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Direct solar coronal magnetic field measurements have become possible since recent development of high-sensitivity infrared detection technology. The SOLARC instrument installed on Mt. Haleakala is such a polarimetric coronagraph that was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-05 Y. Liu , H. Lin

We analyzed the band splitting of a Type II radio burst observed on 1997 May 12 by ground- and space-based radio spectrometers. Type II radio emission is the most evident signature of coronal shock waves and the observed band splitting is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-02 S. Mancuso , M. V. Garzelli

We estimated the coronal magnetic field strength ($B$) during the 23 July 2016 coronal mass ejection (CME) event using i) the flux rope structure of the CME in the whitelight coronagraph images and ii) the band splitting in the associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 Anshu Kumari , R. Ramesh , C. Kathiravan , T. J. Wang

Magnetic fields in the sun's outer atmosphere -- the corona -- control both solar-wind acceleration and the dynamics of solar eruptions. We present the first clear observational evidence of coronal magnetic nulls in off-limb linearly…

Magnetic field is the key physical quantity in solar physics as it controls all kinds of solar activity, ranging from nanoflares to big flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, so far only the magnetic field on the solar surface…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 P. F. Chen

By measuring the geometrical properties of the coronal mass ejection (CME) flux rope and the leading shock observed on 2010 June 13 by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) we determine the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Nat Gopalswamy , Nariaki Nitta , Sachiko Akiyama , Pertti Mäkelä , Seiji Yashiro

The Type-II solar radio burst recorded on 13 June 2010 by the radio spectrograph of the Hiraiso Solar Observatory was employed to estimate the magnetic-field strength in the solar corona. The burst was characterized by a well pronounced…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 V. Vasanth , S. Umapathy , B. Vršnak , T. Žic , O. Prakash

Using cosmological MHD simulations of the magnetic field in galaxy clusters and filaments we evaluate the possibility to infer the magnetic field strength in filaments by measuring cross-correlation functions between Faraday Rotation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Stasyszyn , S. E. Nuza , K. Dolag , R. Beck , J. Donnert

Quasi-periodic fast propagating magnetosonic waves (QFPs) were discovered in the solar corona in EUV since the launch of SDO spacecraft more than a decade ago. The QFP waves are associated with flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Leon Ofman , Tongjiang Wang , Xudon Sun , Meng Jin

Coronal and chromospheric magnetic fields are derived from polarization and spectral observations of the thermal free-free emission using the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH). In magnetized plasma, the ordinary and extraordinary modes of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kazumasa Iwai , Kiyoto Shibasaki

"EIT waves" are freely-propagating global pulses in the low corona which are strongly associated with the initial evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They are thought to be large-amplitude, fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 David M. Long , Gherardo Valori , David Pérez-Suárez , Richard J. Morton , Alberto Marcos Vásquez

Slow magnetoacoustic waves represent an important tool for probing the solar coronal plasma. We quantitatively assess the applicability of the weak thermal conduction theory to coronal seismology by slow waves. We numerically model the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-23 Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov

The magnetic field vector of the solar corona is not regularly and comprehensively being measured, because of the complexity and degeneracy inherently present in the types of observations currently available. To address some of the current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-31 Momchil Molnar , Roberto Casini

Magnetic arcades in the solar atmosphere, or coronal loops, are common structures known to host magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and oscillations. Of particular interest are the observed properties of transverse loop oscillations, such as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-16 Farhad Allian , Rekha Jain

The Coronal Global Evolutionary Model (CGEM) provides data-driven simulations of the magnetic field in the solar corona to better understand the build-up of magnetic energy that leads to eruptive events. The CGEM project has developed six…

The coronal magnetic field is an important quantity because the magnetic field dominates the structure of the solar corona. Unfortunately direct measurements of coronal magnetic fields are usually not available. The photospheric magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 T. Wiegelmann

Knowledge of the structure of the coronal magnetic field is important for our understanding of many solar activity phenomena, e.g. flares and CMEs. However, the direct measurement of coronal magnetic fields is not possible with present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 T. Wiegelmann , T. Neukirch

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) often show different features in different band-passes. By combining data in white-light (WL) and ultraviolet (UV) bands, we have applied different techniques to derive plasma temperatures, electron density,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-19 Beili Ying , Alessandro Bemporad , Li Feng , Lei Lu , Weiqun Gan , Hui Li

We use state-of-the-art, three-dimensional non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the quiet solar atmosphere to carry out detailed tests of chromospheric magnetic field diagnostics from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Maria Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki , Gregory D. Fleishman , Mats Carlsson