The solar cycle

DH Hathaway - Living reviews in solar physics, 2015‏ - Springer
The solar cycle is reviewed. The 11-year cycle of solar activity is characterized by the rise
and fall in the numbers and surface area of sunspots. A number of other solar activity …

Coronal holes

SR Cranmer - Living reviews in solar physics, 2009‏ - Springer
Coronal holes are the darkest and least active regions of the Sun, as observed both on the
solar disk and above the solar limb. Coronal holes are associated with rapidly expanding …

Magnetic fields in the solar convection zone

Y Fan - Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
It has been a prevailing picture that active regions on the solar surface originate from a
strong toroidal magnetic field stored in the overshoot region at the base of the solar …

Solar fine-scale structures. I. Spicules and other small-scale, jet-like events at the chromospheric level: observations and physical parameters

G Tsiropoula, K Tziotziou, I Kontogiannis… - Space science …, 2012‏ - Springer
Over the last two decades the uninterrupted, high resolution observations of the Sun, from
the excellent range of telescopes aboard many spacecraft complemented with observations …

Magnetic tornado properties: a substantial contribution to the solar coronal heating via efficient energy transfer

H Kuniyoshi, M Shoda, H Iijima… - The Astrophysical …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In solving the solar coronal heating problem, it is crucial to comprehend the mechanisms by
which energy is conveyed from the photosphere to the corona. Recently, magnetic …

The role of turbulence in coronal heating and solar wind expansion

SR Cranmer, M Asgari-Targhi… - … of the Royal …, 2015‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Plasma in the Sun's hot corona expands into the heliosphere as a supersonic and highly
magnetized solar wind. This paper provides an overview of our current understanding of …

The solar internetwork. I. Contribution to the network magnetic flux

M Gošić, LRB Rubio, DO Suárez… - The Astrophysical …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The magnetic network (NE) observed on the solar surface harbors a sizable fraction of the
total quiet Sun flux. However, its origin and maintenance are not well known. Here we …

Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

MP Rast, N Bello González, L Bellot Rubio, W Cao… - Solar Physics, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will
revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes …

The minimal solar activity in 2008–2009 and its implications for long‐term climate modeling

CJ Schrijver, WC Livingston, TN Woods… - Geophysical …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Variations in the total solar irradiance (TSI) associated with solar activity have been argued
to influence the Earth's climate system, in particular when solar activity deviates from the …

Small-scale flux emergence, coronal hole heating, and flux-tube expansion: a hybrid solar wind model

YM Wang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme-ultraviolet images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory often show loop-like fine
structure to be present where no minority-polarity flux is visible in magnetograms …