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A well known behavior of EUV light curves of discrete coronal loops is that the peak intensities of cooler channels or spectral lines are reached at progressively later times than hotter channels. This time lag is understood to be the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Nicholeen M. Viall , James A. Klimchuk , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

A comprehensive study of the physical parameters of active region fan loops is presented using the observations recorded with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on-board Hinode and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Avyarthana Ghosh , Durgesh Tripathi , G. R. Gupta , Vanessa Polito , Helen E. Mason , Sami K. Solanki

From Doppler velocity maps of active regions constructed from spectra obtained by the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft we observe large areas of outflow (20-50 km/s) that can persist for at least a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. A. Doschek , H. P. Warren , J. T. Mariska , K. Muglach , J. L. Culhane , H. Hara , T Watanabe

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

A significant impediment to solving the coronal heating problem is that we currently only observe active region (AR) loops in their cooling phase. Previous studies showed that the evolution of cooling loop densities and apex temperatures…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-10 David H. Brooks , Jeffrey W. Reep , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , John E. Unverferth , Harry P. Warren

We analyze and model an M1.0 flare observed by SDO/AIA and Hinode/EIS to investigate how flare loops are heated and evolve subsequently. The flare is composed of two distinctive loop systems observed in EUV images. The UV 1600 \AA emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Y. Li , J. Qiu , M. D. Ding

The Soft X-ray intensity of loops in active region cores and corresponding footpoint, or moss, intensity observed in the EUV remain steady for several hours of observation. The steadiness of the emission has prompted many to suggest that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. R Winebarger , H. P. Warren , D. A. Falconer

We analyzed a coronal loop observed with the Normal Incidence Spectrometer (NIS), which is part of the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The measured Doppler shifts and proper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Gontikakis , G. J. D. Petrie , H. C. Dara , K. Tsinganos

Coronal loops are the basic structures of the solar transition region and corona. The understanding of physical mechanism behind the loop heating, plasma flows, and filling are still considered a major challenge in the solar physics. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 G. R. Gupta , Durgesh Tripathi , Helen E. Mason

Evidence for small amounts of very hot plasma has been found in active regions and might be the indication of an impulsive heating, released at spatial scales smaller than the cross section of a single loop. We investigate the heating and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 E. Tajfirouze , F. Reale , A. Petralia , P. Testa

Long-period EUV pulsations, recently discovered to be common in active regions, are understood to be the coronal manifestation of thermal non-equilibrium (TNE). The active regions previously studied with EIT/SOHO and AIA/SDO indicated that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 C. Froment , F. Auchère , Z. Mikić , G. Aulanier , K. Bocchialini , E. Buchlin , J. Solomon , E. Soubrié

The frequency of heating events in the corona is an important constraint on the coronal heating mechanisms. Observations indicate that the intensities and velocities measured in active region cores are effectively steady, suggesting that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Amy Winebarger , Joan Schmelz , Harry Warren , Steve Saar , Vinay Kashyap

Decaying active region 10942 is investigated from 4:00-16:00 UT on February 24, 2007 using a suite of EUV observing instruments. Results from Hinode/EIS, STEREO and TRACE show that although the active region has decayed and no sunspot is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jason Scott , P. C. H. Martens , David McKenzie

Context: A large number of the small and the short-lived EUV brightenings have been detected in the quiet Sun (QS) over the past three years, by the High Resolution Imager of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (HRIEUV) on board Solar Orbiter.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-09 A. Dolliou , S. Parenti , K. Bocchialini

Spectral line widths are often observed to be larger than can be accounted for by thermal and instrumental broadening alone. This excess broadening is a key observational constraint for both nanoflare and wave dissipation models of coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 David H. Brooks , Harry P. Warren

We report on observations of a solar prominence obtained on 26 April 2007 using the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode. Several regions within the prominence are identified for further analysis. Selected profiles for lines…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Nicolas Labrosse , Brigitte Schmieder , Petr Heinzel , Tetsuya Watanabe

We present observations of transient active region heating events observed with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) and X-ray Telescope (XRT) on Hinode. This initial investigation focuses on NOAA active region 10940 as…

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

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

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