First-authored, refereed papers of L. P. Chitta

A list of first-authored, refereed publications of L. P. Chitta, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9270-6785

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 26
No. of citations: 733

2026

  1. A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare [8]
    Chitta, L. P., Pontin, D. I., Priest, E. R., Berghmans, D., Kraaikamp, E., Rodriguez, L., Verbeeck, C., Zhukov, A. N., Krucker, S., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Calchetti, D., Hirzberger, J., Peter, H., Schühle, U., Solanki, S. K., Teriaca, L., Giunta, A. S., Auchère, F., Harra, L. & Müller, D., A&A, 705, A113

2025

  1. Supergranulation and Poleward Migration of the Magnetic Field at High Latitudes of the Sun [1]
    Chitta, L. P., Calchetti, D., Hirzberger, J., Valori, G., Priest, E. R., Solanki, S. K., Berghmans, D., Verbeeck, C., Kraaikamp, E., Albert, K., Appourchaux, T., Bailén, F. J., Bellot Rubio, L. R., Blanco Rodríguez, J., Feller, A., Gandorfer, A., Gizon, L., Lagg, A., Moreno Vacas, A., Orozco Suárez, D., Schou, J., Schühle, U., Sinjan, J., Strecker, H., Volkmer, R., Woch, J., Li, X., Oba, T. & Ulyanov, A., ApJ, 993, L45
  2. Coronal hole picoflare jets are progenitors of both fast and Alfvénic slow solar wind [17]
    Chitta, L. P., Huang, Z., D'Amicis, R., Calchetti, D., Zhukov, A. N., Kraaikamp, E., Verbeeck, C., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Hirzberger, J., Berghmans, D., Horbury, T. S., Solanki, S. K., Owen, C. J., Harra, L., Peter, H., Schühle, U., Teriaca, L., Louarn, P., Livi, S., Giunta, A. S., Hassler, D. M. & Wang, Y.-M., A&A, 694, A71

2024

  1. Photospheric Hot Spots at Solar Coronal Loop Footpoints Revealed by Hyperspectral Imaging Observations [4]
    Chitta, L. P., van Noort, M., Smitha, H. N., Priest, E. R. & Rouppe van der Voort, L. H. M., ApJ, 976, 134
  2. Hard X-rays from the deep solar atmosphere. An unusual UV burst with flare properties [0]
    Chitta, L. P., Hannah, I. G., Fletcher, L., Hudson, H. S., Young, P. R., Krucker, S. & Peter, H., A&A, 688, L9
  3. Mini-Plasmaströme als Quelle des Sonnenwindes [0]
    Chitta, Lakshmi Pradeep, Schühle, Udo & Peter, Hardi, Physik in unserer Zeit, 55, 10

2023

  1. Picoflare jets power the solar wind emerging from a coronal hole on the Sun [71]
    Chitta, L. P., Zhukov, A. N., Berghmans, D., Peter, H., Parenti, S., Mandal, S., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Schühle, U., Teriaca, L., Auchère, F., Barczynski, K., Buchlin, É., Harra, L., Kraaikamp, E., Long, D. M., Rodriguez, L., Schwanitz, C., Smith, P. J., Verbeeck, C. & Seaton, D. B., Science, 381, 867
  2. Direct observations of a complex coronal web driving highly structured slow solar wind [38]
    Chitta, L. P., Seaton, D. B., Downs, C., DeForest, C. E. & Higginson, A. K., Nature Astronomy, 7, 133
  3. Fleeting Small-scale Surface Magnetic Fields Build the Quiet-Sun Corona [16]
    Chitta, L. P., Solanki, S. K., del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Woch, J., Calchetti, D., Gandorfer, A., Hirzberger, J., Kahil, F., Valori, G., Orozco Suárez, D., Strecker, H., Appourchaux, T., Volkmer, R., Peter, H., Mandal, S., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Teriaca, L., Schühle, U., Berghmans, D., Verbeeck, C., Zhukov, A. N. & Priest, E. R., ApJ, 956, L1

2022

  1. Solar coronal heating from small-scale magnetic braids [49]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H., Parenti, S., Berghmans, D., Auchère, F., Solanki, S. K., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Schühle, U., Teriaca, L., Mandal, S., Barczynski, K., Buchlin, É., Harra, L., Kraaikamp, E., Long, D. M., Rodriguez, L., Schwanitz, C., Smith, P. J., Verbeeck, C., Zhukov, A. N., Liu, W. & Cheung, M. C. M., A&A, 667, A166

2021

  1. From Formation to Disruption: Observing the Multiphase Evolution of a Solar Flare Current Sheet [13]
    Chitta, L. P., Priest, E. R. & Cheng, X., ApJ, 911, 133
  2. Capturing transient plasma flows and jets in the solar corona [28]
    Chitta, L. P., Solanki, S. K., Peter, H., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Teriaca, L., Schühle, U., Auchère, F., Berghmans, D., Kraaikamp, E., Gissot, S. & Verbeeck, C., A&A, 656, L13
  3. Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona [45]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H. & Young, P. R., A&A, 647, A159

2020

  1. Solar Photosphere [1]
    Chitta, L. P., Smitha, H. N. & Solanki, S. K., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Physics, p.1
  2. Onset of Turbulent Fast Magnetic Reconnection Observed in the Solar Atmosphere [32]
    Chitta, L. P. & Lazarian, A., ApJ, 890, L2
  3. Impulsive coronal heating during the interaction of surface magnetic fields in the lower solar atmosphere [29]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H., Priest, E. R. & Solanki, S. K., A&A, 644, A130

2019

  1. Hot prominence spicules launched from turbulent cool solar prominences [5]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H. & Li, L., A&A, 627, L5
  2. Energetics of magnetic transients in a solar active region plage [20]
    Chitta, L. P., Sukarmadji, A. R. C., Rouppe van der Voort, L. & Peter, H., A&A, 623, A176

2018

  1. Nature of the energy source powering solar coronal loops driven by nanoflares [59]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H. & Solanki, S. K., A&A, 615, L9

2017

  1. Solar Coronal Loops Associated with Small-scale Mixed Polarity Surface Magnetic Fields [81]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H., Solanki, S. K., Barthol, P., Gandorfer, A., Gizon, L., Hirzberger, J., Riethmüller, T. L., van Noort, M., Blanco Rodríguez, J., Del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Orozco Suárez, D., Schmidt, W., Martínez Pillet, V. & Knölker, M., ApJS, 229, 4
  2. Compact solar UV burst triggered in a magnetic field with a fan-spine topology [56]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H., Young, P. R. & Huang, Y.-M., A&A, 605, A49

2016

  1. A closer look at a coronal loop rooted in a sunspot umbra [37]
    Chitta, L. P., Peter, H. & Young, P. R., A&A, 587, A20

2014

  1. Nonlinear Force-free Field Modeling of the Solar Magnetic Carpet and Comparison with SDO/HMI and Sunrise/IMaX Observations [11]
    Chitta, L. P., Kariyappa, R., van Ballegooijen, A. A., DeLuca, E. E. & Solanki, S. K., ApJ, 793, 112

2013

  1. Observations and Modeling of the Emerging Extreme-ultraviolet Loops in the Quiet Sun as Seen with the Solar Dynamics Observatory [10]
    Chitta, L. P., Kariyappa, R., van Ballegooijen, A. A., DeLuca, E. E., Hasan, S. S. & Hanslmeier, A., ApJ, 768, 32

2012

  1. Dynamics of the Solar Magnetic Bright Points Derived from Their Horizontal Motions [89]
    Chitta, L. P., van Ballegooijen, A. A., Rouppe van der Voort, L., DeLuca, E. E. & Kariyappa, R., ApJ, 752, 48
  2. Observations of the Interaction of Acoustic Waves and Small-scale Magnetic Fields in a Quiet Sun [13]
    Chitta, Lakshmi Pradeep, Jain, Rekha, Kariyappa, R. & Jefferies, Stuart M., ApJ, 744, 98

Created on Wed Apr 22 04:33:48 2026.