Chen, Y.; Przybylski, D.; Peter, H.; Tian, H.; Auchère, F.; Berghmans, D.: Transient small-scale brightenings in the quiet solar corona: A model for campfires observed with Solar Orbiter. Astronomy and Astrophysics 656, L7 (2021)
Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Young, P.R.: Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona. Astronomy and Astrophysics 647, A159 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: On-disk Solar Coronal Condensations Facilitated by Magnetic Reconnection between Open and Closed Magnetic Structures. The Astrophysical Journal 910 (2), 82 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 919 (2), L21 (2021)
Li, L.-P.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.-Q.: Revisiting the formation mechanism for coronal rain from previous studies. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 (10), 255 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.; Ji, K.; Xiang, Y.: Magnetic Reconnection between Loops Accelerated By a Nearby Filament Eruption. The Astrophysical Journal 908 (2), 213 (2021)
Ni, L.; Chen, Y.; Peter, H.; Tian, H.; Lin, J.: A magnetic reconnection model for hot explosions in the cool atmosphere of the Sun. Astronomy and Astrophysics 646, A88 (2021)
Brooks, D. H.; Winebarger, A. R.; Savage, S.; Warren, H. P.; Pontieu, B. D.; Peter, H.; Cirtain, J. W.; Golub, L.; Kobayashi, K.; McIntosh, S. W.et al.; McKenzie, D.; Morton, R.; Rachmeler, L.; Testa, P.; Tiwari, S.; Walsh, R.: The Drivers of Active Region Outflows into the Slow Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal 894 (2), 144 (2020)
Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Priest, E. R.; Solanki, S. K.: Impulsive coronal heating during the interaction of surface magnetic fields in the lower solar atmosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics 644, A130 (2020)
Guo, L.-J.; de Pontieu, B.; Huang, Y.-M.; Peter, H.; Bhattacharjee, A.: Observations and modeling of the onset of fast reconnection in the solar transition region. The Astrophysical Journal 901 (2), 148 (2020)
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
Analyzing the high spatial resolution solar Ca II H and K emission data obtained by the SUNRISE mission and building a model of other stars more active than the Sun
The magnetic field in the solar atmosphere exceeds the geomagnetic field strength by four orders of magnitude. It greatly influences the processes of energy transport within the solar atmosphere, and dominates the morphology of the solar chromosphere and corona. Kinetic energy from convective motions in the Sun can be efficiently stored in magnetic fields and subsequently released - to heat the solar corona to several million degrees or to blast off coronal mass ejections.