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X-ray and EUV observations are an important diagnostic of various plasma parameters of the solar atmosphere during solar flares. Soft X-ray and EUV observations often show coronal sources near the top of flaring loops, while hard X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Marina Battaglia , Eduard P. Kontar

The excess broadening of high-temperature spectral lines, long observed near the tops of flare arcades, is widely considered to result from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. According to different theories, plasma turbulence is also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-18 William Ashfield , Vanessa Polito , Sijie Yu , Hannah Collier , Laura Hayes

We present the study of the X2-class flare which occurred on the 27 October 2014 and was observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode satellite. Thanks to the high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 V. Polito , J. W. Reep , K. K. Reeves , P. J. A. Simões , J. Dudík , G. Del Zanna , H. E. Mason , L. Golub

Understanding the relationship among different emission components plays an essential role in the study of particle acceleration and energy conversion in solar flares. In flares where gradual and impulsive emission components can be readily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Siming Liu , Youping Li , Lyndsay Fletcher

Quasi-periodic propagating disturbances are frequently observed in coronal intensity image sequences. These disturbances have historically been interpreted as being the signature of slow-mode magnetoacoustic waves propagating into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-12 Hui Tian , Scott W. McIntosh , Bart De Pontieu

Solar radio U-bursts are generated by electron beams traveling along closed magnetic loops in the solar corona. Low-frequency ($<$ 100 MHz) U-bursts serve as powerful diagnostic tools for studying large-sized coronal loops that extend into…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-08 Jinge Zhang , Hamish A. S. Reid , Eoin Carley , Laurent Lamy , Pietro Zucca , Peijin Zhang , Baptiste Cecconi

The Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode is the first solar telescope to obtain wide slit spectral images that can be used for detecting Doppler flows in transition region and coronal lines on the Sun and to relate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. E. Innes , R. Attie , H. Hara , M. S. Madjarska

Damped Doppler shift oscillations have been observed in emission lines from ions formed at flare temperatures with the Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation spectrometer on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 John T. Mariska , Harry P. Warren , David R. Williams , Tetsuya Watanabe

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

Observations reveal a correspondence between chromospheric type II spicules and bright upwardly moving fronts in the corona observed in the EUV band. However, theoretical considerations suggest that these flows are unlikely to be the main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 A. Petralia , F. Reale , S. Orlando , J. A. Klimchuk

We present results of a quantitative analysis of structured plasma outflows above a polar coronal hole observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. In a 6-hour interval of continuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Vadim M. Uritsky , Judith T. Karpen , Nour E. Raouafi , Pankaj Kumar , C. Richard DeVore , Craig E. Deforest

Studying coronal rain formation through thermal non-equilibrium (TNE) and thermal instability (TI) provides insights into coronal heating mechanisms. We analysed a quiescent coronal rain event using space-based observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Jamal Wachira , Patrick Antolin

Spatially averaged (> 50'') EUV spectral lines in the transition region of solar quiet regions are known to be redshifted. Because the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is unclear, we require additional physical information on the lower…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 N. Kitagawa , H. Hara , T. Yokoyama

We report high resolution observations from the SDO/AIA of intensity oscillations in a hot, T~8-10 MK, loop. The AIA images show a large coronal loop that was rapidly heated following plasma ejection from one of the loop's footpoints. A…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-16 Pankaj Kumar , D. E. Innes , B. Inhester

We model the hydrodynamic evolution of the plasma confined in a coronal loop, 30000 km long, subject to the heating of nanoflares due to intermittent magnetic dissipative events in the MHD turbulence produced by loop footpoint motions. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Reale , G. Nigro , F. Malara , G. Peres , P. Veltri

We study the line profiles of a range of transition region (TR) emission lines observed in typical quiet Sun regions. In magnetic network regions, the Si IV 1402\AA{}, C IV 1548\AA{}, N V 1238\AA{}, O VI 1031\AA{}, and Ne VIII 770\AA{}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Scott W. Mcintosh , Bart De Pontieu

Flare-driven coronal rain can manifest from rapidly cooled plasma condensations near coronal loop-tops in thermally unstable post-flare arcades. We detect 5 phases that characterise the post-flare decay: heating, evaporation, conductive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 E. Scullion , L. Rouppe Van Der Voort , P. Antolin , S. Wedemeyer , G. Vissers , E. P. Kontar , P. Gallagher

We perform MHD modeling of a single bright coronal loop to include the interaction with a non-uniform magnetic field. The field is stressed by random footpoint rotation in the central region and its energy is dissipated into heating by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 F. Reale , S. Orlando , M. Guarrasi , A. Mignone , G. Peres , A. W. Hood , E. R. Priest

Coronal rain is the well-known phenomenon in which hot plasma high in the Sun's corona undergoes rapid cooling (from > 10^6 K to < 10^4 K), condenses, and falls to the surface. Coronal rain appears frequently in active region coronal loops…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-22 E. I. Mason , S. K. Antiochos , N. M. Viall

We report a spectroscopic analysis of an EIT wave event that occurred in active region 11081 on 2010 June 12 and was associated with an M2.0 class flare. The wave propagated near circularly. The south-eastern part of the wave front passed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 F. Chen , M. D. Ding , P. F. Chen , L. K. Harra