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most citedThe Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) for the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory

301 citations · 603 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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35 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

A forest of emission lines observed by Sunrise III/SUSI above the solar limb

J. S. Castellanos Durán, F. A. Iglesias, S. K. Solanki +31

We present off-limb spectroscopy using low-straylight data from the Sunrise Spectropolarimeter and Imager (SUSI) onboard the Sunrise III stratospheric solar observatory. A spatial…

astro-ph.SR2026

Delayed, Line-dependent Reorganization of Pore Oscillations Following a Compact C8.2 Flare Observed by Sunrise III/SUSI

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +34

Magnetic oscillations permeating the solar atmosphere can be altered by flares. This could be due to changes in the atmospheric magnetic waveguide, the thermodynamic stratification…

astro-ph.SR2026

Sunrise III/SUSI reveals extended and spectrally structured Ca II K emission above the solar limb

Ivan Milić, Christopher M. J. Osborne, Francisco A. Iglesias +32

The Sunrise III/SUSI instrument performed a sit-and-stare observation of the off-limb emission in the Ca II K line core, with a combination of excellent temporal and spectral resol…

astro-ph.SR2026

Origin of small-scale evaporation flows deep in the chromosphere during a solar flare

L. P. Chitta, H. N. Smitha, F. A. Iglesias +29

Flares are caused by an abrupt release of magnetic energy in the solar atmosphere. Plasma heated to well over 10 MK filling the post-flare corona originates from a rapid heating an…

astro-ph.SR2026

Chromospheric Dynamics of an Umbral Flare Kernel - Based on Coordinated SUNRISE III SCIP and Domeless Solar Telescope Observations

Ayumi Asai, Satoru UeNo, Takuma Matsumoto +34

We report imaging spectroscopic observations of an M1.4 solar flare obtained during a coordinated observation between the infrared spectropolarimeter SCIP onboard the SUNRISE-III b…

astro-ph.SR2026

Horizontal Magnetic Fields Dominate the Quiet Sun Internetwork in Sunrise III Observations. Evidence from Traditional and Transformer-Based Inversions

Ryan J. Campbell, Carlos Quintero Noda, Manuel Collados +32

The relative prevalence of horizontal and vertical magnetic fields in the quiet-Sun internetwork remains debated, owing to the weak linear polarisation signals that make the inferr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Magnetic Field Stratification in Active-Region Plage from Ca II K and Ca II 8542 Å Spectropolarimetry

Iñigo Juanikorena Berasategi, Ernest Alsina Ballester, Javier Trujillo Bueno +31

We investigate the height variation of the line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic field in solar active-region (AR) plage from the upper photosphere to the upper chromosphere using co-spatia…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

Multi-line Wave Signatures in a Sunspot from Near-UV Sunrise III/SUSI Observations

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +32

Magnetohydrodynamic waves redistribute energy in magnetic structures of the lower solar atmosphere, yet constraints on how wave power and dominant frequencies are organised above s…

astro-ph.SR2026

Sunrise III: Instrument, mission, data, and first results

Sami K. Solanki, H. N. Smitha, Andreas Lagg +66

Sunrise III is a stratospheric balloon-borne solar observatory with a 1-m diameter telescope and three post-focus instruments, along with an image stabilisation system, all within…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 10 cited

The Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared Spectro-Polarimeter SCIP: an instrument for SUNRISE III

Y. Katsukawa, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, S. K. Solanki +54

The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory is equipped with a one-meter aperture optical telescope, offering a unique platform for uninterrupted seeing-free observations across ul…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

Solar limb faculae: intensity contrast from two vantage points

K. Albert, J. Hirzberger, N. A. Krivova +9

Small-scale magnetic flux concentrations contribute significantly to the brightness variations of the Sun, yet observing them - particularly their magnetic field - near the solar l…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

Solar photospheric velocities measured in space: a comparison between SO/PHI-HRT and SDO/HMI

D. Calchetti, K. Albert, F. J. Bailén +15

The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI) onboard Solar Orbiter is a spectropolarimeter scanning the Fe I line at 617.3 nm, providing data of the solar photosphere. The sam…

astro-ph.SR2025

Application of Deep Learning to the Classification of Stokes Profiles: From the Quiet Sun to Sunspots

Ryan James Campbell, Mihalis Mathioudakis, Carlos Quintero Noda +2

The morphology of circular polarisation profiles from solar spectropolarimetric observations encode information about the magnetic field strength, inclination, and line-of-sight ve…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 4 cited

Diagnosing the solar atmosphere through the Mg I b 5173 Å line. II. Morphological classification of the intensity and circular polarization profiles

A. L. Siu-Tapia, L. R. Bellot Rubio, D. Orozco Suárez +1

The Mg I b line at 5173 Å is primarily magnetically sensitive to heights between the mid photosphere and the low chromosphere, a region that has not been sufficiently explored…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

Diagnosing the solar atmosphere through the Mg I b 5173 Å line. I. Nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium inversions versus traditional inferences

A. L. Siu-Tapia, L. R. Bellot Rubio, D. Orozco Suárez

Aims. We examined the capabilities of methods based on the weak-field approximation and line bisectors to extract fast and reliable information about the height stratification of t…

astro-ph.IM2025

TuMag: the tunable magnetograph for the Sunrise III mission

J. C. del Toro Iniesta, D. Orozco Suárez, A. Álvarez-Herrero +61

One of the instruments aboard the Sunrise III mission, the Tunable Magnetograph (TuMag), is a tunable imaging spectropolarimeter in visible wavelengths. It is designed to probe the…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 11 cited

Sausage, kink, and fluting MHD wave modes identified in solar magnetic pores by Solar Orbiter/PHI

S. Jafarzadeh, L. A. C. Schiavo, V. Fedun +25

Solar pores are intense concentrations of magnetic flux that emerge through the Sun's photosphere. When compared to sunspots, they are much smaller in diameter and hence can be imp…

astro-ph.SR2024

Persistent Homology analysis for solar magnetograms

Pablo Santamarina Guerrero, Yukio Katsukawa, Shin Toriumi +1

Understanding the magnetic fields of the Sun is essential for unraveling the underlying mechanisms driving solar activity. Integrating topological data analysis techniques into the…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Reconstruction of total solar irradiance variability as simultaneously apparent from Solar Orbiter and Solar Dynamics Observatory

K. L. Yeo, N. A. Krivova, S. K. Solanki +42

Solar irradiance variability has been monitored almost exclusively from the Earth's perspective. {We present a method to combine the unprecedented observations of the photospheric…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Coronal voids and their magnetic nature

J. D. Nölke, S. K. Solanki, J. Hirzberger +68

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations of the quiet solar atmosphere reveal extended regions of weak emission compared to the ambient quiescent corona. The magnetic nature of these…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 8 cited

Intensity contrast of solar network and faculae close to the solar limb, observed from two vantage points

K. Albert, N. A. Krivova, J. Hirzberger +43

The brightness of faculae and network depends on the angle at which they are observed and the magnetic flux density. Close to the limb, assessment of this relationship has until no…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 16 cited

Fleeting Small-scale Surface Magnetic Fields Build the Quiet-Sun Corona

L. P. Chitta, S. K. Solanki, J. C. del Toro Iniesta +19

Arch-like loop structures filled with million Kelvin hot plasma form the building blocks of the quiet-Sun corona. Both high-resolution observations and magnetoconvection simulation…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

Stereoscopic disambiguation of vector magnetograms: first applications to SO/PHI-HRT data

G. Valori, D. Calchetti, A. Moreno Vacas +34

Spectropolarimetric reconstructions of the photospheric vector magnetic field are intrinsically limited by the 180-ambiguity in the orientation of the transverse component.…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 7 cited

A study of the capabilities for inferring atmospheric information from high-spatial-resolution simulations

C. Quintero Noda, E. Khomenko, M. Collados +8

In this work, we study the accuracy that can be achieved when inferring the atmospheric information from realistic numerical magneto-hydrodynamic simulations that reproduce the spa…