Chae, J.; van Noort, M.; Madjarska, M. S.; Lee, K.; Kang, J.; Cho, K.: Large-amplitude transverse MHD waves prevailing in the Hα chromosphere of a solar quiet region revealed by MiHI integrated field spectral observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics 687, p. A249 (2024)
Chitta, L. P.; van Noort, M.; Smitha, H. N.; Priest, E.R.; van der Voort, L.H.M.R.: Photospheric Hot Spots at Solar Coronal Loop Footpoints Revealed by Hyperspectral Imaging Observations. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (1) (2024)
Rouppe van der Voort, L. H. M.; van Noort, M.; de la Cruz Rodríguez, J.: Ultra-high-resolution observations of plasmoid-mediated magnetic reconnection in the deep solar atmosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics 673, p. A11 (2023)
van Noort, M.; Doerr, H. -.: Data reduction and restoration of spectropolarimetric microlensed hyperspectral imager data. Astronomy and Astrophysics 668, p. A151 (2022)
Saranathan, S.; van Noort, M.; Solanki, S. K.: Correction of atmospheric stray light in restored slit spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics 653, A17 (2021)
Smitha, H. N.; Holzreuter, R.; van Noort, M.; Solanki, S. K.: The influence of NLTE effects in Fe I lines on an inverted atmosphere: II. 6301 Å and 6302 Å lines formed in 3D NLTE. Astronomy and Astrophysics 647, A46 (2021)
Löptien, B.; Lagg, A.; van Noort, M.; Solanki, S. K.: No universal connection between the vertical magnetic field and the umbra-penumbra boundary in sunspots. Astronomy and Astrophysics 639, A106 (2020)
Smitha, H. N.; Holzreuter, R.; van Noort, M.; Solanki, S. K.: The influence of NLTE effects in Fe I lines on an inverted atmosphere: I. 6301 Å and 6302 Å lines formed in 1D NLTE. Astronomy and Astrophysics 633, A157 (2020)
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".