Judge, P. G.; Hansteen, V.; Wikstøl, Ø.; Wilhelm, K.; Schühle, U.: Evidence in support of the ``nanoflare'' picture of coronal heating from SUMER data. Astrophysical Journal 502, pp. 981 - 996 (1998)
Lemaire, P.; Emerich, C.; Curdt, W.; Schühle, U.; Wilhelm, K.: Solar H I Lyman α full disk profile obtained with the SUMER/SOHO spectrometer. Astronomy and Astrophysics 334, pp. 1095 - 1098 (1998)
Schühle, U.: Observations of the solar atmosphere from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 7, pp. 249 - 255 (1998)
Schühle, U.; Brekke, P.; Curdt, W.; Hollandt, J.; Lemaire, P.; Wilhelm, K.: Radiometric calibration tracking of the vacuum-ultraviolet spectrometer SUMER during the first year of the SOHO mission. Applied Optics 37, pp. 2646 - 2652 (1998)
Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Dammasch, I. E.; Hollandt, J.; Schühle, U.; Curdt, W.; Kucera, T.; Hassler, D. M.; Huber, M. C. E.: Solar irradiances and radiances of UV and EUV lines during the minimum of the sunspot activity in 1996. Astronomy and Astrophysics 334, pp. 685 - 702 (1998)
Curdt, W.; Feldman, U.; Laming, J. M.; Wilhelm, K.; Schühle, U.; Lemaire, P.: The solar disk spectrum between 660 and 1175 Å (first order) obtained by SUMER on SOHO. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 126, pp. 281 - 296 (1997)
Doschek, G. A.; Mariska, J. T.; Warren, H. P.; Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Kucera, T.; Schühle, U.: Determination of the formation temperature of Si IV in the solar transition region. Astrophysical Journal 477, pp. L119 - L122 (1997)
Doschek, G. A.; Warren, H. P.; Laming, J. M.; Mariska, J. T.; Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Schühle, U.; Moran, T. G.: Electron densities in the solar polar coronal holes from density-sensitive line ratios of Si VIII and S X. Astrophysical Journal 482, pp. L109 - L112 (1997)
Feldman, U.; Behring, W. E.; Curdt, W.; Schühle, U.; Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Moran, T. M.: A coronal spectrum in the 500-1610 Å wavelength range recorded at a height of 21,000 km above the west solar limb by the SUMER instrument on SOHO. Astrophysical Journal, Suppl. Ser. 113, pp. 195 - 219 (1997)
Hassler, D. M.; Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Schühle, U.: Observations of polar plumes with the SUMER instrument on SOHO. Solar Physics 175, pp. 375 - 391 (1997)
Kink, I.; Jupén, C.; Engström, L.; Feldman, U.; Laming, M.; Schühle, U.: Laboratory identification of temperature diagnostic Si VII and S IX lines present in the solar coronal spectra measured by SUMER/SOHO. Astrophysical Journal 487, pp. 956 - 961 (1997)
Laming, J. M.; Feldman, U.; Schühle, U.; Lemaire, P.; Curdt, W.; Wilhelm, K.: Electron density diagnostics for the solar upper atmosphere from spectra obtained by SUMER/SOHO. Astrophysical Journal 485, pp. 911 - 919 (1997)
Lemaire, P.; Wilhelm, K.; Curdt, W.; Schühle, U.; Marsch, E.; Poland, A. I.; Jordan, S. D.; Thomas, R. J.; Hassler, D. M.; Vial, J.-C.et al.; Kühne, M.; Huber, M. C. E.; Siegmund, O. H. W.; Gabriel, A.; Timothy, J. G.; Grewing, M.: First results of the SUMER telescope and spectrometer on SOHO: II. Imagery and data management. Solar Physics 170, pp. 105 - 122 (1997)
Lemaire, P.; Wilhelm, K.; Schühle, U.; Curdt, W.; Poland, A. I.; Jordan, S. D.; Thomas, R. J.; Hassler, D. M.; Vial, J.-C.: High resolution solar ultraviolet measurements. Advances in Space Research 20, pp. 2249 - 2258 (1997)
Seely, J. F.; Feldman, U.; Schühle, U.; Wilhelm, K.; Curdt, W.; Lemaire, P.: Turbulent velocities and ion temperatures in the solar corona obtained from SUMER line widths. Astrophysical Journal 484, pp. L87 - L90 (1997)
Wilhelm, K.; Lemaire, P.; Curdt, W.; Schühle, U.; Marsch, E.; Poland, A. I.; Jordan, S. D.; Thomas, R. J.; Hassler, D. M.; Huber, M. C. E.et al.; Vial, J.-C.; Kühne, M.; Siegmund, O. H. W.; Gabriel, A.; Timothy, J. G.; Grewing, M.; Feldman, U.; Hollandt, J.; Brekke, P.: First results of the SUMER telescope and spectrometer-solar ultraviolet measurements of emitted radiation-on SOHO, I. Spectra and Spectroradiometry. Solar Physics 170, pp. 75 - 104 (1997)
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".
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.