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Supergranulation and Poleward Migration of the Magnetic Field at High Latitudes of the Sun
L. P. Chitta, D. Calchetti, J. Hirzberger +26
Magnetoconvection at the solar surface governs the dynamics in the upper solar atmosphere and sustains the heliosphere. Properties of this fundamental process are poorly described…
A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare
L. P. Chitta, D. I. Pontin, E. R. Priest +17
Solar flares are the most powerful, magnetically driven, explosions in the heliosphere. The nature of magnetic energy release in the solar corona that heats the plasma and accelera…
Photospheric Hot Spots at Solar Coronal Loop Footpoints Revealed by Hyperspectral Imaging Observations
L. P. Chitta, M. van Noort, H. N. Smitha +2
Poynting flux generated by random shuffling of photospheric magnetic footpoints is transferred through the upper atmosphere of the Sun where the plasma is heated to over 1 MK in th…
Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Generation by Flux Cancellation Reconnection
D. I. Pontin, E. R. Priest, L. P. Chitta +1
In this paper we propose that flux cancellation on small granular scales ( km) ubiquitously drives reconnection at a multitude of sites in the low solar atmosphere,…
The eruption of a small-scale emerging flux rope as the driver of an M-class flare and a coronal mass ejection
X. L. Yan, C. W. Jiang, Z. K. Xue +6
Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most powerful explosions in the Sun. They are major sources of potentially destructive space weather conditions. However, the…