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most citedOn the origin of two X-class flares in active region NOAA 12673 - Shear flows and head-on collision of new and pre-existing flux

58 citations · 114 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

The calm before the storm: High spatial resolution mosaic of active region NOAA 14274 at the onset of an X1.2 flare

Carsten Denker, Robert Kamlah, Meetu Verma +1

Active region NOAA 14274 produced some of the strongest flares of Solar Cycle 25, including the X1.2 and X5.1 flares on 10 and 11 November 2025, respectively. We present the first…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

High-spectral Resolution, Multi-wavelength Center-to-limb Observations of the Sun

Meetu Verma, Carsten Denker, Alexander G. M. Pietrow +2

The center-to-limb variations (CLVs) of photospheric and chromospheric spectral lines were obtained in 2025 July and August using drift scans from the echelle spectrograph of the 0…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

Automatic detection of Ellerman bombs in the H line

A. Faryad, A. G. M. Pietrow, M. Verma +1

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small and short-lived magnetic reconnection events in the lower solar atmosphere, most commonly reported in the line wings of the H line. These events a…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 7 cited

Differential rotation of solar α sunspots and implications for stellar light curves

Emily Joe Lößnitz, Alexander G. M. Pietrow, Hritam Chakraborty +5

Differential rotation is a key driver of magnetic activity and dynamo processes in the Sun and other stars, especially as the rate differs across the solar layers, but also in acti…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 2 cited

High-resolution observations of two pores with the integral field unit (IFU) of the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph (GRIS)

Meetu Verma

The goal is to compare the intricate details of the magnetic and flow fields around two solar pores, where one is part of an active region and the other is an isolated pore, with a…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Spectral Background-Subtracted Activity Maps

Carsten Denker, Meetu Verma, Alexander G. M. Pietrow +2

High-resolution solar spectroscopy provides a wealth of information from photospheric and chromospheric spectral lines. However, the volume of data easily exceeds hundreds of milli…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Wavelength Dependence of Image Quality Metrics and Seeing Parameters and their Relation to Adaptive Optics Performance

Robert Kamlah, Meetu Verma, Andrea Diercke +1

Ground-based solar observations are severely affected by Earth's turbulent atmosphere. As a consequence, observed image quality and prevailing seeing conditions are closely related…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 5 cited

Solar observatory Einstein Tower -- Data release of the digitized solar full-disk photographic plate archive

Partha S. Pal, M. Verma, J. Rendtel +3

We present solar full-disk observations, which were recorded at the Einstein Tower during the years 1943 - 1991 (Solar Cycles 18 - 22). High-school students from Potsdam and Berlin…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 58 cited

On the origin of two X-class flares in active region NOAA 12673 - Shear flows and head-on collision of new and pre-existing flux

M. Verma

Flare-prolific active region NOAA 12673 produced consecutive X2.2 and X9.3 flares on 06/09/2017. To scrutinize the morphological, magnetic, and horizontal flow properties associate…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 23 cited

Horizontal flow fields in and around a small active region-- The transition period between flux emergence and decay

M. Verma, C. Denker, H. Balthasar +28

Aims. Combining high-resolution and synoptic observations aims to provide a comprehensive description of flux emergence at photospheric level and of the growth process that eventua…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 9 cited

Near-infrared spectropolarimetry of a delta-spot

H. Balthasar, C. Beck, R. E. Louis +2

Sunspots harboring umbrae of both magnetic polarities within a common penumbra (delta-spots) are often but not always related to flares. We present first near-infrared (NIR) observ…

astro-ph.SR2013

The magnetic configuration of a delta-spot

Horst Balthasar, Christian Beck, Rohan E. Louis +2

Sunspots, which harbor both magnetic polarities within one penumbra, are called delta-spots. They are often associated with flares. Nevertheless, there are only very few detailed o…