Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Chen, F.; Pontin, D. I.; Winebarger, A. R.; Golub, L.; Savage, S. L.; Rachmeler, L. A.; Kobayashi, K.; Brooks, D. H.et al.; Cirtain, J. W.; De Pontieu, B.; McKenzie, D. E.; Morton, R. J.; Testa, P.; Tiwari, S. K.; Walsh, R. W.; Warren, H. P.: Parallel Plasma Loops and the Energization of the Solar Corona. The Astrophysical Journal 933, p. 153 (2022)
Chen, Y.; Przybylski, D.; Peter, H.; Tian, H.; Auchère, F.; Berghmans, D.: Transient small-scale brightenings in the quiet solar corona: A model for campfires observed with Solar Orbiter. Astronomy and Astrophysics 656, L7 (2021)
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)
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)
Ni, L.; Chen, Y.; Peter, H.; Tian, H.; Lin, J.: A magnetic reconnection model for hot explosions in the cool atmosphere of the Sun. Astronomy and Astrophysics 646, A88 (2021)
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".