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Ellerman bombs (EBs) are observable signatures of photospheric small-scale magnetic reconnection events. The reliable automatic detection of EBs would enable the study of the impact of magnetic reconnection on the Sun's dynamics. We aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 I. J. Soler Poquet , C. J. Díaz Baso , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , G. J. M. Vissers

Aims. We investigated the potential of using Hepsilon to diagnose small-scale energetic phenomena such as Ellerman bombs, UV bursts, and small-scale flares. Our focus is to understand the formation of the line and how to use its properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-27 K. Krikova , T. M. D. Pereira

Ellerman bombs (EBs) have been widely studied over the past two decades; however, only recently have counterparts of these events been observed in the quiet-Sun. The aim of this article is to further understand small-scale quiet-Sun…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 C. J. Nelson , N. Freij , A. Reid , R. Oliver , M. Mathioudakis , R. Erdélyi

Ellerman Bombs (EBs) are often found co-spatial with bipolar photospheric magnetic fields. We use H$\alpha$ imaging spectroscopy along with Fe I 6302.5 \AA\ spectro-polarimetry from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST), combined with data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-31 A. Reid , M. Mathioudakis , J. G. Doyle , E. Scullion , V. Henriques , C. Nelson , T. Ray

Ellerman Bombs (EBs) are thought to arise as a result of photospheric magnetic reconnection. We use data from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST), to study EB events on the solar disk and at the limb. Both datasets show that EBs are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. Reid , M. Mathioudakis , E. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , S. Shelyag , P. Gallagher

Ultraviolet (UV) bursts and Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small-scale magnetic reconnection events taking place in the highly stratified, low solar atmosphere. It is still not clear whether UV bursts have to be generated at a higher atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Lei Ni , Guanchong Cheng , Jun Lin

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings of the extended wings of the solar Balmer lines in emerging active regions. We describe their properties in the ultraviolet lines sampled by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-08 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten , Mats Carlsson , Bart De Pontieu

Ellerman bombs (EBs) and UV bursts are both brightenings related to flux emergence regions and specifically to magnetic flux of opposite polarity that meet in the photosphere. These two reconnection-related phenomena, nominally formed far…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 V. Hansteen , A. Ortiz , V. Archontis , M. Carlsson , T. M. D. Pereira , J. P. Bjørgen

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings of the wings of the Balmer lines that uniquely mark reconnection in the solar photosphere. They are also bright in strong Ca II and ultraviolet lines and in ultraviolet continua, but they are not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-01 R. J. Rutten

We use high-resolution imaging spectroscopy with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST) to study the transient brightenings of the wings of the Balmer Halpha line in emerging active regions that are called Ellerman bombs. Simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten

Ellerman bombs and UV bursts are transient brightenings that are ubiquitously observed in the lower atmospheres of active and emerging flux regions. Here we present inversion results of SST/CRISP and CHROMIS, as well as IRIS data of such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 G. J. M. Vissers , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez , T. Libbrecht , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , G. B. Scharmer , M. Carlsson

Ellerman bombs are regions with enhanced Balmer line wing emission and mark magnetic reconnection in the deep solar atmosphere in active regions and quiet Sun. They are often found in regions where opposite magnetic polarities are in close…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-14 L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , J. Joshi , V. M. J. Henriques , S. Bose

Magnetic reconnection in the deep solar atmosphere can give rise to enhanced emission in the Balmer hydrogen lines, a phenomenon referred to as Ellerman bombs. Recent high quality H$\beta$ observations indicate that Ellerman bombs are more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 Jayant Joshi , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings of the wings of the solar Balmer lines that mark reconnection in the photosphere. Ellerman noted in 1917 that he did not observe such brightenings in the Na I D and Mg I b lines. This non-visibility…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-20 R. J. Rutten , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , G. J. M. Vissers

We present work on H alpha spectral line characteristics in PHOENIX stellar model atmospheres and their comparison to microlensing observations. We examine in detail the H alpha equivalent width (EW) and the line shape characteristics for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Christine Thurl , Penny D. Sackett , Peter H. Hauschildt

We use observations of quiet Sun (QS) regions in the H$\alpha$ 6563 \AA, Ca~{\sc ii} 8542 \AA\, and Fe~{\sc i} 6302 \AA\ lines. We observe brightenings in the wings of the H$\alpha$ and Ca~{\sc ii} combined with observations of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 J. Shetye , S. Shelyag , A. L. Reid , E. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , T. D. Arber

We use a spherical non-LTE fully line blanketed model atmosphere to fit the full multi-wavelength spectrum, including the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) continuum observed by the {\it Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer}, of the B2 II star \epscma. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. P. Aufdenberg , P. H. Hauschildt , S. N. Shore , E. Baron

Light bridges (LBs) are elongated structures with enhanced intensity embedded in sunspot umbra and pores. We studied the properties of a sample of 60 LBs observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). Using IRIS near- and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Reza Rezaei

Eclipsing binaries (EBs) play an important astrophysical role in studying stellar properties and evolution. By analyzing photometric data in the LAMOST Medium-Resolution Survey field, RA: $23^h$$01^m$$51.00^s$, Dec:…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-03 Jing-Yi Wang , Kai Li , Xiang Gao , Di-Fu Guo , Li-Heng Wang , Dong-Yang Gao , Ling-Zhi Li , Ya-Ni Guo , Xing Gao , Guo-You Sun

Time-resolved spectra throughout the orbit of EF Eri during its low accretion state were obtained with the Solar Blind Channel on the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The overall spectral distribution exhibits…