Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Magnetosphere: From Plasma Observations to Reconnection Theory. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125 (9), e2020JA027865 (2020)
Lopez, R. E.; Gonzalez, W. D.; Vasyliūnas, V. M.; Richardson, I. G.; Cid, C.; Echer, E.; Reeves, G. D.; Brandt, P. C.: Decrease in SYM-H during a storm main phase without evidence of a ring current injection. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 134, pp. 118 - 129 (2015)
Song, P.; Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Effect of horizontally inhomogeneous heating on flow and magnetic field in the chromosphere of the Sun. Astrophys. J. Lett. 796, L23 (2014)
Tu, J.; Song, P.; Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Inductive-dynamic magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling via MHD waves. J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys. 119, pp. 530 - 547 (2014)
Song, P.; Vasyliūnas, V. M.; Zhou, X.-Z.: Magnetosphere-ionosphere/thermosphere coupling: Self-consistent solutions for a one-dimensional stratified ionosphere in three-fluid theory. Journal Geophysical Research 114, A08213 (2009)
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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.