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Above the top of the solar corona, the young slow solar wind transitions from low-beta, magnetically structured flow dominated by radial structures, to high-beta, less structured flow dominated by hydrodynamics. This transition, long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 C. E. DeForest , W. H. Matthaeus , N. M. Viall , S. R. Cranmer

We study a series of relations between physical parameters in coronal loops of the quiet Sun reconstructed by combining tomographic techniques and modeling of the coronal magnetic field. We use differential emission measure tomography…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 C. Mac Cormack , M. López Fuentes , C. H. Mandrini , D. G. Lloveras , M. Poisson , A. M. Vásquez

The corona of the Sun is dominated by emission from loop-like structures. When observed in X-ray or extreme ultraviolet emission, these million K hot coronal loops show a more or less constant cross section. In this study we show how the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 H. Peter , S. Bingert

Coronal holes are large-scale structures in the solar atmosphere that feature a reduced temperature and density in comparison to the surrounding quiet Sun and are usually associated with open magnetic fields. We perform a differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-01 Stephan G. Heinemann , Jonas Saqri , Astrid M. Veronig , Stefan J. Hofmeister , Manuela Temmer

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

Coronal loop oscillations are common phenomena in the solar corona, which are often classified as decaying and decayless oscillations. Using the high-resolution observation measured by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) onboard the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Dong Li , David M. Long

Oscillation properties in two sunspots and two facular regions are studied using Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) data and ground-based observations in the SiI 10827 and HeI 10830 lines. The aim is to study different-frequency spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-25 N. I. Kobanov , D. Y. Kolobov , A. A. Chelpanov

The quiet solar corona emits meter-wave thermal bremsstrahlung. Coronal radio emission can only propagate above that radius, $R_\omega$, where the local plasma frequency eqals the observing frequency. The radio interferometer LOw Frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 C. Vocks , G. Mann , F. Breitling , M. M. Bisi , B. Dabrowski , R. Fallows , P. T. Gallagher , A. Krankowski , J. Magdalenic , C. Marque , D. Morosan , H. Rucker

High-frequency wave phenomena present a great deal of interest as one of the possible candidates to contribute to the energy input required to heat the corona as a part of the AC heating theory. However, the resolution of imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Elena Petrova , Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere , David Berghmans

At low coronal temperatures around or below 1 MK distinct areas in the surroundings of active regions (AR) show emission at a level significantly below the emission coming from the quiet Sun (QS). These areas are referred to as dark halos,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 J. D. Nölke , S. K. Solanki , J. Hirzberger , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , K. H. Glassmeier , D. Calchetti , G. Valori

We conducted a high-resolution numerical simulation of the solar corona above a stable active region. The aim is to test the field-line braiding mechanism for a sufficient coronal energy input. We also check the applicability of scaling…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-17 Philippe-A. Bourdin , Sven Bingert , Hardi Peter

The Nan\c{c}ay Radioheliograph (NRH) routinely produces snapshot images of the full sun at frequencies between 150 and 450 MHz, with typical resolution 3 arcmin and time cadence 0.2 s. Combining visibilities from the NRH and from the Giant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Claude Mercier , Prasad Subramanian , Gilbert Chambe , P. Janardhan

Measurements of the temperature and density structure of the solar corona provide critical constraints on theories of coronal heating. Unfortunately, the complexity of the solar atmosphere, observational uncertainties, and the limitations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Harry P. Warren , David H. Brooks

Decaying active region 10942 is investigated from 4:00-16:00 UT on February 24, 2007 using a suite of EUV observing instruments. Results from Hinode/EIS, STEREO and TRACE show that although the active region has decayed and no sunspot is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jason Scott , P. C. H. Martens , David McKenzie

The profiles of emission lines formed in the corona contain information on the dynamics and the heating of the hot plasma. Only recently has data with sufficiently high spectral resolution become available for investigating the details of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 H. Peter

The recent launch of the High resolution Coronal imager (Hi-C) provided a unique opportunity to study the EUV corona with unprecedented spatial resolution. We utilize these observations to investigate the properties of low frequency (50-200…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-28 R. J. Morton , J. A. McLaughlin

The present study provides statistical information on the coronal magnetic field and intensity properties of small-scale bright and faint loops in the quiet Sun. We aim to quantitatively investigate the morphological and topological…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-16 Maria S. Madjarska , Thomas Wiegelmann , Pascal Démoulin , Klaus Galsgaard

The \textit{High resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C)} has provided the sharpest view of the EUV corona to date. In this paper we exploit its impressive resolving power to provide the first analysis of the fine-scale structure of moss in an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 R. J. Morton , J. A. McLaughlin

We present a new model for the coronal structure of rapidly rotating solar-type stars. The presence of prominences trapped in co-rotation 2 to 5 stellar radii above the stellar surface has been taken as evidence that the coronae of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Jardine , A. A. van Ballegooijen

The solar corona is a highly-structured plasma which can reach temperatures of more than ~2 MK. At low frequencies (decimetric and metric wavelengths), scattering and refraction of electromagnetic waves are thought to considerably increase…