Duarte, L. D. V.; Wicht, J.; Browning, M. K.; Gastine, T.: Helicity inversion in spherical convection as a means for equatorward dynamo wave propagation. Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 456, pp. 1708 - 1722 (2016)
Heimpel, M.; Gastine, T.; Wicht, J.: Simulation of deep-seated zonal jets and shallow vortices in gas giant atmospheres. Nature Geoscience 9, pp. 19 - 23 (2016)
Yadav, R. K.; Gastine, T.; Christensen, U. R.; Duarte, L.; V., D.; Reiners, A.: Effect of shear and magnetic field on the heat transfer efficiency of convection in rotating spherical shells. Geophysical Journal International 204, pp. 1120 - 1133 (2016)
Yadav, R. K.; Gastine, T.; Christensen, U. R.; Wolk, S. J.; Poppenhaeger, K.: Approaching a realistic force balance in geodynamo simulations. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 113 (43), pp. 12065 - 12070 (2016)
Gaurat, M.; Jouve, L.; Lignieres, F.; Gastine, T.: Evolution of a magnetic field in a differentially rotating radiative zone. Astronomy and Astrophysics 580, A103 (2015)
Jouve, L.; Gastine, T.; Lignieres, F.: Three-dimensional evolution of magnetic fields in a differentially rotating stellar radiative zone. Astronomy and Astrophysics 575, A106 (2015)
Yadav, R. K.; Christensen, U. R.; Morin, J.; Gastine, T.; Reiners, A.; Poppenhaeger, K.; Wolk, S. J.: Explaining the coexistence of large-scale and small-scale magnetic fields in fully convective stars. Astrophysical Journal 813, L31 (2015)
Yadav, R.; Gastine, T.; Christensen, U.; Reiners, A.: Formation of starspots in self-consistent global dynamo models: Polar spots on cool stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics 573, A68 (2015)
Gastine, T.; Wicht, J.; Duarte, L. D. V.; Heimpel, M.; Becker, A.: Explaining Jupiter's magnetic field and equatorial jet dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 41 (15), pp. 5410 - 5419 (2014)
Duarte, L. D. V.; Gastine, T.; Wicht, J.: Anelastic dynamo models with variable electrical conductivity: An application to gas giants. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 222, pp. 22 - 34 (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.