Hori, K.; Wicht, J.; Christensen, U. R.: The effect of thermal boundary conditions on dynamos driven by internal heating. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 182 (1-2), pp. 85 - 97 (2010)
Hulot, G.; Balogh, A.; Christensen, U. R.; Constable, C. G.; Mandea, M.; Olsen, N.: The Earth's Magnetic Field in the Space Age: An Introduction to Terrestrial Magnetism. Space Science Reviews 155 (1-4), pp. 1 - 7 (2010)
King, E. M.; Soderlund, K. M.; Christensen, U. R.; Wicht, J.; Aurnou, J. M.: Convective heat transfer in planetary dynamo models. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 11, Q06016 (2010)
Koch, C.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.: Mercurys global topography and tidal signal from laser altimetry by using a rectangular grid. Planetary and Space Science 58, pp. 2022 - 2030 (2010)
Koch, C.; Müller, J.; Christensen, U. R.; Kallenbach, R.: Bestimmung der Topographie und Lovezahl von Merkur aus simulierten Daten des BepiColombo-Laseraltimeters. Zeitschrift für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement 135 (3/2010), pp. 173 - 178 (2010)
Manglik, A.; Wicht, J.; Christensen, U. R.: A dynamo model with double diffusive convection for Mercury's core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 289, pp. 619 - 628 (2010)
Reiners, A.; Christensen, U. R.: A magnetic field evolution scenario for brown dwarfs and giant extrasolar planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics 522, A13 (2010)
Rothery, D.; Marinangeli, L.; Anand, M.; Carpenter, J.; Christensen, U. R.; Crawford, I. A.; Sanctis, M. C. D.; Epifani, E. M.; Erard, S.; Frigeri, A.et al.; Fraser, G.; Hauber, E.; Helbert, J.; Hiesinger, H.; Joy, K.; Langevin, Y.; Massironi, M.; Milillo, A.; Mitrofanov, I.; Muinonen, K.; Näränen, J.; Pauselli, C.; Potts, P.; Warell, J.; Wurz, P.: Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo. Planetary and Space Science 58, pp. 21 - 39 (2010)
Weiss, B. P.; Gattacceca, J.; Stanley, S.; Rochette, P.; Christensen, U. R.: Paleomagnetic records of meteorites and early planetesimal differentiation. Space Science Reviews 152, pp. 341 - 390 (2010)
Reiners, A.; Basri, G.; Christensen, U. R.: Surprisingly Weak Magnetism on Young Accreting Brown Dwarfs. Astrophysical Journal 697 (1), pp. 373 - 379 (2009)
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".
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.