Kobel, P.; Hirzberger, J.; Zakharov, V.; Gandorfer, A.; Solanki, S. K.: Center to Limb Distribution of Bright Points and Faculae: First Results of an Automated Detection Algorithm. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 211 - 214 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Lagg, A.; Ishikawa, R.; Merenda, L.; Wiegelmann, T.; Tsuneta, S.; Solanki, S. K.: Internetwork Horizontal Magnetic Fields in the Quiet Sun Chromoshpere: Results from a Joint Hinode/VTT Study. In: The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery - Torward Understanding, 327 (Eds. B., L.; M., C.; T., M.; J., M.; K., R.). (2009)
Loukitcheva, M. A.; Solanki, S. K.; White, S. M.: On the Relation Between Photospheric Magnetic Field and Chromospheric Emission in the Quiet Sun. In: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, Proc. IAU Symposium 259, 2008, pp. 185 - 190 (Eds. Strassmeier, K. G.; Kosovichev, A. G.; Beckman, J. E.). International Astronomical Union (2009)
Oklay, N.; Gandorfer, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Bianda, M.; Ramelli, R.: Spectropolarimetric Investigations of the Deep Photospheric Layers of Solar Magnetic Structures. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 233 - 236 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Pietarila, A.; Cameron, R.; Solanki, S. K.: Expansion of Magnetic Flux Concentrations with Height: A Comparison of Hinode SOT Data and MHD Simulations. In: The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery - Torward Understanding, 91 (Eds. Lites, B.; Cheung, M.; Magara, T.; Mariska, J.; Reeves, K.). (2009)
Raouafi, N.-E.; Solanki, S. K.; Wiegelmann, T.: Hanle Effect Diagnostics of the Coronal Magnetic Field: A Test Using Realistic Magnetic Field Configurations. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 429 - 434 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Solanki, S. K.: Photospheric magnetic field: Quiet Sun. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 135 - 156 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Unruh, Y. C.; Solanki, S. K.; Schüssler, M.; Vögler, A.; Garcia-Alvarez, D.: Towards Long-Term Solar Irradiance Modelling: Network Contrasts from Magneto-Convection Simulations. In: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun: Proc. 15th Cambridge Workshop, pp. 768 - 771. (2009)
Xu, Z.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.: Full Magnetic Field Vector of an Emerging Flux Region. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 223 - 228 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Yelles Chaouche, L.; Solanki, S. K.; Rouppe van der Voort, L.; van Noort, M.: Spectropolarimetric Diagnostics at the Solar Photosphere Near the Limb. In: Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo, pp. 189 - 194 (Eds. Berdyugina, S. V.; Nagendra, K. N.; Ramelli, R.). (2009)
Antonucci, E.; Andretta, V.; Cesare, S.; Ciaravella, A.; Doschek, G.; Fineschi, S.; Giordano, S.; Lamy, P.; Moses, D.; Naletto, G.et al.; Newmark, J.; Poletto, L.; Romoli, M.; Solanki, S. K.; Spadaro, D.; Teriaca, L.; Zangrilli, L.: METIS, the Multi Element Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy: An Instrument Proposed for the Solar Orbiter Mission. In: Proc. International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO 2008). (2008)
Bloomfield, D. S.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.: The nature of running penumbral waves revealed. In: Proc. IAU Symposium 247 ``Waves & Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere: Heating and Magneto-Seismology'', pp. 55 - 58 (Eds. Erdélyi, R.; Mendoza-Briceno, C. A.). International Astronomical Union (2008)
Petit, P.; Dintrans, B.; Aurière, M.; Catala, C.; Donati, J.-F.; Fares, R.; Gastine, T.; Lignières, F.; Morin, J.; Paletou, F.et al.; Ramirez, J.; Solanki, S. K.; Théado, S.: Magnetic geometries of Sun-like stars: impact of rotation. In: SF2A-2008: Proc. Annual Meeting French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Eds. C. Charbonnel, F. C.; Samadi, R.). Société Française d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique (2008)
Teriaca, L.; Wiegelmann, T.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Curdt, W.; Sekii, T.; the Team, H.: Loop morphology and flows and their relation to the magnetic field. In: First Results from Hinode, p. 196 (Eds. Matthews, S.; Davis, J. M.; Harra, L. K.). (2008)
Aznar Cuadrado, R.; Solanki, S. K.; Lagg, A.: Velocity distribution of chromospheric downflows. In: Modern Solar Facilities - Advanced Solar Science, pp. 173 - 176 (Eds. Kneer, F.; Puschmann, K. G.; Wittmann, A. D.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen (2007)
Bloomfield, D. S.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.: Observations of running waves in a sunspot chromosphere. In: The Physics of Chromospheric Plasmas, pp. 239 - 244 (Eds. Heinzel, P.; Dorotovič, I.; Rutten, R. J.). ASP, San Francisco (2007)
Bloomfield, D. S.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Borrero, J. M.: Modified p-modes in penumbral filaments. In: Modern Solar Facilities - Advanced Solar Science, pp. 241 - 244 (Eds. Kneer, F.; Puschmann, K. G.; Wittmann, A. D.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen (2007)
Collados, M.; Lagg, A.; Díaz García, J. J.; Hernández Suárez, E.; López López, R.; Páez Mañá, E.; Solanki, S. K.: Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter II. In: The Physics of Chromospheric Plasmas, pp. 611 - 616 (Eds. Heinzel, P.; Dorotovič, I.; Rutten, R. J.). ASP, San Francisco (2007)
Danilovic, S.; Solanki, S. K.; Livingston, W.; Krivova, N. A.; Vince, I.: Magnetic source of the solar cycle variation of the Mn I 539.4 nm line. In: Modern solar facilities-Advanced Solar Science, pp. 189 - 192 (Eds. Kneer, F.; Puschmann, K. G.; Wittmann, A. D.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen (2007)
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".