Reinhold, T.; Shapiro, A. I.; Solanki, S. K.; Basri, G.: Measuring Periods in Aperiodic Light Curves-Applying the GPS Method to Infer the Rotation Periods of Solar-like Stars. The Astrophysical Journal 938, p. L1 (2022)
Gurgenashvili, E.; Zaqarashvili, T.V.; Kukhianidze, V.; Reiners, A.; Oliver, R.; Lanza, A.F.; Reinhold, T.: Rieger-type periodicity in the total irradiance of the Sun as a star during solar cycles 23-24. Astronomy and Astrophysics 653, A146 (2021)
Reinhold, T.; Shapiro, A.; Witzke, V.; Nèmec, N.-E.; Işık, E.; Solanki, S. K.: Where Have All the Solar-like Stars Gone? Rotation Period Detectability at Various Inclinations and Metallicities. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 908 (2), L21 (2021)
Amazo-Gomez, E.; Shapiro, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Kopp, G.; Oshagh, M.; Reinhold, T.; Reiners, A.: Inflection point in the power spectrum of stellar brightness variations: III. Facular versus spot dominance on stars with known rotation periods. Astronomy and Astrophysics 642, A225 (2020)
Amazo-Gómez, E. M.; Shapiro, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Krivova, N. A.; Kopp, G.; Reinhold, T.; Oshagh, M.; Reiners, A.: Inflection point in the power spectrum of stellar brightness variations: II. The Sun. Astronomy and Astrophysics 636, A69 (2020)
Metcalfe, T. S.; van Saders, J. L.; Basu, S.; Buzasi, D.; Chaplin, W. J.; Egeland, R.; Garcia, R. A.; Gaulme, P.; Huber, D.; Reinhold, T.et al.; Schunker, H.; Stassun, K. G.; Appourchaux, T.; Ball, W. H.; Bedding, T. R.; Deheuvels, S.; González-Cuesta, L.; Handberg, R.; Jiménez, A.; Kjeldsen, H.; Li, T.; Lund, M. N.; Mathur, S.; Mosser, B.; Nielsen, M. B.; Noll, A.; Orhan, Z. Ç.; Örtel, S.; Santos, Â. R. G.; Yildiz, M.; Baliunas, S.; Soon, W.: The Evolution of Rotation and Magnetic Activity in 94 Aqr Aa from Asteroseismology with TESS. The Astrophysical Journal 900, 154 (2020)
Reinhold, T.; Hekker, S.: Stellar rotation periods from K2 Campaigns 0–18: Evidence for rotation period bimodality and simultaneous variability decrease. Astronomy and Astrophysics 635, A43 (2020)
Reinhold, T.; Bell, K. J.; Kuszlewicz, J.; Hekker, S.; Shapiro, A.: Transition from spot to faculae domination: An alternate explanation for the dearth of intermediate Kepler rotation periods. Astronomy and Astrophysics 621, A21 (2019)
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.