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20162026
most citedThe coronagraphic Modal Wavefront Sensor: a hybrid focal-plane sensor for the high-contrast imaging of circumstellar environments

52 citations · 212 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Multi-Height Spectropolarimetric Signatures of Magnetoacoustic Waves in Solar Plage

Taylor Sitterson, João M. da Silva Santos, Joshua Bentley +5

We analyze high-cadence spectropolarimetric observations of solar plage obtained with the Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) on the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) to inve…

astro-ph.SR2026

Multi-wavelength synthesis of a flux rope-trapped mini-prominence eruption and post-flare coronal rain

Samrat Sen, Alexander G. M. Pietrow, Veronika Jercic +1

Small-scale eruptive phenomena in the solar corona including miniature flux ropes and associated cool plasma condensations are not fully understood despite increasing high-resoluti…

astro-ph.SR2026

A matter of class and flare Flare productivity in solar active regions and power-law constraints on the flare frequency distribution

A. G. M. Pietrow

Solar active regions are the source of virtually all significant space weather events, therefore the relationship between their observable properties and flare production is import…

astro-ph.SR2026

The Fe I 4377 Å Line as a Solar Faculae Indicator: Insights from Spectral Ratio Analysis

Katlyn L. Hobbs, Christopher A. Watson, Jean C. Costes +21

Faculae are a dominant source of stellar activity noise in radial velocity measurements, yet their low contrast and broad surface distribution make them difficult to track in disc-…

astro-ph.SR2026

From simulations to observations of cool plasma: What we can learn from synthetic spectra

V. Jerčić, T. A. Kucera, A. G. M. Pietrow +2

Cool plasma of coronal rain or prominences and filaments is ubiquitous in the solar corona. We explored the synthetic spectra of MgII h&k lines in detail and analyse how well a non…

astro-ph.SR2026

Center-to-limb variations of solar active regions: Observations of spots, faculae, and network in the 6173 Å continuum

A. G. M. Pietrow, S. Sumra, D. J. M. Petit dit de la Roche +3

Accurate modeling of stellar active regions (ARs) remains a major bottleneck for radial-velocity and transmission-spectroscopy studies aimed at finding Earth-like planets. While mu…

astro-ph.SR2026

Fine-scale downflows above flare ribbons captured by Solar Orbiter/EUI

Zheng Sun, Alexander G. M. Pietrow, Malcolm K. Druett +8

In solar flares, flare ribbons map chromospheric footpoints where flare energy deposition occurs. These locations are associated with field aligned energy transport from the corona…

astro-ph.EP2026

Transit timing and starspot-induced transit depth variations in the 17 Myr old HIP 67522 system

H. Chakraborty, M. Lendl, A. Nigioni +27

HIP 67522 is a one of the youngest multi-planetary systems discovered to date. The 17 Myr-old, Sun-like star is part of the Scorpius-Centarus OB association and is known to host tw…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 3 cited

HelioSpectrotron 5000: An interactive multi-resolution solar spectral atlas

A. G. M. Pietrow

HelioSpectrotron 5000 (HS5000) is an interactive, multi-resolution solar spectral atlas designed to facilitate direct comparison between high-resolution reference spectra and obser…

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★ 3 cited

On the center-to-limb variations of the He I 10830 Å triplet

A. G. M. Pietrow, C. Kuckein, M. Verma +4

We present high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the quiet-Sun center-to-limb variations (CLV) of the He I triplet at 10830 Å and the nearby Si I 10827 Å line, observed wit…

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.SR2025★ 11 cited

Synthesizing Sun-as-a-star flare spectra from high-resolution solar observations

M. De Wilde, A. G. M. Pietrow, M. K. Druett +22

Spatially resolved observations of the Sun and the astronomical sample size of stellar bodies are the respective key strengths of solar and stellar observations. However, the large…

astro-ph.SR2025

Multi-wavelength observations of substructures in solar flare ribbons

Vishal Singh, Eamon Scullion, Gert J. J. Botha +6

Solar flare ribbons are extensive brightenings in the chromosphere during flares, often showing fine scale structuring that reflects the underlying energy release. Using high caden…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 7 cited

Solar active region evolution and imminent flaring activity through a color-coded visualization of photospheric vector magnetograms

I. Kontogiannis, A. G. M. Pietrow, M. K. Druett +3

The emergence of magnetic flux, its transition to complex configurations, and the pre-eruptive state of active regions are probed using photospheric magnetograms. We aim to pinpoin…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 16 cited

Spectral variations within solar flare ribbons

A. G. M. Pietrow, M. K. Druett, V. Singh

Solar flare ribbons are intense brightenings of principally chromospheric material that are responsible for a large fraction of the chromospheric emission in solar and stellar flar…

astro-ph.SR2023

3D non-LTE modeling of the stellar center-to-limb variation for transmission spectroscopy studies

G. Canocchi, K. Lind, C. Lagae +5

Context. Transmission spectroscopy is one of the most powerful techniques to characterize transiting exoplanets since it allows to measure the abundance of the atomic and molecular…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Ground-breaking Exoplanet Science with the ANDES spectrograph at the ELT

Enric Palle, Katia Biazzo, Emeline Bolmont +56

In the past decade the study of exoplanet atmospheres at high-spectral resolution, via transmission/emission spectroscopy and cross-correlation techniques for atomic/molecular mapp…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

Center-to-limb variation of spectral lines and their effect on full-disk observations

Alexander G. M. Pietrow, Adur Pastor Yabar

An accurate description of the center-to-limb variation (CLV) of stellar spectra is becoming an increasingly critical factor in both stellar and exoplanet characterization. In part…

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.SR2023

Stellar surface information from the Ca II H&K lines I. Intensity profiles of the solar activity components

M. Cretignier, A. G. M. Pietrow, S. Aigrain

The detection of Earth-like planets with the radial-velocity method is currently limited by the presence of stellar activity signatures. On rotational timescales, spots and plages…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 2 cited

Why every observatory needs a disco ball

Robert J. Cumming, Alexander G. M. Pietrow, Livia Pietrow +5

Commercial disco balls provide a safe, effective and instructive way of observing the Sun. We explore the optics of solar projections with disco balls, and find that while sunspot…