Jiang, J.; Cameron, R. H.; Schmitt, D.; Işık, E.: Modeling solar cycles 15 to 21 using a flux transport dynamo. Astronomy and Astrophysics 553, A128 (2013)
Jiang, J.; Cameron, R. H.; Schmitt, D.; Schüssler, M.: The solar magnetic field since 1700 I. Characteristics of sunspot group emergence and reconstruction of the butterfly diagram. Astronomy and Astrophysics 528, A82 (2011)
Jiang, J.; Cameron, R. H.; Schmitt, D.; Schüssler, M.: The solar magnetic field since 1700 II. Physical reconstruction of total, polar and open flux. Astronomy and Astrophysics 528, A83 (2011)
Cameron, R. H.; Jiang, J.; Schmitt, D.; Schüssler, M.: Surface flux transport modeling for solar cycles 15-21: effects of cycle-dependent tilt angles of sunspot groups. Astrophysical Journal 719, pp. 264 - 270 (2010)
Jiang, J.; Işık, E.; Cameron, R. H.; Schmitt, D.; Schüssler, M.: The effect of activity-related meridional flow modulation on the strength of the solar polar magnetic field. Astrophysical Journal 717, pp. 597 - 602 (2010)
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 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).
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.