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It has been known that some solar activity indicators show a double-peak feature in their evolution through a solar cycle, which is not conspicuous in sunspot number. In this letter, we investigate the high solar dynamic activity in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Minhwan Jang , T. N. Woods , Sunhak Hong , G. S. Choe

Using magnetic field maps acquired by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory we measured rotation rates of 864 active and 322 ephemeral regions observed between 2010 and 2016. We found smaller magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Alexander S. Kutsenko

We present the results from analyzing the physical and morphological properties of 154 dimmings (transient coronal holes) and the associated flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Each dimming in our 2013 catalog was processed with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 Larisza D. Krista , Alysha A. Reinard

The eleven year solar cycle is known to affect the global modes of solar acoustic oscillations. In particular, p mode frequencies increase with solar activity. We propose a new method to detect the solar cycle from the p-mode…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-05 Valeriy Vasilyev , Laurent Gizon

Polarimetric light curves of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) sometimes exhibit loops in the Stokes $Q$ and $U$ plane over time, often interpreted as orbiting hotspot motion. In this work, we apply the differential geometry of planar curves to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-15 Angelo Ricarte , Nicholas S. Conroy , Maciek Wielgus , Daniel Palumbo , Razieh Emami , Chi-kwan Chan

Coronal holes are the darkest and least active regions of the Sun, as observed both on the solar disk and above the solar limb. Coronal holes are associated with rapidly expanding open magnetic fields and the acceleration of the high-speed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Steven R. Cranmer

The solar images at 17 GHz by Nobeyama Radio Heliograph and in X-ray by soft X-ray telescope (SXT) on board Yohkoh satellite have been of particular interest for the estimation of solar coronal rotation using flux modulation approach. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hari Om Vats , Satish Chandra

We use The Sun Watcher with Active Pixel System detector and Image Processing (SWAP) imager onboard the Project for Onboard Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) mission to study the evolution of large-scale EUV structures in the solar corona observed…

We use microwave imaging observations from the Nobeyama Radioheliograph at 17 GHz for long-term studies of solar activity. In particular, we use the polar and low-latitude brightness temperatures as proxies to the polar magnetic field and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 N. Gopalswamy , P. Makela , S. Yashiro , S. Akiyama

We report the first unambiguous observational evidence in the radio range of the reflection of a coronal shock wave at the boundary of a coronal hole. The event occurred above an active region located at the northwest limb of the Sun and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-28 S. Mancuso , A. Bemporad , F. Frassati , D. Barghini , S. Giordano , D. Telloni , C. Taricco

Helioseismic holography is a useful method to detect active regions on the Sun's far side and improve space weather forecasts. We aim to improve helioseismic holography by using a clear formulation of the problem, an accurate forward solver…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Dan Yang , Laurent Gizon , Hélène Barucq

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

We report on the variability of rotation periods of solar coronal layers with respect to temperature (or, height). For this purpose, we have used the observations from Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) telescope on board Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Jaidev Sharma , Brajesh Kumar , Anil K. Malik , Hari Om Vats

A joint campaign of various space-borne and ground-based observatories, comprising the Japanese Hinode mission (HOP~338, 20\,--\,30~September 2017), the GREGOR solar telescope, and the \textit{Vacuum Tower Telescope} (VTT), investigated…

Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the extended solar corona is a powerful tool for measuring the properties of protons, electrons, and heavy ions in the accelerating solar wind. The large coronal holes that expand up from the north and south…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-28 Steven R. Cranmer

We present coordinated coronal observations of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse with the Airborne Infrared Spectrometer (AIR-Spec) and the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). These instruments provide an unprecedented…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Chad A. Madsen , Jenna E. Samra , Giulio Del Zanna , Edward E. DeLuca

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) coronal dimmings are often observed in response to solar eruptive events. These phenomena can be generated via several different physical processes. For space weather, the most important of these is the temporary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 James Paul Mason , Thomas N. Woods , David F. Webb , Barbara J. Thompson , Robin C. Colaninno , Angelos Vourlidas

The present study is an attempt to investigate the long term variations in coronal rotation by analyzing the time series of the solar radio emission data at 2.8 GHz frequency for the period 1947 - 2009. Here, daily adjusted radio flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Satish Chandra , Hari Om Vats

Thirty-four years of WSO (Wilcox Solar Observatory) and thirteen years of SOHO/MDI (Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) magnetograms have been studied to measure the east-west inclination angle, indicating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Leyan Lo , Todd Hoeksema , Phil Scherrer

We compare the properties of halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that originate close to the limb (within a central meridian distance range of 60 to 90 deg) during solar cycles 23 and 24 to quantify the effect of the heliospheric state on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-17 Nat Gopalswamy , Sachiko Akiyama , Seiji Yashiro