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One of the outstanding problems in all of space science is uncovering how the solar corona is heated to temperatures greater than 1 MK. Though studied for decades, one of the major difficulties in solving this problem has been unraveling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Nicholeen M. Viall , James A. Klimchuk

The Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode spacecraft has been operating since 2006, returning high resolution data in the 170-212 and 246-292 A wavelength regions. EIS has four slit options, with the narrow 1"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Peter R. Young , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra

We present new constraints on the high-temperature emission measure of a non-flaring solar active region using observations from the recently flown Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager sounding rocket payload. FOXSI has performed the first…

An Impulsive Heating Multiple Strand (IHMS) Model is able to reproduce the observational characteristics of EUV (~ 1 MK) active region loops. This model implies that some of the loops must reach temperatures where X-ray filters are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Amy R. Winebarger , Harry P. Warren

The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a proposed mission aimed at understanding the physical mechanisms driving the heating of the solar corona and the eruptions that are at the foundation of space weather. MUSE contains two instruments,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Bart De Pontieu , Juan Martinez-Sykora , Paola Testa , Amy Winebarger , Adrian Daw , Viggo Hansteen , Mark C. M. Cheung , Patrick Antolin , the MUSE team

The EUI instrument on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the most stable, high-resolution images of the solar corona from its orbit with a perihelion near 0.4 AU. A sequence of 360 images obtained at 17.1 nm, between 25-Oct-2022…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-12 Philip G. Judge

The recent launch of the High resolution Coronal imager (Hi-C) provided a unique opportunity to study the EUV corona with unprecedented spatial resolution. We utilize these observations to investigate the properties of low frequency (50-200…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-28 R. J. Morton , J. A. McLaughlin

We used data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), and Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the \textit{Solar Dynamics Observatory} (SDO) to study coronal loops at small scales, emerging in the quiet Sun. With HMI line-of-sight…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-15 LP. Chitta , R. Kariyappa , A. A. van Ballegooijen , E. E. DeLuca , S. S. Hasan , A. Hanslmeier

Most observations of the solar corona beyond 2 Rs consist of broadband visible light imagery from coronagraphs. The associated diagnostics mainly consist of kinematics and derivations of the electron number density. While the measurement of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Auchère , F. , Berghmans , D. , Dumesnil , C. , Halain , J. -P. , Mercier , R. , Rochus , P. , Delmotte , F. , François , S. , Hermans , A. , Hervier , V. , Kraaikamp , E. , Meltchakov , E. , Morinaud , G. , Philippon , A. , Smith , P. J. , Stegen , K. , Verbeeck , C. , Zhang , X. Y. , Andretta , V. , Abbo , L. , Buchlin , E. , Frassati , F. , Gissot , S. , Gyo , M. , Harra , L. , Jerse , G. , Landini , F. , Mierla , M. , Nicula , B. , Parenti , S. , Renotte , E. , Romoli , M. , Russano , G. , Sasso , C. , Schühle , U. , Schmutz , W. , Soubrié , E. , Susino , R. , Teriaca , L. , West , M. , Zhukov , A. N

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has observed bright spots at the transition region footpoints associated with heating in the overlying loops, as observed by coronal imagers. Some of these brightenings show significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Fabio Reale , Paola Testa , Antonino Petralia , David R. Graham

We have previously found a temperature-dependent upflow in the dimming region following a coronal mass ejection (CME) observed by the {\it Hinode} EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). In this paper, we reanalyzed the observations along with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 S. Imada , H. Hara , T. Watanabe , I. Murakami , L. K. Harra , T. Shimizu , E. G. Zweibel

We aim to reproduce the structure of the corona above a solar active region as seen in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) using a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (3D MHD) model. The 3D MHD data-driven model solves the induction equation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-30 Jörn Warnecke , Hardi Peter

Due to their characteristic temperature and density, loop structures in active regions (ARs) can be seen bright in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and soft X-ray images. The semiempirical determination of the three-dimensional (3D) distribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 F. A. Nuevo , C. Mac Cormack , M. López Fuentes , A. M. Vásquez , C. H. Mandrini

Using one-arcsecond-slit scan observations from the Hinode/EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on 05 February 2007, we find the plasma outflows in the open and expanding coronal funnels at the eastern boundary of AR 10940. The Doppler velocity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. K. Srivastava , P. Konkol , K. Murawski , B. N. Dwivedi , A. Mohan

A complete understanding of Doppler shift in active region loops can help probe the basic physical mechanism involved into the heating of those loops. Here we present observations of upflows in coronal loops detected in a range of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Durgesh Tripathi , Helen Mason , Giulio Del Zanna , Steven Bradshaw

We investigate the scaling properties of the long-range temporal evolution and intermittency of SDO/AIA intensity observations in four solar environments: an active region core, a weak emission region, and two core loops. We use two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Ana Cristina Cadavid , Yeimy J. Rivera , John K. Lawrence , Damian J. Christian , Peter J. Jennings , A. Franco Rappazzo

The physical modeling of active regions (ARs) and of the global coronal is receiving increasing interest lately. Recent attempts to model ARs using static equilibrium models were quite successful in reproducing AR images of hot soft X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Patsourakos , J. A. Klimchuk

The extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) late phase of solar flares is a second peak of warm coronal emissions (e.g., Fe XVI) for many minutes to a few hours after the GOES soft X-ray peak. It was first observed by the EUV Variability Experiment (EVE)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Y. Li , M. D. Ding , Y. Guo , Y. Dai

Active region EUV loops are believed to trace a subset of magnetic field lines through the corona. Malanushenko et al. (2009) proposed a method, using loop images and line-of-sight photospheric magnetograms, to infer the three-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-27 Marika I. McCarthy , Dana W. Longcope , Anna Malanushenko

The transition region between the Sun's corona and chromosphere is important to the mass and energy transfer from the lower atmosphere to the corona; consequently, this region has been studied intensely with ultraviolet (UV) and extreme…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 C. Gontikakis , S. K. Antiochos , P. R. Young