Wu, Y.; Dietrich, W.; Tao, X.: Parameter Regimes of Hemispherical Dynamo Waves in a Spherical Shell From 3D MHD Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) 129, p. e2023JE007976 (2024)
Wulff, P.; Dietrich, W.; Christensen, U. R.; Wicht, J.: Zonal winds in the gas planets driven by convection above a stably stratified layer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517 (4), pp. 5584 - 5593 (2022)
Dietrich, W.; Kumar, S.; Poser, A. J.; French, M.; Nettelmann, N.; Redmer, R.; Wicht, J.: Magnetic induction processes in hot Jupiters, application to KELT-9b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517, pp. 3113 - 3125 (2022)
Dietrich, W.; Wulff, P.; Wicht, J.; Christensen, U. R.: Linking zonal winds and gravity – II. Explaining the equatorially antisymmetric gravity moments of Jupiter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 505 (3), pp. 3177 - 3191 (2021)
Kumar, S.; Poser, A. J.; Schoettler, M.; Kleinschmidt, U.; Dietrich, W.; Wicht, J.; French, M.; Redmer, R.: Ionization and transport in partially ionized multicomponent plasmas: Application to atmospheres of hot Jupiters. Physical Review E 103 (6), 063203 (2021)
Christensen, U. R.; Wicht, J.; Dietrich, W.: Mechanisms for Limiting the Depth of Zonal Winds in the Gas Giant Planets. The Astrophysical Journal 890 (1), 61 (2020)
Wicht, J.; Dietrich, W.; Wulff, P.; Christensen, U. R.: Linking zonal winds and gravity: the relative importance of dynamic self-gravity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 492 (3), pp. 3364 - 3374 (2020)
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)
Dietrich, W.; Wicht, J.: A hemispherical dynamo model: Implications for the Martian crustal magnetization. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 217, pp. 10 - 21 (2013)
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.