Yadav, R.; Gastine, T.; Christensen, U.; Reiners, A.: Formation of starspots in self-consistent global dynamo models: Polar spots on cool stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics 573, A68 (2015)
Cao, H.; Russell, C. T.; Wicht, J.; Christensen, U. R.; Dougherty, M. K.: Saturn's high degree magnetic moments: Evidence for a unique planetary dynamo. Icarus 221, pp. 388 - 394 (2012)
Christensen, U. R.; Wardinski, I.; Lesur, V.: Time scales of geomagnetic secular acceleration in satellite field models and geodynamo models. Geophysical Journal International 190, pp. 243 - 254 (2012)
Hori, K.; Wicht, J.; Christensen, U. R.: The influence of thermo-compositional boundary conditions on convection and dynamo in a rotating spherical shell. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 196-197, pp. 32 - 48 (2012)
Olson, P. L.; Christensen, U. R.; Driscoll, P. E.: From superchrons to secular variation: a broadband dynamo frequency spectrum for the geomagnetic dipole. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 319-320, pp. 75 - 82 (2012)
Reddy, V.; Nathues, A.; Le Corre, L.; Sierks, H.; Li, J.-Y.; Gaskell, R.; McCoy, T.; Beck, A. W.; Schröder, S. E.; Pieters, C. M.et al.; Becker, K. J.; Buratti, B. J.; Denevi, B.; Blewett, D. T.; Christensen, U.; Gaffey, M. J.; Gutierrez-Marques, P.; Hicks, M.; Keller, H. U.; Maue, T.; Mottola, S.; McFadden, L. A.; McSween, H. Y.; Mittlefehldt, D.; O'Brien, D. P.; Raymond, C.; Russell, C.: Color and Albedo Heterogeneity of Vesta from Dawn. Science 336, pp. 700 - 704 (2012)
Russell, C. T.; Raymond, C. A.; Coradini, A.; McSween, H. Y.; Zuber, M. T.; Nathues, A.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Jaumann, R.; Konopliv, A. S.; Preusker, F.et al.; Asmar, S. W.; Park, R. S.; Gaskell, R.; Keller, H. U.; Mottola, S.; Roatsch, T.; Scully, J. E. C.; Smith, D. E.; Tricarico, P.; Toplis, M. J.; Christensen, U. R.; Feldman, W. C.; Lawrence, D. J.; McCoy, T. J.; Prettyman, T. H.; Reedy, R. C.; Sykes, M. E.; Titus, T. N.: Dawn at Vesta: Testing the protoplanetary paradigm. Science 336, pp. 684 - 686 (2012)
Amit, H.; Christensen, U. R.; Langlais, B.: The influence of degree-1 mantle heterogeneity on the past dynamo of Mars. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 189 (1-2), pp. 63 - 79 (2011)
Cao, H.; Russell, C. T.; Christensen, U. R.; Dougherty, M. K.; Burton, M. E.: Saturn's very axisymmetric magnetic field: No detectable secular variation or tilt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 304 (1-2), pp. 22 - 28 (2011)
Christensen, U. R.: Geodynamo models: Tools for understanding properties of Earth's magnetic field. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 187 (3-4), pp. 157 - 169 (2011)
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".