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The \textit{High resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C)} has provided the sharpest view of the EUV corona to date. In this paper we exploit its impressive resolving power to provide the first analysis of the fine-scale structure of moss in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 R. J. Morton , J. A. McLaughlin

We analyze the effect of a sunspot in its quiet surroundings applying a helioseismic technique on almost three years of Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) observations obtained during solar cycle 24 to further study the sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 M. Cristina Rabello-Soares , Richard S. Bogart , Philip H. Scherrer

Recent studies show that active-region (AR) upflowing plasma, observed by the EUV-Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), onboard Hinode, can gain access to open field-lines and be released into the solar wind (SW) via magnetic-interchange reconnection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 C. H. Mandrini , F. A. Nuevo , A. M. Vásquez , P. Démoulin , L. van Driel-Gesztelyi , D. Baker , J. L. Culhane , G. D. Cristiani , M. Pick

Strong solar magnetic fields are the energy source of intense flares and energetic coronal mass ejections of space weather importance. The key issue is the difficulty in predicting the occurrence time and location of strong solar eruptions,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-04 P. K. Manoharan , C. J. Salter , S. M. White , P. Perillat , F. Fernandez , B. Perera , A. Venkataraman , C. Brum

The moss is the area at the footpoint of the hot (3 to 5 MK) loops forming the core of the active region where emission is believed to result from the heat flux conducted down to the transition region from the hot loops. Studying the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-26 Neda Dadashi , Luca Teriaca , Durgesh Tripathi , Sami K. Solanki , Thomas Wiegelmann

In this Letter we present a seismological detection of a rising motion of magnetic flux in the shallow convection zone of the Sun, and show estimates of the emerging speed and its decelerating nature. In order to evaluate the speed of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Shin Toriumi , Stathis Ilonidis , Takashi Sekii , Takaaki Yokoyama

Active region (AR) outflows have been studied in detail since the launch of \textit{Hinode}/EIS and are believed to provide a possible source of mass and energy to the slow solar wind. In this work, we investigate the lower atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Vanessa Polito , Bart De Pontieu , Paola Testa , David H. Brooks , Viggo Hansteen

We used line-of-sight magnetograms acquired by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory to derive the decay rate of total unsigned magnetic flux for 910 ephemeral and active regions (ARs) observed between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-08 Andrei A. Plotnikov , Valentina I. Abramenko , Alexander S. Kutsenko

The Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft obtains high resolution spectra of the solar atmosphere in two wavelength ranges: 170 - 210 and 250 - 290 angstroms. These wavelength regions contain a wealth of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Yuan-Kuen Ko , George A. Doschek , Harry P. Warren , Peter R. Young

Some of local sources of the slow solar wind can be associated with spectroscopically detected plasma outflows at edges of active regions accompanied with specific signatures in the inner corona. The EUV telescopes (e.g. SPIRIT/CORONAS-F,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-03 V. Slemzin , L. Harra , A. Urnov , S. Kuzin , F. Goryaev , D. Berghmans

From 2022 March 18-21, active region (AR) 12967 was tracked simultaneously by Solar Orbiter (SO) at 0.35 au and Hinode/EIS at Earth. During this period, strong blue-shifted plasma upflows were observed along a thin, dark corridor of open…

A solar active region (AR) is a three-dimensional magnetic structure formed in the convection zone, whose property is fundamentally important for determining the coronal structure and solar activity when emerged. However, our knowledge on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-22 Georgios Chintzoglou , Jie Zhang

Recent observations from the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode have shown that low density areas on the periphery of active regions are characterized by strong blue-shifts at 1 MK. These Doppler shifts have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Harry P. Warren

We present the first model that couples the formation of the corona of a solar active region to a model of the emergence of a sunspot pair. This allows us to study when, where, and why active region loops form, and how they evolve. We use a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 F. Chen , H. Peter , S. Bingert , M. C. M. Cheung

In order to better understand the nature of active region outflows, the electron density was measured by using a density-sensitive line pair Fe xiv 264.78A/274.20A.Since coronal line profiles of the outflow region are composed of a major…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Naomasa Kitagawa , Takaaki Yokoyama

The increased amount of information provided by ongoing missions such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) represents a great challenge for the understanding of basic questions such as the internal structure of sunspots and how they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-29 R. Gafeira , C. C. Fonte , M. A. Pais , J. Fernandes

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

In order to understand solar atmospheric heating it is important to test heating models against spatially resolved data from solar active regions. Here we model a small active region, AR~12760 observed on 2020 April 28, with the GX…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-12 Therese A. Kucera , Gelu M. Nita , James A. Klimchuk , Gregory D. Fleishman

Since its launch on 22 September 2006, the EUV Imaging Spectrometer onboard the Hinode satellite has exhibited a gradual decay in sensitivity. Using spectroheliograms taken in the Fe VIII 185.21 Angstrom and Si VII 275.35 Angstrom emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. T. Mariska

The High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) has provided Fe XII 193A images of the upper transition region moss at an unprecedented spatial (~0.3-0.4 arcsec) and temporal (5.5s) resolution. The Hi-C observations show in some moss regions…

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