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A new Stokes inversion technique that greatly reduces the effect of the spatial point spread function of the telescope is used to constrain the physical properties of umbral dots (UDs). The depth-dependent inversion of the Stokes parameters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki , M. van Noort , S. K. Tiwari

We use rotation stereoscopy to estimate the height of a steady-state solar feature relative to the photosphere, based on its apparent motion in the image plane recorded over several days of observation. The stereoscopy algorithm is adapted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Gelu M. Nita , Gregory D. Fleishman , Ju Jing , Sergey V. Lesovoi , Vladimir M. Bogod , Leonid V. Yasnov , Haimin Wang , Dale E. Gary

Global solar photospheric magnetic maps play a critical role in solar and heliospheric physics research. Routine magnetograph measurements of the field occur only along the Sun-Earth line, leaving the far-side of the Sun unobserved. Surface…

We present a three-dimensional numerical model for the generation and evolution of the magnetic field in the solar convection zone, in which sunspots are produced and contribute to the cyclic reversal of the large-scale magnetic field. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 Rohit Kumar , Laurène Jouve , Rui F. Pinto , Alexis P. Rouillard

Transmission spectroscopy is a key technique in the characterization of exoplanet atmospheres and has been widely applied to planets undergoing hydrodynamic escape. While a robust analytic theory exists for transmission spectra of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-09 Leonardos Gkouvelis

The presence of broad wings in the H$\alpha$ line is commonly used as a diagnostic of the presence and properties of galactic winds from star-forming galaxies. However, the accuracy of this approach has not been subjected to extensive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-29 Rongjun Huang , Aditi Vijayan , Mark R. Krumholz

The solar wind speed at Earth is one of the most important parameters regarding the effects of space weather on society. Thus far, most approaches for predicting the solar wind speed produce a single-value time series without uncertainty,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-13 Daniel E. da Silva , Yash Parlikar , Shaela I. Jones , Charles N. Arge

The coronal magnetic field directly or indirectly affects a majority of the phenomena studied in space physics. It provides energy for coronal heating, controls the release of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and drives heliospheric and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Shaela I. Jones , Joseph M. Davila , Vadim M. Uritsky

Reconnection between pairs of solar magnetic flux elements, one open and the other a closed loop, is theorised to be a crucial process for both maintaining the structure of the corona and producing the solar wind. This 'interchange…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-04 Allan R Macneil , Mathew J Owens , Laura Berčič , Adam J Finley

Solar Orbiter provides unique capabilities to understand the heliosphere. In particular, it has made observations of the far-side of the Sun and provides unique information to improve space weather monitoring. We aim to quantify how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-11 Barbara Perri , Adam Finley , Victor Réville , Susanna Parenti , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Éric Buchlin

We resolve the paradox that although magnetic collimation of an isotropic solar wind results in an enhancement of its proton flux along the polar directions, several observations indicate a wind proton flux peaked at the equator. To that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Tsinganos , S. Bogovalov

We estimate the energy input into the solar corona from photospheric footpoint motions, using observations of a plage region by the Hinode Solar Optical Telescope. Assuming a perfectly ideal coronal evolution, two alternative lower bounds…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 A. R. Yeates , F. Bianchi , B. T. Welsch , P. J. Bushby

Active regions are thought to be one contributor to the slow solar wind. Upflows in EUV coronal spectral lines are routinely osberved at their boundaries, and provide the most direct way for upflowing material to escape into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-18 David H. Brooks , Louise Harra , Stuart D. Bale , Krzysztof Barczynski , Cristina Mandrini , Vanessa Polito , Harry P. Warren

Solar flare X-ray emission results from rapidly increasing temperatures and emission measures in flaring active region loops. To date, observations from the X-Ray Sensor (XRS) onboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 Daniel F. Ryan , Ryan O. Milligan , Peter T. Gallagher , Brian R. Dennis , A. Kim Tolbert , Richard A. Schwartz , C. Alex Young

After emerging to the solar surface, the Sun's magnetic field displays a complex and intricate evolution. The evolution of the surface field is important for several reasons. One is that the surface field, and its dynamics, sets the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. Jiang , D. H. Hathaway , R. H. Cameron , S. K. Solanki , L. Gizon , L. Upton

The recent launches of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), Solar Orbiter (SO) and BepiColombo, along with several older spacecraft, have provided the opportunity to study the solar wind at multiple latitudes and distances from the Sun simultaneously.…

The outflow force of molecular bipolar outflows is a key parameter in theories of young stellar feedback on their surroundings. The focus of many outflow studies is the correlation between the outflow force, bolometric luminosity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Nienke van der Marel , Lars E. Kristensen , Ruud Visser , Joseph C. Mottram , Umut A. Yıldız , Ewine F. van Dishoeck

Understanding the solar corona requires knowledge of its dynamics through its various layers and subsequent connectivity to the heliosphere. This requires understanding the nature of the outflows and the physical transitions through the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Nathalia Alzate , Huw Morgan , Simone Di Matteo

Because of the semi-collisional nature of the solar wind, the collisionless or exospheric approach as well as the hydrodynamic one are both inaccurate. However, the advantage of simplicity makes them useful for enlightening some basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Zouganelis , M. Maksimovic , N. Meyer-Vernet , H. Lamy , K. Issautier

The potential field approximation has been providing a fast, and computationally inexpensive estimation for the solar corona's global magnetic field geometry for several decades. In contrast, more physics-based global magnetohydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Ofer Cohen