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The tropical wisdom that when it is hot and dense we can expect rain might also apply to the Sun. Indeed, observations and numerical simulations have shown that strong heating at footpoints of loops, as is the case for active regions, puts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-06 P. Antolin , M. Carlsson , L. Rouppe van der Voort , E. Verwichte , G. Vissers

On 2008 January 10, the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) A and B spacecraft conducted a high time cadence study of the solar corona with the Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI) instruments with the aim of investigating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 M. S. Marsh , R. W. Walsh , S. Plunkett

SDO/AIA images the full solar disk in several EUV bands that are each sensitive to coronal plasma emissions of one or more specific temperatures. We observe that when isolated active regions (ARs) are on the disk, full-disk images in some…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 Talwinder Singh , Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore

We investigate the high-speed ($v >$ 1000 km s$^{-1}$) extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wave associated with an X1.2 flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) from NOAA active region 11283 on 2011 September 6 (SOL2011-09-06T22:12). This EUV wave…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 Karin Dissauer , Manuela Temmer , Astrid M. Veronig , Kamalam Vanninathan , Jasmina Magdalenić

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 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

This work addresses the problem of plasma condensation and ``catastrophic cooling'' in solar coronal loops. We have carried out numerical calculations of coronal loops and find several classes of time-dependent solutions (static, periodic,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. A. N. Mueller , H. Peter , V. H. Hansteen

We investigate the morphology and temporal variability of a quiet Sun network region in different solar layers. The emission in several EUV spectral lines through both raster and slot time series, recorded by EIS/Hinode is studied along…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-26 Ioannis Kontogiannis , Costis Gontikakis , Georgia Tsiropoula , Kostas Tziotziou

Fine-scale structure in the corona appears not to be well resolved by current imaging instruments. Assuming this to be true offers a simple geometric explanation for several current puzzles in coronal physics, including: the apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 C. E. DeForest

Here, we present several examples of unusual evolutionary patterns in solar coronal loops that resemble cross-field drift motions. These loops were simultaneously observed from two vantage points by two different spacecraft: the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-28 Sudip Mandal , Hardi Peter , James A. Klimchuk , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta

Recurrent, arc-shaped intensity disturbances were detected by EUV channels in an active region. The fronts were observed to propagate along a coronal loop bundle rooted in a small area within a sunspot umbra. Previous works have linked…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-02 M. V. Sieyra , S. Krishna Prasad , G. Stenborg , E. Khomenko , T. Van Doorsselaere , A. Costa , A. Esquivel , J. M. Riedl

We present a study of the temporal evolution of coronal loops in active regions and its implications for the dynamics in coronal loops. We analyzed images of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-09 S. Kamio , H. Peter , W. Curdt , S. K. Solanki

Wide-field EUV telescopes imaging in spectral bands sensitive to 1 MK plasma on the Sun often observe extended ray-like coronal structures stretching radially from active regions to distances of 1.5-2Rsun, which represent the EUV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-24 F. Goryaev , V. Slemzin , L. Vainshtein , D. R. Williams

The solar chromosphere hosts a wide variety of transients, including dynamic fibrils (DFs) that are characterised as elongated, jet-like features seen in active regions, often through H$\alpha$ diagnostics. So far, these features have been…

We present SDO/AIA observations of the interaction of a global EUV wave on 2011 June 7 with active regions (ARs), coronal holes (CHs) and coronal bright structures. The primary global wave has a three-dimensional dome shape, with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ting Li , Jun Zhang , Shuhong Yang , Wei Liu

How the solar corona is heated to high temperatures remains an unsolved mystery in solar physics. In the present study we analyse observations of 50 whole active-region loops taken with the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Haixia Xie , Maria S. Madjarska , Bo Li , Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Thomas Wiegelmann , Hui Fu , Chaozhou Mou

The Sun Watcher with Active Pixels and Image Processing (SWAP) EUV solar telescope on board the Project for On-Board Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) spacecraft has been regularly observing the solar corona in a bandpass near 17.4 nm since February…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Daniel B. Seaton , Anik De Groof , Paul Shearer , David Berghmans , Bogdan Nicula

We present an observational study of the plasma dynamics at the base of a solar coronal jet, using high resolution extreme ultraviolet imaging data taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on board Solar Orbiter, and by the Atmospheric…

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

Active regions often show S-shaped structures in the corona called sigmoids. These are highly sheared and twisted loops formed along the polarity inversion line. They are considered to be one of the best pre-eruption signatures for CMEs.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Sargam M. Mulay , Durgesh Tripathi , Helen Mason