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Sunspots are crucial for exploring how magnetic fields and plasma flows interact in the solar atmosphere, spanning from the stable photosphere to the shock-dominated chromosphere. To determine the thermal, magnetic, and kinematic properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-29 A. Vicente Arevalo , J. M. Borrero , I. Milic , A. Pastor Yabar , I. Kontogiannis , A. G. M. Pietrow

Obtaining the magnetic field vector accurately in the solar atmosphere is essential for studying changes in field topology during flares and to reliably model space weather. We tackle this problem by applying various inversion methods to a…

The analysis of near infrared spectropolarimetric data at the internetwork at different regions on the solar surface could offer constraints to reject current modeling of these quiet areas. We present spectro-polarimetric observations of…

We study the presence of reversed polarity magnetic flux in sunspot penumbra. We applied a new regularized method to deconvolve spectropolarimetric data observed with the spectropolarimeter SP onboard Hinode. The new regularization is based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 B. Ruiz Cobo , A. Asensio Ramos

We present results of synthetic spectro-polarimetric diagnostics of radiative MHD simulations of solar surface convection with magnetic fields. Stokes profiles of Zeeman-sensitive lines of neutral iron in the visible and infrared spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Shelyag , M. Schuessler , S. K. Solanki , A. Voegler

Chromospheric umbral oscillations produce periodic brightenings in the core of some spectral lines, known as umbral flashes. They are also accompanied by fluctuations in velocity, temperature, and, according to several recent works,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 T. Felipe , H. Socas Navarro , C. R. Sangeetha , I. Milic

We have studied the angular distribution of the magnetic field vector in the solar internetwork employing high-quality data (noise level $\sigma \approx 3\times 10^{-4}$ in units of the quiet-Sun intensity) at different latitudes recorded…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. M. Borrero , P. Kobel

Inversion codes are numerical tools used for the inference of physical properties from the observations. Despite their success, the quality of current spectropolarimetric observations and those expected in the near future presents a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Asensio Ramos , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez

Magnetic field measurements in the upper chromosphere and above, where the gas-to-magnetic pressure ratio $\beta$ is lower than unity, are essential for understanding the thermal structure and dynamical activity of the solar atmosphere.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 R. Ishikawa , A. Asensio Ramos , L. Belluzzi , R. Manso Sainz , J. Stepan , J. Trujillo Bueno , M. Goto , S. Tsuneta

Aims: to investigate the evolution of plasma properties and Stokes parameters in photospheric magnetic bright points using 3D magneto-hydrodynamical simulations and radiative diagnostics of solar granulation. Methods: simulated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-21 R. L. Hewitt , S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan

Observational astrophysics started when spectroscopy could be applied to astronomy. Similarly, observational work on stellar magnetic fields became possible with the application of spectro-polarimetry. In recent decades there have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 J. O. Stenflo

Accurate representation of atmosphere-ocean boundary layers, including the interplay of turbulence, surface waves, and air-sea fluxes, remains a challenge in geophysical fluid dynamics, particularly for climate simulations. This study…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-09-04 Long Li , Etienne Mémin , Bertrand Chapron

Magnetic Doppler imaging is currently the most powerful method of interpreting high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of stars. This technique has revealed the presence of unexpected small-scale magnetic fields on the surfaces of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 O. Kochukhov , G. A. Wade , D. Shulyak

Small-scale, newly emerging internetwork (IN) magnetic fields are considered a viable source of energy and mass for the solar chromosphere and possibly the corona. Multiple studies show that single events of flux emergence can indeed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 Milan Gošić , Bart De Pontieu , Alberto Sainz Dalda

Inferring the three-dimensional (3D) solar atmospheric structures from observations is a critical task for advancing our understanding of the magnetic fields and electric currents that drive solar activity. In this work, we introduce a…

We study chromospheric emission to understand the temperature stratification in the solar chromosphere. We observed the intensity profile of the CaIIH line in a quiet Sun region close to the disk center at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Rezaei , J. H. M. J. Bruls , W. Schmidt , C. Beck , W. Kalkofen , R. Schlichenmaier

Analysis of synoptic data from the Vector Stokes Magnetograph (VSM) of the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) and the NASA/NSO Spectromagnetograph (SPM) at the NSO/Kitt Peak Vacuum Telescope facility shows that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 Alexander V. Mordvinov , Alexei A. Pevtsov , Luca Bertello , Gordon J. D. Petrie

Understanding structures and evolutions of the magnetic fields and plasma in multiple layers on the Sun is very important. A force-free magnetic field which is an accurate approximation of the solar corona due to the low plasma $\beta$ has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Xiaoshuai Zhu , Thomas Neukirch , Thomas Wiegelmann

Context. The Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME) package has become a popular tool for analyzing stellar spectra, often in connection with large surveys or exoplanet research. SME has evolved significantly since it was first described in 1996, but…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 Nikolai Piskunov , Jeff A. Valenti

Solar variability investigations that include magnetic energy coupling are paramount to solving many key solar/stellar physics problems, particularly for understanding the temporal variability of magnetic energy redistribution and heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 N. Brice Orange , David L. Chesny , Bruce Gendre , David C. Morris , Hakeem M. Oluseyi
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