Zhang, J.; Solanki, S. K.; Woch, J.: Discovery of inward moving magnetic enhancements in sunspot penumbrae. Astronomy and Astrophysics 475 (2), pp. 695 - 700 (2007)
Zhang, J.; Solanki, S. K.; Woch, J.; Wang, J.: The velocity structure of moving magnetic feature pairs around sunspots: Support for the U-loop model. Astronomy and Astrophysics 471, pp. 1035 - 1041 (2007)
Zhang, J.; Dere, K. P.; Howard, R. A.; Bothmer, V.: Identification of solar sources of major geomagnetic storms between 1996 and 2000. Astrophysical Journal 582 (1), pp. 520 - 533 (2003)
Zhang, J.; Solanki, S. K.; Wang, J.: On the nature of moving magnetic feature pairs around sunspots. Astronomy and Astrophysics 399, pp. 755 - 761 (2003)
Zhang, J.; Woch, J.; Solanki, S. K.; von Steiger, R.; Forsyth, R.: Interplanetary and solar surface properties of coronal holes obseved during solar maximum. Journal Geophysical Research 108 (A4), 1144 (2003)
Zhang, J.; Wang, J.: Are homologous flare-coronal mass ejection events triggered by moving magnetic features? Astrophysical Journal 566, pp. L117 - L120 (2002)
Zhang, J.; Woch, J.; Solanki, S. K.; von Steiger, R.: The Sun at solar minimum: North-south asymmetry of the polar coronal holes. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (8), 1236 (2002)
How does our star heat its outer atmosphere, the solar corona, to unimaginable temperatures of up to 10 million degrees Celsius? With unprecedented observational data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft and powerful computer simulations, ERC starting grant awardee Pradeep Chitta intends to bring new momentum to the search for the coronal heating mechanism.
The research group “Solar Lower Atmosphere and Magnetism” (SLAM) studies the conditions and dynamic processes in the atmospheric layer between the solar surface (photosphere) and the overlying chromosphere, an approximately 2000 km thick gas layer.
The main research fields of the department "Sun and Heliosphere" are covered by the research groups "Solar and Stellar Coronae", "Solar Lower Atmosphere and Magnetism", "Solar and Stellar Magnetohydrodynamics" and "Solar Variability and Climate".