Detection of vortex tubes in solar granulation from observations with Sunrise

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 723, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Steiner, O ^a   Franz, M ^a   Bello Gonzalez N ^a   Nutto, Ch ^a   Rezaei, R ^a   Pillet, V Martínez ^b   Navarro, J A Bonet ^b   Del Toro Iniesta, J C ^c   Domingo, V ^d   Solanki, S K ^e,f   Knolker M ^g   Schmidt, W ^a   Barthol, P ^e   Gandorfer, A ^f  

^a KIEPENHEUER INSTITUT FÜR SONNENPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Hydrodynamics; Sun: granulation; Sun: photosphere; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649286047     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L180     Document Type: Article

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