Christensen, U. R.; Wicht, J.: Models of magnetic field generation in partly stable planetary cores: Applications to Mercury and Saturn. Icarus 196, pp. 16 - 34 (2008)
Aurnou, J.; Heimpel, M.; Wicht, J.: The effects of vigorous mixing in a convective model of zonal flow on the ice giants. Icarus 190 (1), pp. 110 - 126 (2007)
Wicht, J.; Mandea, M.; Takahashi, F.; Christensen, U. R.; Matsushima, M.; Langlais, B.: The origin of Mercury's internal magnetic field. Space Science Reviews 132 (2-4), pp. 261 - 290 (2007)
Heimpel, M.; Aurnou, J.; Wicht, J.: Simulation of equatorial and high-latitude jets on Jupiter in a deep convection model. Nature 438 (7065), pp. 193 - 196 (2005)
Aubert, J.; Wicht, J.: Axial vs. equatorial dipolar dynamo models with implications for planetary magnetic fields. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 221, pp. 409 - 419 (2004)
Wicht, J.; Olson, P.: A detailed study of the polarity reversal mechanism in a numerical dynamo model. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 5, Q03H10 (2004)
Lühr, H.; Wicht, J.; Gilder, S. A.; Holschneider, M. (Eds.): Magnetic Fields in the Solar System: Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions. Springer, Cham (2018), 413 pp.
Lühr, H.; Wicht, J.; Gilder, S. A.; Holschneider, M.: General Introduction and Scientific Summary of the German Priority Program “PlanetMag”. In: Magnetic Fields in the Solar System: Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions, pp. 1 - 6 (Eds. Lühr, H.; Wicht, J.; Gilder, S. A.; Holschneider, M.). Springer, Cham (2018)
Wicht, J.; French, M.; Stellmach, S.; Nettelmann, N.; Gastine, T.; Duarte, L.; Redmer, R.: Modeling the Interior Dynamics of Gas Planets. In: Magnetic Fields in the Solar System: Planets, Moons and Solar Wind Interactions, pp. 7 - 81 (Eds. Lühr, H.; Wicht, J.; Gilder, S. A.; Holschneider, M.). Springer, Cham (2018)
Wicht, J.; Heyner, D.: Mercury's Magnetic Field in the MESSENGER Era. In: Planetary geodesy and remote sensing, pp. 223 - 262 (Ed. Jin, S.). CRC Press, Boca Raton (2015)
Wicht, J.; Stellmach, S.; Harder, H.: From fundamental cartesian model to 3d simulations of field reversals. In: Geomagnetic field variations (Eds. Glassmeier, K.-H.; Soffel, H.; Negendank, J.). Springer (2008)
Wicht, J.; Mandea, M.; Takahashi, F.; Christensen, U. R.; Matsushima, M.; Langlais, B.: The origin of Mercury's internal magnetic field. In: Mercury, pp. 79 - 108 (Eds. Balogh, A.; Ksanfomality, L.; von Steiger, R.). Springer, Dordrecht/Boston/London (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".