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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…

Nanoflares, short and intense heat pulses within spatially unresolved magnetic strands, are now considered a leading candidate to solve the coronal heating problem. However, the frequent occurrence of nanoflares requires that flare-hot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Fabio Reale , Paola Testa , James A. Klimchuk , Susanna Parenti

We investigate the relative contributions from the transition region and corona of coronal loops observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Using EBTEL (Enthalpy-Based Thermal Evolution of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Samuel J. Schonfeld , James A. Klimchuk

We exploit the high spatial resolution and high cadence of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) to investigate the response of the transition region and chromosphere to energy deposition during a small flare. Simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-28 Harry P. Warren , Jeffrey W. Reep , Nicholas A. Crump , Paulo J. A. Simoes

The content of hot material in the corona is not constant. Soft X-ray and high-temperature EUV line observations show that new material, apparently heated and evaporated from the chromosphere, is frequently injected into the corona both in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Arnold O. Benz , Paolo C. Grigis

Transition-region explosive events (EEs) are characterized by non-Gaussian line profiles with enhanced wings at Doppler velocities of 50-150 km/s. They are believed to be the signature of solar phenomena that are one of the main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Z. Huang , M. S. Madjarska , E. M. Scullion , L. -D. Xia , J. G. Doyle , T. Ray

This paper investigates a quiescent (non-flaring) active region observed on July 13, 2010 in EUV, SXR, and HXRs to search for a hot component that is speculated to be a key signature of coronal heating. We use a combination of RHESSI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-15 Shin-nosuke Ishikawa , Sam Krucker

Context: Studying the problem of active region heating requires precise measurements of physical plasma parameters such as electron density, temperature etc. It is also important to understand the relationship of coronal structures with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Tripathi , H. E. Mason , P. R. Young , G. Del Zanna

Magnetic twist of the active region has been measured over a decade using photospheric vector field data, chromospheric H_alpha data, and coronal loop data. The twist and tilt of the active regions have been measured at the photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 B. Ravindra , P. Venkatakrishnan , Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari

Coronal active regions are studied using Hinode/EIS observations in the EUV line Fe XII {\lambda}195.12 by analyzing their line profiles from 2006 December to 2019 December. The period covers the last 2 yr of solar cycle 23 and solar cycle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-24 Maya Prabhakar , K. P Raju

We investigate the chromospheric evaporation in the flare of 2007 January 16 using line profiles observed by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. Three points at flare ribbons of different magnetic polarities are analyzed in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-18 Y. Li , M. D. Ding

During solar flares, a considerable portion of the flare atmosphere becomes heated; however, the energy deposition process is still unclear, especially in the lower solar atmosphere. Here, we present spectroscopic and imaging observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Girjesh Gupta , Ananya Rawat , Helen Mason , Robertus Erdélyi

The quiet solar corona consists of myriads of loop-like features, with magnetic fields originating from network and internetwork regions on the solar surface. The continuous interaction between these different magnetic patches leads to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-13 L. P. Chitta , H. Peter , P. R. Young

The high densities, long lifetimes, and narrow emission measure distributions observed in coronal loops with apex temperatures near 1 MK are difficult to reconcile with physical models of the solar atmosphere. It has been proposed that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-08 Harry P. Warren , David M. Kim , Amanda M. DeGiorgi , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra

We study plasma flows along selected coronal loops in NOAA Active Region 10926, observed on 3 December 2006 with Hinode's EUV Imaging Spectrograph (EIS). From the shape of the loops traced on intensity images and the Doppler shifts measured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. Syntelis , C. Gontikakis , M. K. Georgoulis , C. E. Alissandrakis , K. Tsinganos

The X-Ray Telescope (XRT) on the Japanese/USA/UK {\it Hinode (Solar-B)} spacecraft has detected emission from a quiescent active region core that is consistent with nanoflare heating. The fluxes from 10 broadband X-ray filters and filter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. T. Schmelz , S. H. Saar , E. E. DeLuca , L. Golub , V. L. Kashyap , M. A. Weber , J. A. Klimchuk

We present a spectroscopic analysis of the pre-eruptive configuration of active region NOAA 11429, prior to two very fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on March 7, 2012 that are associated with this active region. We study the thermal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 Petros Syntelis , Costis Gontikakis , Spiros Patsourakos , Kanaris Tsinganos

Emerging flux regions (EFRs) are known to exhibit various sporadic local heating events in the lower atmosphere. To investigate the characteristics of these events, especially to link the photospheric magnetic fields and atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Shin Toriumi , Yukio Katsukawa , Mark C. M. Cheung

The EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode satellite is capable of measuring emission line center positions for Gaussian line profiles to a fraction of a spectral pixel, resulting in relative solar Doppler-shift measurements with an…

The evolution of a coronal loop is studied by means of numerical simulations of the fully compressible three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equations using the HYPERION code. The footpoints of the loop magnetic field are advected by random…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , B. D. Taylor , I. Ugarte-Urra , H. P. Warren , A. F. Rappazzo , M. Velli