Krivova, N. A.; Vieria, L. E.; Solanki, S. K.: Reconstruction of Solar Spectral Irradiance since the Maunder Minimum. Journal Geophysical Research 115, A12112 (2010)
Vieira, L. E. A.; Solanki, S. K.: Evolution of the solar magnetic flux on time scales of years to millenia. Astronomy and Astrophysics 509, A100 (2010)
Vieira, L. E. A.; Alves da Silva, L.; Guarnieri, F. L.: Are changes of the geomagnetic field intensity related to changes of the tropical Pacific sea-level pressure during the last 50 years? Journal Geophysical Research 113, A08226 (2008)
de Lucas, A.; Gonzalez, W. D.; Echer, E.; Guarnieri, F. L.; Dal Lago, A.; da Silva, M. R.; Vieira, L. E. A.; Schuch, N. J.: Energy balance during intense and super-intense magnetic storms using an Akasofu epsilon parameter corrected by the solar wind dynamic pressure. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 69 (15), pp. 1851 - 1863 (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".