Quiet Sun magnetic fields: an observational view

L Bellot Rubio, D Orozco Suárez - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2019 - Springer
The quiet Sun is the region of the solar surface outside of sunspots, pores, and plages. In
continuum intensity it appears dominated by granular convection. However, in polarized …

The magnetic field in the solar atmosphere

T Wiegelmann, JK Thalmann, SK Solanki - The Astronomy and …, 2014 - Springer
This publication provides an overview of magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere with the
focus lying on the corona. The solar magnetic field couples the solar interior with the visible …

SUNRISE: instrument, mission, data, and first results

SK Solanki, P Barthol, S Danilovic… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory consists of a 1 m aperture Gregory telescope,
a UV filter imager, an imaging vector polarimeter, an image stabilization system, and further …

The second flight of the SUNRISE balloon-borne solar observatory: overview of instrument updates, the flight, the data, and first results

SK Solanki, TL Riethmüller, P Barthol… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory, consisting of a 1 m aperture telescope that
provides a stabilized image to a UV filter imager and an imaging vector polarimeter, carried …

Structure of solar coronal loops: from miniature to large-scale

H Peter, S Bingert, JA Klimchuk, C De Forest… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Aims. We use new data from the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) with its
unprecedented spatial resolution of the solar corona to investigate the structure of coronal …

Nature of the energy source powering solar coronal loops driven by nanoflares

LP Chitta, H Peter, SK Solanki - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Magnetic energy is required to heat the corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun, to
millions of degrees. Aims. We study the nature of the magnetic energy source that is …

Alfvénic waves in the inhomogeneous solar atmosphere

RJ Morton, R Sharma, E Tajfirouze… - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2023 - Springer
The solar atmosphere is known to be replete with magneto-hydrodynamic wave modes, and
there has been significant investment in understanding how these waves propagate through …

Fleeting small-scale surface magnetic fields build the quiet-Sun corona

LP Chitta, SK Solanki, JC del Toro Iniesta… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Arch-like loop structures filled with million Kelvin hot plasma form the building blocks of the
quiet-Sun corona. Both high-resolution observations and magnetoconvection simulations …

Comparison of solar photospheric bright points between Sunrise observations and MHD simulations

TL Riethmüller, SK Solanki, SV Berdyugina… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
Bright points (BPs) in the solar photosphere are thought to be the radiative signatures (small-
scale brightness enhancements) of magnetic elements described by slender flux tubes or …

Beyond small-scale transients: A closer look at the diffuse quiet solar corona

J Gorman, LP Chitta, H Peter, D Berghmans… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. Within the quiet Sun corona imaged at 1 MK, much of the field of view consists of
diffuse emission that appears to lack the spatial structuring that is so evident in coronal loops …