Papers on stellar spectral line formation theory are presented. The general topics considered include: frequency redistribution problems in line formation...
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PublicationProgress in stellar spectral line formation theory; Proceedings of the Advanced Research Workshop, Trieste, Italy, September 4-7, 1984
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PublicationSolar coronal loop oscillations: theory of resonantly damped oscillations and comparison with observations
One of the proposed damping mechanisms of coronal transverse loop oscillations in the kink mode is resonant absorption as a result of the spatial variation of...
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TalkSolar-terrestrial relations – combined remote sensing and in-situ data
The Sun is an active star that influences the Earth as well as the entire solar system. Most dynamic phenomena on the Sun are observed as coronal mass ejections...
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PublicationThe Chromosphere Underneath a Coronal Bright Point
Coronal bright points (CBPs) are sets of small-scale coronal loops, connecting opposite magnetic polarities, primarily characterized by their enhanced extreme...
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NewsThe CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the corona
Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the...
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TalkThe coronal heating problem: why MHD waves are trendy
The coronal heating problem has been with us for almost 70 years now. Among the different proposed explanations, wave-based heating mechanisms are recurrently...
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TalkThe ESA/NASA mission Solar Orbiter
Solar Orbiter is the first mission of the ESA Cosmic Vision program and that has recently been approved at implementation level. It is an M class mission with a...
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TalkThe Magnetic Nature of Our Sun
This talk will give an overview of our understanding of the Sun in the 1960's, the major discoveries since then, and the main questions that need to be answered...
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TalkThe Solar Chromosphere
The chromosphere is the interface between the photospheric solar surface and the outer corona and wind. In this complex domain thesolar gas becomes transparent...