Publications
The Sunrise Mission (PDF, 4.4 MB)
P. Barthol, A. Gandorfer, S. K. Solanki, et al
Solar Physics, Volume 268, Issue 1, pp.1-34 (2010)
doi: 10.1007/s11207-010-9662-9
The Filter Imager SuFI and the Image Stabilisation and Light Distribution system ISLiD of the Sunrise balloon borne Observatory (PDF, 1.3 MB)
A. Gandorfer, B. Grauf, P. Barthol, et al.
Solar Physics, Volume 268, Issue 1, pp.35-55 (2011)
doi: 10.1007/s11207-010-9636-y
The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) for the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory (PDF, 2.9 MB)
V. Martinez Pillet, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, A. Alvarez-Herrero, et al.
Solar Physics, Volume 268, Issue 1, pp.57-102 (2011)
doi: 10.1007/s11207-010-9644-y
The Wave-front correction system for the Sunrise balloon borne solar observatory (PDF, 1.1 MB)
T. Berkefeld, W. Schmidt, D. Soltau, et al.
Solar Physics, Volume 268, Issue 1, pp.103-123 (2011)
doi: 10.1007/s11207-010-9676-3
2010
SUNRISE: Instrument, Mission, Data And First Results (PDF, 1.6 MB)
S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol , S. Danilovic, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L127-L133 (2010).
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L127
Transverse component of the magnetic field in the solar photosphere observed by Sunrise/IMaX (PDF, 1.9 MB)
S. Danilovic, B. Beeck, A. Pietarila, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L149-L153 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L149
Quiet-Sun intensity contrasts in the near ultraviolet as measured from Sunrise (PDF, 547 KB)
J. Hirzberger, A. Feller, T.L. Riethmueller, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L154-L158 (2010)
doi:10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L154
Fully resolved quiet Sun magnetic flux tube observed with the Sunrise/IMaX instrument (PDF, 303 KB)
A. Lagg, S. K. Solanki, T. L. Riethmueller, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L164-L168 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L164
Bright points in the quiet Sun as observed in the visible and near UV by the balloon-borne observatory SUNRISE (PDF, 1.1 MB)
T. L. Riethmueller, S. K. Solanki, V. Martinez Pillet, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L169-L174 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L169
Magnetic loops in the quiet Sun (PDF, 3.2 MB)
T. Wiegelmann, S. K. Solanki, J. M. Borrero, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L185-L189 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L185
Supersonic Magnetic Upflows in Granular Cells Observed with Sunrise/IMaX (PDF, 322 KB)
J.M. Borrero, V. Martinez-Pillet, R. Schlichenmaier, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L144-L148 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L144
Retrieval of solar magnetic fields from high-spatial resolution filtergraph data: the Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) (PDF, 1 MB)
D. Orozco Suárez, L. R. Bellot Rubio, V. Martínez Pillet, J. A. Bonet, S. Vargas Domínguez, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 522, id.A101 (2010)
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014217
SUNRISE/IMaX observations of convectivley driven vortex flows in the Sun (PDF, 377 KB)
J. A. Bonet, I. Marquez, J. Sanchez Almeida, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L139-L143 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L139
Where the granular flows bend (PDF, 729 KB)
E. Khomenko, V. Martinez Pillet, S.K. Solanki, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L159-L163 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L159
Detection of large acoustic energy flux in the solar atmosphere (PDF, 241 KB)
N. Bello Gonzalez, M. Franz, V. Martinez Pillet, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L134-L138 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L134
The IMaX polarimeter for the solar telescope SUNRISE of the NASA long duration balloon program (PDF, 2 MB)
A. Alvarez-Herrero, V. Martínez-Pillet, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta, V. Domingo
API’09 – First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation, Palaiseau, France, Edited by E. Garcia-Caurel, A. de Martino; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 5, id.05002 (2010)
doi: 10.1051/epjconf/20100505002
Flight control software for the wave-front sensor of SUNRISE 1m balloon telescope (PDF, 3.5 MB)
A. Bell, P. Barthol, T. Berkefeld, B. Feger, A. Gandorfer, F. Heidecke, M. Knoelker, V. Pillet, W. Schmidt, M. Sigwarth, S. K. Solanki, D. Soltau, A. M. Title
Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy. Edited by Radziwill, Nicole M.; Bridger, Alan.
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7740, pp. 774003-774003-9 (2010)
doi: 10.1117/12.857003
Surface waves in solar granulation observed with SUNRISE (PDF, 607 KB)
M. Roth, M. Franz, N. Bello Gonzalez, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L175-L179 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L175
Detection of vortex tubes in solar granulation from observations with Sunrise (PDF, 341 KB)
O. Steiner, M. Franz, N. Bello Gonzalez, et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L180-L184 (2010)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L180
SUNRISE Impressions from a successful science flight (PDF, 630 KB)
W. Schmidt, S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol, T. Berkefeld, A. Gandorfer, M. Knölker, V. Martínez Pillet, M. Schüssler, A. Title
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.331, Issue 6, p.601, 06/2010
doi:10.1002/asna.201011383
2011
Performance validation of phase diversity image reconstruction techniques (PDF, 1.9 MB)
J. Hirzberger, A. Feller, T. Riethmüller, A. Gandorfer, S. K. Solanki
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 529, id.A132 (2011)
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015717
Unnoticed Magnetic Field Oscillations in the Very Quiet Sun Revealed by SUNRISE/IMaX (PDF, 0.5 MB)
M. J. Martínez González, A. Asensio Ramos, R. Manso Sainz
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 730, Issue 2, article id. L37 (2011)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/730/2/L37
Mesogranulation and the Solar Surface Magnetic Field Distribution (PDF, 1.2 MB)
L. Yelles Chaouche, F. Moreno-Insertis, V. Martínez Pillet
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 727, Issue 2, article id. L30 (2011)
doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/727/2/L30
The Sun at high resolution: first results from the Sunrise mission (PDF, 1.33 MB)
S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol, S. Danilovic, A. Feller, A. Gandorfer, J. Hirzberger, A. Lagg, T. L. Riethmüller, M. Schüssler, T. Wiegelmann, J. A. Bonet, V. Martínez Pillet, E. Khomenko, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, V. Domingo, J. Palacios, M. Knölker, N. Bello González, J. M. Borrero, T. Berkefeld, M. Franz, M. Roth, W. Schmidt, O. Steiner, A. M. Title
The Physics of Sun and Star Spots, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 273, p. 226-232 (2011)
doi:10.1017/S1743921311015298
Small-scale flux emergence events observed by Sunrise/IMaX (PDF, 208 KB)
S. L. Guglielmino, V. Martínez Pillet, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, L. R. Bellot Rubio, F. Zuccarello, S. K. Solanki
Advances in Plasma Astrophysics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 274, p. 140-142 (2011)
doi:10.1017/S1743921311006752
2012
Magnetic field emergence in mesogranular-sized exploding granules observed with sunrise/IMaX data (PDF, 3.5 MB)
J. Palacios, J. Blanco Rodríguez, S. Vargas Domínguez, V. Domingo, V. Martínez Pillet, J. A. Bonet, L. R. Bellot Rubio, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta, S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol, A. Gandorfer, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 537, article id. A21 (2012)
doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117936
Resolving the Internal Magnetic Structure of the Solar Network (PDF, 382 KB)
M. J. Martínez González, L. R. Bellot Rubio, S. K. Solanki, V. Martínez Pillet, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta, P. Barthol, W. Schmidt
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 758, Issue 2, article id. L40 (2012)
doi:10.1088/2041-8205/758/2/L40
The Frontier between Small-scale Bipoles and Ephemeral Regions in the Solar Photosphere: Emergence and Decay of an Intermediate-scale Bipole Observed with SUNRISE/IMaX(PDF, 2.65 MB)
S. L. Guglielmino, V. Martínez Pillet, J. A. Bonet, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta, L. R. Bellot Rubio, S. K. Solanki, W. Schmidt, A. Gandorfer, P. Barthol, M. Knölker
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 745, Issue 2, article id. 160 (2012)
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/160
Dead Calm Areas in the Very Quiet Sun(PDF, 1.51 MB)
M. J. Martínez González, R. Manso Sainz, A. Asensio Ramos, E. Hijano
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 755, Issue 2, article id. 175 (2012)
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/175
2013
Structure and dynamics of isolated internetwork Ca II H bright points observed by SUNRISE (PDF, 1.57 MB)
S. Jafarzadeh, S. K. Solanki, A. Feller, A. Lagg, A. Pietarila, S. Danilovic, T. L. Riethmüller, V. Martínez Pillet
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 549, id.A116, 19 pp.(2013)
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220089
First high-resolution images of the Sun in the 2796 Å Mg II k line (PDF, 3.05 MB)
T. L. Riethmüller, S. K. Solanki, J. Hirzberger, S. Danilovic, P. Barthol, T. Berkefeld, A. Gandorfer, L. Gizon, M. Knölker, W. Schmidt, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2013)