This website uses cookies for better user experience. Learn more in our Data protection statement and the Cookies page, where you can also enable/disable individual cookies and services. By continuing to use this site, you consent to our policies.

Dr. Horst Balthasar

Image of Horst Balthasar

Scientific interests

Spectro-polarimetry of sunspots and other features of solar magnetic activity

Physics of the quiet Sun

Differential rotation of the Sun

Solar Physics
Guest
Office: HH/204
Phone: +49 331 7499 408
hbalthasarnothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

An unusual velocity field in a sunspot penumbra
Balthasar, H., Denker, C., Diercke, A., ... Louis, R. E., ... Verma, M., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A10; published January 2026
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142199, NASA ADS
Differential rotation of solar α sunspots and implications for stellar light curves
Lößnitz, E. J., Pietrow, A. G. M., ... Verma, M., Kontogiannis, I., Balthasar, H., Denker, C., ..., 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, A187; published November 2025
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202555654, NASA ADS
Ionization memory of plasma emitters in a solar prominence
Wiehr, E., Balthasar, H., Stellmacher, G., Bianda, M., 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 696, A209; published April 2025
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451526, NASA ADS
The dependence of the magnetism of a near-limb sunspot on height
Benko, M., Balthasar, H., Gömöry, P., Kuckein, C., González Manrique, S. J., 2024
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686, A194; published June 2024
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348617, NASA ADS
The European Solar Telescope
Quintero Noda, C., ... Balthasar, H., ... Denker, C., ... Dineva, E., ... Hofmeister, S., ... Kamlah, R., ... Kontogiannis, I., ... Strassmeier, K. G., ... Verma, M., ... Wisniewska, A., ..., 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 666, A21; published October 2022
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243867, NASA ADS
Velocity Difference of Ions and Neutrals in Solar Prominences
Wiehr, E., Stellmacher, G., Balthasar, H., Bianda, M., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 920, 1, 47; published October 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac1791, NASA ADS
Multiple Stokes I inversions for inferring magnetic fields in the spectral range around Cr I 5782 Å
Kuckein, C., Balthasar, H., ... Diercke, A., ... Denker, C., Verma, M., Kontogiannis, I., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 653, A165; published September 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140596, NASA ADS
Properties of the inner penumbra boundary and temporal evolution of a decaying sunspot (Corrigendum)
Benko, M., ... Balthasar, H., ... Kuckein, C., ..., 2021
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 652, C7; published August 2021
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834296e, NASA ADS
Classification of High-resolution Solar Hα Spectra Using t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding
Verma, M., Matijevič, G., Denker, C., Diercke, A., Dineva, E., Balthasar, H., Kamlah, R., Kontogiannis, I., Kuckein, C., Pal, P. S., 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 907, 1, 54; published January 2021
doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abcd95, NASA ADS
Observational study of chromospheric heating by acoustic waves
Abbasvand, V., ... Denker, C., Balthasar, H., Verma, M., Kontogiannis, I., ... Kuckein, C., 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 642, A52; published October 2020
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038559, NASA ADS