Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Young, P.R.: Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona. Astronomy and Astrophysics 647, A159 (2021)
Chitta, L. P.; Priest, E. R.; Cheng, X.: From Formation to Disruption: Observing the Multiphase Evolution of a Solar Flare Current Sheet. The Astrophysical Journal 911 (2), 133 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: On-disk Solar Coronal Condensations Facilitated by Magnetic Reconnection between Open and Closed Magnetic Structures. The Astrophysical Journal 910 (2), 82 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 919 (2), L21 (2021)
Li, L.-P.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.-Q.: Revisiting the formation mechanism for coronal rain from previous studies. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 (10), 255 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.; Ji, K.; Xiang, Y.: Magnetic Reconnection between Loops Accelerated By a Nearby Filament Eruption. The Astrophysical Journal 908 (2), 213 (2021)
Young, P. R.; Viall, N. M.; Kirk, M. S.; Mason, E. I.; Chitta, L. P.: An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data. Solar Physics 296, 181 (2021)
Chitta, L. P.; Lazarian, A.: Onset of Turbulent Fast Magnetic Reconnection Observed in the Solar Atmosphere. Astrophysical Journal, Letters 890 (1), L2 (2020)
Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Priest, E. R.; Solanki, S. K.: Impulsive coronal heating during the interaction of surface magnetic fields in the lower solar atmosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics 644, A130 (2020)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: Relation of Coronal Rain Originating from Coronal Condensations to Interchange Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal 905 (1), 26 (2020)
Pontin, D. I.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.: Non-thermal line broadening due to braiding-induced turbulence in solar coronal loops. Astronomy and Astrophysics 639, A21 (2020)
Chitta, L. P.; Sukarmadji, A. R. C.; van der Voort, L. R.; Peter, H.: Energetics of magnetic transients in a solar active region plage. Astronomy and Astrophysics 623, A176 (2019)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Zhang, J.; Su, J.; Song, H.; Hou, Y.; Xia, C.: Repeated Coronal Condensations Caused by Magnetic Reconnection between Solar Coronal Loops. The Astrophysical Journal 884 (1), 34 (2019)
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".