McKenzie, J. F.; Dubinin, E.; Sauer, K.: Nonlinear waves propagating transverse to the magnetic field. Journal of Plasma Physics 65, pp. 213 - 233 (2001)
McKenzie, J. F.; Sauer, K.; Dubinin, E.: Stationary waves in a bi-ion plasma transverse to the magnetic field. Journal of Plasma Physics 65, pp. 197 - 212 (2001)
Sauer, K.; Dubinin, E.; McKenzie, J. F.: New type of soliton in bi-ion plasmas and possible implications. Geophysical Research Letters 28, pp. 3589 - 3592 (2001)
Axford, W. I.; McKenzie, J. F.; Sukhorukova, G. V.; Banaszkiewicz, M.; Czechowski, A.; Ratkiewicz, R.: Acceleration of the high speed solar wind in coronal holes. Space Science Reviews 87, pp. 25 - 41 (1999)
McKenzie, J. F.; Sukhorukova, G. V.; Axford, W. I.: The temperature and density structure in the closed field regions of the solar corona. Astronomy and Astrophysics 350, pp. 1035 - 1039 (1999)
Shukla, P. K.; Bingham, R.; McKenzie, J. F.; Axford, W. I.: Solar coronal heating by high-frequency dispersive Alfvén waves. Solar Physics 186, pp. 61 - 66 (1999)
Woodward, T. I.; McKenzie, J. F.: Stationary incompressible MHD perturbations generated by a current source in a moving plasma. Planetary and Space Science 47, pp. 545 - 555 (1999)
Czechowski, A.; Ratkiewicz, R.; McKenzie, J. F.; Axford, W. I.: Heating and acceleration of minor ions in the solar wind. Astronomy and Astrophysics 335, pp. 303 - 308 (1998)
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".