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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…

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Moving structures have been detected in coronal bright points and in a solar flare in active regions, which were bi-directional, symmetrical, simultaneous, and quasi-periodic (Ning & Guo 2014; Ning 2016; Li et al. 2016a). They could be…

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Coronal bright points (CBPs) are small-scale and long-duration brightenings in the lower solar corona. They are often explained in terms of magnetic reconnection. We aim to study the sub-structures of a CBP and clarify the relationship…

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We discuss the appearance of EUV brightpoints (BPs) in the analysis of long-duration observations in the He II 304 Angstrom passband of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT). The signature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Scott W. McIntosh

Multi-instrument data sets of NOAA AR10938 on Jan. 16, 2007, (e.g., {\emph{Hinode}}, {\it{STEREO}}, {\it{GOES}}, {\it{MLSO}} and {\it{ISOON}} H$\alpha$) are utilized to study the fine structure and evolution of a magnetic loop system…

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The inference of the magnetic field vector from spectropolarimetric observations is crucial for understanding the physical processes governing the solar corona. We investigate which information on the magnetic fields of coronal bright…

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The motion of faint propagating disturbances (PD) in the solar corona reveals an intricate structure which must be defined by the magnetic field. Applied to quiet Sun observations by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA)/Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Huw Morgan , Marianna Korsos

We aim to find similarities and differences between microflares at coronal bright points found in quiet regions and coronal holes, and to study their relationship with large scale flares. Coronal bright points in quiet regions and in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-05 S. Kamio , W. Curdt , L. Teriaca , D. E. Innes

Coronal bright points (CBPs) as characteristics of the solar corona are small-scale bright features ubiquitously observed at extreme ultraviolet passbands. Here, we focused on time series of CBPs in the periods of their lifetimes. We used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-25 Mahdieh Mehrabian , Bardia Kaki , Yusefali Abedini

The prominent blue shifts of Ne viii associated with the junctions of the magnetic network in the quiet Sun are still not well understood. By comparing the coronal magnetic-field structures as obtained by a potential-field reconstruction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Hui Tian , Eckart Marsch , Werner Curdt , Jiansen He

By using high-resolution observations of nearly co-temporal and co-spatial Solar Optical Telescope spectropolarimeter and X-Ray Telescope coronal X-ray data onboard Hinode, we revisit the problematic relationship between global magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-03 Soumitra Hazra , Dibyendu Nandy , B. Ravindra

One of the most important features in the solar atmosphere is magnetic network and its rela- tionship with the transition region (TR), and coronal brightness. It is important to understand how energy is transported into the corona and how…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Ehsan Tavabi

The characteristic electron densities, temperatures, and thermal distributions of 1MK active region loops are now fairly well established, but their coronal magnetic field strengths remain undetermined. Here we present measurements from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 David H. Brooks , Harry P. Warren , Enrico Landi

Coronal loops are building blocks of solar active regions. However, their formation mechanism is still not well understood. Here we present direct observational evidence for the formation of coronal loops through magnetic reconnection as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 Zhenyong Hou , Hui Tian , Hechao Chen , Xiaoshuai Zhu , Zhenghua Huang , Xianyong Bai , Jiansen He , Yongliang Song , Lidong Xia

Multiwavelength observations of the propagating disturbances (PDs), discovered by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), are analyzed to determine its driving mechanism and physical nature. Two magnetic…

Context. Bright points (BPs) are small-scale, magnetic features ubiquitous across the solar surface. Previously, we have observed and noted their properties for quiet Sun regions. Here, we determine the dynamic properties of BPs using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 Peter H. Keys , Mihalis Mathioudakis , David B. Jess , Duncan H. Mackay , Francis P. Keenan

Small-scale magnetic fields in the solar photosphere can be identified in high-resolution magnetograms or in the G-band as magnetic bright points (MBPs). Rapid motions of these fields can cause magneto-hydrodynamical waves and can also lead…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Utz , A. Hanslmeier , R. Muller , A. Veronig , J. Rybák , H. Muthsam

Within the coronae of stars, abundances of those elements with low first ionization potential (FIP) often differ from their photospheric values. The coronae of the Sun and solar-type stars mostly show enhancements of low-FIP elements (the…

High-resolution imaging observations from the Hinode spacecraft in the CaII H line are employed to study the dynamics of the chromosphere above a sunspot. We find that umbral flashes and other brightenings produced by the oscillation are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 H. Socas-Navarro , S. W. McIntosh , R. Centeno , A. G. de Wijn , B. W. Lites

We present the results obtained by analyzing high spatial and spectral resolution data of the solar photosphere acquired by the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter at the Swedish Solar Telescope on 6 August 2011, relevant to a large sunspot…