Publications by Dieter Schmitt


Papers in refereed journals



  1. R. H. Cameron, D. Schmitt, J. Jiang, E. Isik: Surface flux evolution constraints for flux transport dynamos, Astron. Astrophys., in press (2012)

  2. A. Nakamichi, H. Mouri, D. Schmitt, A. Ferriz-Mas, J. Wicht, M. Morikawa: Coupled spin models for magnetic variation of planets and stars, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., in press (2012)

  3. D. Heyner, K.-H. Glassmeier, D. Schmitt: Stellar wind influence on planetary dynamos, Astrophys. J., 750, 133 (2012), [DOI]

  4. D. Heyner, J. Wicht, N. Gómez-Pérez, D. Schmitt, H.-U. Auster, K.-H. Glassmeier: Evidence from numerical experiments for a feedback dynamo generating Mercury's magnetic field, Science 334, 1690 (2011), [DOI]

  5. M. Schrinner, D. Schmitt, P. Hoyng: Mode analysis of numerical geodynamo models, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 188, 185 (2011), [DOI]

  6. J. Jiang, R. H. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Can surface flux transport account for the weak polar field in cycle 23?, Space Sci. Rev., in press, online 17 May 2011, [DOI]

  7. E. Isik, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Magnetic flux generation and transport in cool stars, Astron. Astrophys. 528, A135 (2011), [DOI]

  8. J. Jiang, R. H. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: The solar magnetic field since 1700. II. Physical reconstruction of total, polar and open flux, Astron. Astrophys. 528, A83 (2011), [DOI]

  9. J. Jiang, R. H. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: The solar magnetic field since 1700. I. Characteristics of sunspot group emergence and reconstruction of the butterfly diagram, Astron. Astrophys. 528, A82 (2011), [DOI]

  10. D. Heyner, D. Schmitt, K.-H. Glassmeier, J. Wicht: Dynamo action in an ambient field, Astron. Nachr. 332, 36 (2011), [DOI]

  11. L. Matloch, R. Cameron, S. Shelyag, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Mesogranular structure in a hydrodynamical simulation, Astron. Astrophys. 519, A52 (2010), [DOI]

  12. R. H. Cameron, J. Jiang, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Surface flux transport modeling for solar cycles 15-21: effects of cycle-dependent tilt angles of sunspot groups, Astrophys. J. 719, 264 (2010), [DOI]

  13. M. Schrinner, D. Schmitt, J. Jiang, P. Hoyng: An efficient method for computing the eigenfunctions of the dynamo equation, Astron. Astrophys. 519, A80 (2010), [DOI]

  14. M. Schrinner, D. Schmitt, R. Cameron, P. Hoyng: Saturation and time dependence of geodynamo models, Geophys. J. Int. 182, 675 (2010), [DOI]

  15. J. Jiang, E. Isik, R. H. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: The effect of activity-related meridional flow modulation on the strength of the solar polar magnetic field, Astrophys. J. 717, 597 (2010), [DOI]

  16. D. Heyner, D. Schmitt, J. Wicht, K. -H. Glassmeier, H. Korth, U. Motschmann: The initial temporal evolution of a feedback dynamo for Mercury, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics 104, 419 (2010), [DOI], [arXiv]

  17. J. Jiang, R. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Modeling the Sun's open magnetic flux and the heliospheric current sheet, Astrophys. J. 709, 301 (2010), [DOI]

  18. L. Matloch, R. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Modelling of solar mesogranulation, Astron. Astrophys. 504, 1041 (2009), [DOI]

  19. J. Jiang, R. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Countercell meridional flow and latitudinal distribution of the solar polar magnetic field, Astrophys. J. Lett. 693, L96 (2009), [DOI]

  20. U. R. Christensen, D. Schmitt, M. Rempel: Planetary dynamos from a solar perspective, Space Sci. Rev. 144, 105 (2009), [DOI]

  21. S. K. Solanki, T. Wenzler, D. Schmitt: Moments of the latitudinal dependence of the sunspot cycle: a new diagnostic of dynamo models, Astron. Astrophys. 483, 623 (2008)

  22. E. Isik, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: A coupled model of magnetic flux generation and transport in stars, Astron. Nachr. 328, 1111 (2007)

  23. M. Schrinner, K.-H. Rädler, D. Schmitt, M. Rheinhardt, U. Christensen: Mean-field concept and direct numerical simulations of rotating magnetoconvection and the geodynamo, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics 101, 81 (2007), [PDF]
    [Author posting. (c) Taylor & Francis, 2007. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Volume 101 Issue 2, April 2007. doi:10.1080/03091920701345707 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03091920701345707)]

  24. V. Holzwarth, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Flow instabilities of magnetic flux tubes, II. Longitudinal flow, Astron. Astrophys. 469, 11 (2007), [DOI]

  25. M. Schrinner, K.-H. Rädler, D. Schmitt, M. Rheinhardt, U. Christensen: Mean-field view on geodynamo models, Magnetohydrodynamics 42, 111 (2006), [PDF]

  26. I. Baumann, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: A necessary extension of the surface flux transport model, Astron. Astrophys. 446, 307 (2006), [DOI]

  27. M. Schrinner, K.-H. Rädler, D. Schmitt, M. Rheinhardt, U. Christensen: Mean-field view on rotating magnetoconvection and a geodynamo model, Astron. Nachr. 326, 245 (2005), [PDF]

  28. S. Lorito, D. Schmitt, G. Consolini, P. De Michelis: Stochastic resonance in a bistable geodynamo model, Astron. Nachr. 326, 227 (2005), [PDF]

  29. I. Baumann, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler, S. K. Solanki: Evolution of the large-scale magnetic field on the solar surface: a parameter study, Astron. Astrophys. 426, 1075 (2004), [ADS]

  30. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt: Does the butterfly diagram indicate a solar flux-transport dynamo? Astron. Astrophys. 421, 349 (2004), [ADS]

  31. F. Kolesnikov, M. Bünte, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Kelvin-Helmholtz and shear instability of a helical flow around a magnetic flux tube, Astron. Astrophys. 420, 737 (2004), [ADS]

  32. P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt, M. A. J. H. Ossendrijver: A theoretical analysis of the observed variability of the geomagnetic dipole field, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 130, 143 (2002), [ADS]

  33. D. Schmitt, M. A. J. H. Ossendrijver, P. Hoyng: Magnetic field reversals and secular variation in a bistable geodynamo model, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 125, 119 (2001), [ADS]

  34. P. Hoyng, M. A. J. H. Ossendrijver, D. Schmitt: The geodynamo as a bistable oscillator, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 94, 263 (2001), [PDF manuscript, reprint on request]

  35. A. Vögler, D. Schmitt: Generation of bisymmetric magnetic fields in galaxies with tidal interaction, Astron. Astrophys. 374, 36 (2001), [ADS]

  36. K. Ferrière, D. Schmitt: Numerical models of the galactic dynamo driven by supernovae and superbubbles, Astron. Astrophys. 358, 125 (2000), [ADS]

  37. M. Rempel, D. Schmitt, W. Glatzel: Stability of a flux tube model for prominences, Astron. Astrophys. 343, 615 (1999), [ADS]

  38. D. Schmitt: On the stability of stationary flows in thin magnetic flux tubes, Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 89, 75 (1998), [ADS, PS manuscript, reprint on request]

  39. A. Brandenburg, D. Schmitt: Simulations of an alpha-effect due to magnetic buoyancy, Astron. Astrophys. 338, L55 (1998), [ADS]

  40. A. J. H. Ossendrijver, P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt: Stochastic excitation and memory of the solar dynamo, Astron. Astrophys. 313, 938 (1996), [ADS]

  41. D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler, A. Ferriz-Mas: Intermittent solar activity by an on-off dynamo, Astron. Astrophys. 311, L1 (1996), [ADS]

  42. D. Schmitt: Stability analysis of non-steady MHD-equilibria, Astrophys. Space Sci. 225, 315 (1995), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  43. A. Ferriz-Mas, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: A dynamo effect due to instability of magnetic flux tubes, Astron. Astrophys. 289, 949 (1994), [ADS]

  44. P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt, L. J. W. Teuben: The effect of random alpha-fluctuations and the global properties of the solar magnetic field, Astron. Astrophys. 289, 265 (1994), [ADS]

  45. W. Deinzer, H. Grosser, D. Schmitt: Torus dynamos for galaxies and accretion disks, I. The axisymmetric alpha-Omega-dynamo embedded into vacuum, Astron. Astrophys. 273, 405 (1993), [ADS]

  46. D. Schmitt, G. Rüdiger: Dynamos in resonance, Astron. Astrophys. 264, 319 (1992), [ADS]

  47. D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Non-linear dynamos, I. One-dimensional model of a thin layer dynamo, Astron. Astrophys. 223, 343 (1989), [ADS]

  48. D. Schmitt: An alpha-Omega-dynamo with an alpha-effect due to magnetostrophic waves, Astron. Astrophys. 174, 281 (1987), [ADS]

  49. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt: Comments on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Astron. Astrophys. 97, 373 (1981), [ADS]


Invited reviews



  1. D. Schmitt: Origin of solar magnetic variability, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana 76, 773 (2005), [ADS]

  2. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt: Theoretical models of solar magnetic variability, in Solar Variability and its Effect on Climate, Geophysical Monograph 141, American Geophysical Union, pp. 33-49 (2004), [PDF manuscript]

  3. D. Schmitt: Dynamo action of magnetostrophic waves, in: A. Ferriz-Mas, M. Núñez (eds.), Advances in Nonlinear Dynamos, The Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics, Taylor and Francis, pp. 83-122 (2003), [PS manuscript]

  4. D. Schmitt, H.-H. Voigt (Eds.): Solar and Galactic Magnetic Fields, Proceedings of a workshop held in Göttingen, 2-3 February 1995, Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (1996), [ADS]

  5. D. Schmitt, U. Degenhardt: Equilibrium and Stability of Quiescent Prominences, in: G. Klare (ed.), Reviews in Modern Astronomy 8, 61 (1995), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  6. D. Schmitt: Mean-Field Theory of the Solar Dynamo, in: Advances in Solar Physics, G. Belvedere, M. Rodono, G. Simnett (eds.), Lecture Notes in Physics 432, 69, Springer, Heidelberg (1994), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  7. D. Schmitt: The Solar Dynamo, in: The Cosmic Dynamo, F. Krause, K.-H. Rädler, G. Rüdiger (eds.), Proc. IAU-Symp. 157, 1, Kluwer, Dordrecht (1993), [ADS, PS manuscript, Plot]

  8. D. Schmitt: A Torus-Dynamo for Magnetic Fields in Galaxies and Accretion Disks, in: G. Klare (ed.), Reviews in Modern Astronomy 3, 86 (1990), [ADS]


Conference proceedings



  1. D. Meduri, D. Schmitt, J. Wicht, V. Carbone, L. Sorriso-Valvo: A statistical analysis of reversal sequences: geomagnetic field, coupled spin and numerical dynamo models, EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 6, EPSC-DPS2011-794 (2011)

  2. D. Heyner, J. Wicht, N. Gómez-Pérez, D. Schmitt, H.-U. Auster, K.-H. Glassmeier: The feedback dynamo of Mercury, EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 6, EPSC-DPS2011-1162 (2011)

  3. J. Jiang, D. Schmitt: A physical reconstruction of solar magnetic field since 1700, First Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, ASI Conf. Ser., Vol. 2, 149 (2011)

  4. D. Heyner, N. Gomez, J. Müller, J. Wicht, D. Schmitt, K.-H. Glassmeier: Magnetospheric feedback on the dynamo of Mercury, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, P21A-1200 (2009)

  5. D. Schmitt, D. Heyner, K.-H. Glassmeier, J. Wicht: Dynamo action in an ambient field, Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy 39, 39 (2009)

  6. K.-H. Glassmeier, D. Schmitt, U. Motschmann, D. Heyner, J. Wicht: Concerning the temporal evolution of Mercury's feedback dynamo, COSPAR 37, 1028 (2008)

  7. L. Matloch, R. Cameron, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Solar mesogranulation as a cellular automaton effect, in: Modern Solar Facilities - Advanced Solar Science, F. Kneer, K. G. Puschmann, A. D. Wittmann (eds.), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 339 (2007)

  8. M. Schrinner, K.-H. Rädler, D. Schmitt, M. Rheinhardt, U. Christensen: Mean-field view on magnetoconvection and dynamo models, in: Proceedings of the Joint 15th Riga and 6th pamir international conference, Vol. I, 85, Riga (2005), [http://www.ipul.lv/pamir, PDF]

  9. I. Baumann, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: A necessary extension of the flux transport model, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana 76, 933 (2005), [ADS]

  10. S. Lorito, D. Schmitt, G. Consolini, P. De Michelis, P. Hoyng: Stochastic resonance in a bistable geodynamo model, Geophys. Res. Abstr. 6, 723 (2004)

  11. D. Schmitt, A. Ferriz-Mas: Variable solar and stellar activity by a flux tube dynamo, in: NATO Advanced Research Workshop Tubulence, Waves, and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma, E. Forgacs-Dajka, K. Petrovay, R. Erdelyi (eds.), Publ. Astr. Dept. Eötvös Univ. 13, 89, Budapest (2003), [PDF]

  12. P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt, M. Ossendrijver: A theoretical analysis of the observed variability of the geomagnetic dipole field, Geophys. Res. Abstr. 3, 180 (2001)

  13. A. Vögler, D. Schmitt: Generation of bisymmetric magnetic fields in gravitationally interacting galaxies, Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 15, 77 (1999), [ADS]

  14. M. A. J. H. Ossendrijver, P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt: The geodynamo as a bistable oscillator, Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 15, 73 (1999), [ADS]

  15. D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler, A. Ferriz-Mas: Variability of Solar and Stellar Activity by Two Interacting Hydromagnetic Dynamos, in: The 10th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, R. A. Donahue, J. A. Bookbinder (eds.), A.S.P. Conf. Ser. Vol. 154, 1324 (1998), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  16. N. Al, C. Bendlin, C. R. de Boer, C. Denker, F. Kneer, D. Schmitt, R. Volkmer, V. Wilken: Dynamics of Solar Fine Structure: Oberservation with High Spatial Resolution, in: The 10th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, R. A. Donahue, J. A. Bookbinder (eds.), A.S.P. Conf. Ser. Vol. 154, 553 (1998), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  17. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt, A. Ferriz-Mas: Long-term Variation of Solar Activity by a Dynamo Based on Magnetic Flux Tubes, in: Advances in the Physics of Sunspots, B. Schmieder, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, M. Vazquez (eds.), A.S.P. Conf. Ser. Vol. 118, p. 39 (1997), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  18. D. Schmitt, H.-H. Voigt (Eds.): Solar and Galactic Magnetic Fields, Proceedings of a workshop held in Göttingen, 2-3 February 1995, Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (1996), [ADS]

  19. A. J. H. Ossendrijver, P. Hoyng, D. Schmitt: Does the Sun Have a Memory?, in: D. Schmitt, H.-H. Voigt (1996), [ADS]

  20. D. Schmitt, E. Schreiber: Galactic Dynamos - Requirements and Possibilities, in: D. Schmitt, H.-H. Voigt (1996), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  21. A. Ferriz-Mas, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Teoria dinamo estelar con tubos de flujo magnetico, in: XXV Reunion Bienal de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Fisica, Seccion A-5, Santiago de Compostela (1995)

  22. D. Schmitt: Parametric Resonance in Dynamos, Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 10, 81 (1994), [ADS, PS abstract]

  23. D. Schmitt, A. Ferriz-Mas, M. Schüssler: Alpha-effect due to instability of magnetic flux tubes and the solar dynamo, in: Solar Magnetic Fields, M. Schüssler, W. Schmidt (eds.), Cambridge University Press, p. 101 (1994), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  24. D. Schmitt, P. Hoyng, L. J. W. Teuben: Random forcing and the mode structure of the solar magnetic field, in: Solar Magnetic Fields, M. Schüssler, W. Schmidt (eds.), Cambridge University Press, p. 110 (1994), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  25. G. Rüdiger, D. Schmitt, A. Brandenburg: Galactic Magnetic Fields, Dynamo Theory and Interstellar Turbulence, Bericht über das 127. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Physikalische Blätter (1994)

  26. W. Deinzer, H. Grosser, D. Schmitt: Torus-Dynamo, in: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields, R. Beck, P. P. Kronberg, R. Wielebinski (eds.), Proc. IAU-Symp. 140, 95 (1990), [ADS, PS manuscript]

  27. W. Deinzer, H. Grosser, D. Schmitt: Generation of Magnetic Fields in Gaseous Rings, Astron. Ges. Abstr. Ser. 3, 105 (1989), [ADS, PS abstract]

  28. D. Schmitt: Dynamo Action of Magnetostrophic Waves, in: Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotating Magnetic Systems, P. H. Roberts (ed.), ACM Report 87-23, Los Angeles (1987)

  29. D. Schmitt: Dynamo Action of Magnetostrophic Waves, in: The Hydromagnetics of the Sun, Proceedings of the Fourth European Meeting on Solar Physics, ESA SP-220, p. 223 (1984), [ADS]

  30. W. Deinzer, G. Hensler, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler, E. Weisshaar: Self-Consistent Models for Small Photospheric Flux Tubes, in: Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origin and Coronal Effects, J. O. Stenflo (ed.), Proc. IAU-Symp. 102, 67 (1983), [ADS]

  31. W. Deinzer, G. Hensler, D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler, E. Weisshaar: Modelle photosphärischer Magnetfeld-Konzentrationen, Mitt. Astron. Ges. 55, 65 (1982), [ADS]

  32. D. Schmitt: Stability Analysis of Non-Steady MHD-Equilibria, in: Proceedings of the 5th Göttingen-Jerusalem-Symposium on Astrophysics, K. J. Fricke, J. Shahan (eds.), Vandenhoek und Ruprecht, Göttingen, p. 291 (1981), [ADS]

  33. D. Schmitt: Stabilitätsanalyse nichtstationärer MHD-Gleichgewichte, Mitt. Astron. Ges. 52, 127 (1981), [ADS]


Other papers



  1. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt: Der Aktivitätszyklus der Sonne, Astronomie und Raumfahrt im Unterricht, 46, 6, 28 (2009)

  2. D. Schmitt: Ist die Änderung der Oberflächentemperatur der Sonne verantwortlich für die Klimaerwärmung? Frag' den Wissenschaftler, Extra Tip, Göttingen, 15.12.2008

  3. D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Klimaveränderung - Treibhauseffekt oder Sonnenaktivität? Astronomie und Raumfahrt im Unterricht, 39, 5, 31 (2002), [PDF manuscript]

  4. M. Schüssler, D. Schmitt: Steuert die Sonne das Erdklima? KI Luft- und Kältetechnik, 2/2000, 63 (2000), [PS manuscript]

  5. D. Schmitt, M. Schüssler: Klimaveränderung, Treibhauseffekt oder Sonnenzyklus, Sterne und Weltraum, Special 4 `Sonne', 64 (1999), [ADS]

  6. D. Schmitt: On the stability of stationary flows in thin magnetic flux tubes, Habilitationsschrift, Univ. Göttingen (1995), [PS]

  7. D. Schmitt: Dynamowirkung magnetostrophischer Wellen, Dissertation, Univ. Göttingen (1985)

  8. D. Schmitt: Stabilitätsanalyse nichtstationärer MHD-Gleichgewichte, Diplomarbeit, Univ. Göttingen (1980)