodynamic model for the local interstellar magnetic field in the vicinity of the heliopause (R\"oken et al. 2015) is extended from incompressible to compressible, yet predominantly subsonic flow,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 J. Kleimann , C. Röken , H. Fichtner

Force-free extrapolations are widely used to study the magnetic field in the solar corona based on surface measurements. The extrapolations assume that the ratio of internal energy of the plasma to magnetic energy, the plasma-beta is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-25 H. Peter , J. Warnecke , L. P. Chitta , R. H. Cameron

Inversion techniques applied to the radiative transfer equation for polarized light are capable of inferring the physical parameters in the solar atmosphere (temperature $T$, magnetic field ${\bf B}$, and line-of-sight velocity $v_{\rm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 J. M. Borrero , A. Pastor Yabar , B. Ruiz Cobo

Waves observed in the photosphere and chromosphere of sunspots show complex dynamics and spatial patterns. The interpretation of high-resolution sunspot wave observations requires modeling of three-dimensional non-linear wave propagation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 T. Felipe , E. Khomenko , M. Collados

We present a Python tool to generate a standard dataset from solar images that allows for user-defined selection criteria and a range of pre-processing steps. Our Python tool works with all image products from both the Solar and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-17 Carl Shneider , Andong Hu , Ajay K. Tiwari , Monica G. Bobra , Karl Battams , Jannis Teunissen , Enrico Camporeale

Solar flares and plasma eruptions are sudden releases of magnetic energy stored in the plasma atmosphere. To understand the physical mechanisms governing their occurrences, three-dimensional magnetic fields from the photosphere up to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Takafumi Kaneko , Sung-Hong Park , Kanya Kusano

Solar magnetic fields play a key role in understanding the nature of the coronal phenomena. Global coronal magnetic fields are usually extrapolated from photospheric fields, for which farside data is taken when it was at the frontside,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-28 Hyun-Jin Jeong , Yong-Jae Moon , Eunsu Park , Harim Lee

A combination of analytical calculations and vectormagnetogram data are utilized to develop a non-axisymmetric non-force-free magnetic field and asses its viability in describing solar active regions. For the purpose, we construct a local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-21 A. Prasad , R. Bhattacharyya