Santos, J. C.; Büchner, J.; Otto, A.: 3D MHD simulations of electric current development in a rotating sunspot: Active region NOAA 8210. Astronomy and Astrophysics 535, A111 (2011)
Santos, J. C.; Büchner, J.; Zhang, H.: Inferring plasma flow velocities from photospheric vector magnetic field observations for the investigation of flare onsets. Advances in Space Research 42 (5), pp. 812 - 821 (2008)
Santos, J. C.; Büchner, J.: MHD simulation of electric currents in the solar atmosphere caused by photospheric plasma motion. ASTRA 3, pp. 29 - 33 (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".