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Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in various astrophysical, space, and laboratory environments. Many pieces of evidence for magnetic reconnection have been uncovered. However, its specific processes that could be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 X. Cheng , Y. Li , L. F. Wan , M. D. Ding , P. F. Chen , J. Zhang , J. J. Liu

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey

Solar flares are energetic events taking place in the Sun's atmosphere, and their effects can greatly impact the environment of the surrounding planets. In particular, eruptive flares, as opposed to confined flares, launch coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Miho Janvier , Guillaume Aulanier , Pascal Demoulin

Intermittent magnetohydrodynamical turbulence is most likely at work in the magnetized solar atmosphere. As a result, an array of scaling and multi-scaling image-processing techniques can be used to measure the expected self-organization of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Manolis K. Georgoulis

The analysis of databases of photographic images of the Sun (obtained in region of soft x-ray) by means of a method of multilevel dynamical contrasting, has shown presence of skeletal structures of the Sun as outside (chromo-sphere flashes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Valentin. A. Rantsev-Kartinov

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the primary space weather disturbances affecting the entire heliosphere and near-Earth environment, mainly emanate from sunspot regions harbouring high degrees of magnetic twist. However, it is not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-01 Shin Toriumi , Hideyuki Hotta , Kanya Kusano

We study the detailed dynamics of a solar prominence tornado using time series of 171, 304, 193 and 211 {\AA} spectral lines obtained by Solar Dynamics Observatory/ Atmospheric Imaging Assembly during 2012 November 7-8. The tornado first…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 I. Mghebrishvili , T. V. Zaqarashvili , V. Kukhianidze , G. Ramishvili , B. Shergelashvili , A. Veronig , S. Poedts

We studied temporal changes of morphological and magnetic properties of a succession of four confined flares followed by an eruptive flare using the high-resolution New Solar Telescope (NST) operating at the Big Bear Solar Observatory…

The solar corona is highly structured by bunches of magnetic field lines forming either loops, or twisted flux ropes representing prominences/filaments, or very dynamic structures such as jets. The aim of this paper is to understand the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-13 Garima Karki , Brigitte Schmieder , Pooja Devi , Ramesh Chandra , Nicolas Labrosse , Reetika Joshi , Bernard Gelly

Partial eruptions of solar filaments are the typical representative of solar eruptive behavior diversity. Here we investigate a typical filament partial eruption event and present integrated evidence for configuration of the pre-eruption…

Prominences, or filaments, are a striking phenomenon in the solar atmosphere. Besides their own rich features and dynamics, they are related to many other activities, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In the past…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-08 P. F. Chen

The Sun's atmosphere hosts swirling plasma structures, known as solar vortices, which have long been thought to channel wave energy into higher layers. Until now, no direct observations have confirmed their role in the heating of the…

Flux emergence is crucial for the formation of solar active regions and triggering of various eruptions. However, the detailed mechanisms by which flux emergence drives these eruptions remain unclear and require numerical investigation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 Xiaohong Li , Yuhao Zhou , Rony Keppens

Solar flares result from the rapid conversion of stored magnetic energy within the Sun's corona. These energy releases are associated with coronal magnetic loops, which are rooted in dense photospheric plasma and are passively transported…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 M. Berretti , S. Mestici , L. Giovannelli , D. Del Moro , M. Stangalini , F. Giannattasio , F. Berrilli

Magnetism defines the complex and dynamic solar corona. Twists and tangles in coronal magnetic fields build up energy and ultimately erupt, hurling plasma into interplanetary space. These coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are transient riders…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 Sarah Gibson

Recent observations near the Galactic Centre have found several molecular filaments displaying striking helically-wound morphology, which are collectively known as "molecular tornadoes." We investigate the equilibrium structure of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Kelvin Au , Jason D. Fiege

The topology and dynamics of the three-dimensional magnetic field in the solar atmosphere govern various solar eruptive phenomena and activities, such as flares, coronal mass ejections, and filaments/prominences. We have to observe and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-20 Yang Guo , Xin Cheng , M. D. Ding

Magnetic tornadoes, characterized as impulsive Alfven waves initiated by photospheric vortices in intergranular lanes, are considered efficient energy channels to the corona. Despite their acknowledged importance for solar coronal heating,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-03 Hidetaka Kuniyoshi , Souvik Bose , Takaaki Yokoyama

We summarize our recent studies on the origin of solar wind kinetic scale turbulence and electron halo in the electron velocity distribution function. Increasing observations of nanoflares and microscopic type III radio bursts strongly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Haihong Che

The energy that heats the magnetically closed solar corona originates in the complex motions of the massive photosphere. Turbulent photospheric convection slowly displaces the footpoints of coronal field lines, causing them to become…

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