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Duling, S.; Saur, J.; Wicht, J.: Consistent boundary conditions at nonconducting surfaces of planetary bodies: Applications in a new Ganymede MHD model. Journal Geophysical Research 119 (6), pp. 4412 - 4440 (2014)
Gastine, T.; Wicht, J.; Duarte, L. D. V.; Heimpel, M.; Becker, A.: Explaining Jupiter's magnetic field and equatorial jet dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 41 (15), pp. 5410 - 5419 (2014)
Hori, K.; Wicht, J.; Dietrich, W.: Ancient dynamos of terrestrial planets more sensitive to core-mantle boundary heat flows. Planetary and Space Science 98, pp. 30 - 40 (2014)
Soderlund, K. M.; Schmidt, B. E.; Wicht, J.; Blankenship, D. D.: Ocean-driven heating of Europa's icy shell at low latitudes. Nature Geoscience 7 (1), pp. 16 - 19 (2014)
Dietrich, W.; Wicht, J.: A hemispherical dynamo model: Implications for the Martian crustal magnetization. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 217, pp. 10 - 21 (2013)
Duarte, L. D. V.; Gastine, T.; Wicht, J.: Anelastic dynamo models with variable electrical conductivity: An application to gas giants. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 222, pp. 22 - 34 (2013)
Hori, K.; Wicht, J.: Subcritical dynamos in the early Mars' core: Implications for cessation of the past Martian dynamo. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 219, pp. 21 - 33 (2013)
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)
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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".