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Emerging flux regions (EFRs) are known to exhibit various sporadic local heating events in the lower atmosphere. To investigate the characteristics of these events, especially to link the photospheric magnetic fields and atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Shin Toriumi , Yukio Katsukawa , Mark C. M. Cheung

We describe a new quiet-Sun phenomenon which we call "Quiet-Sun Ellerman-like Brightenings" (QSEB). QSEBs are similar to Ellerman bombs (EB) in some respects but differ significantly in others. EBs are transient brightenings of the wings of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-10 Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten , Gregal J. M. Vissers

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings in the wings of H-alpha 6563 {\AA} that pinpoint photospheric sites of magnetic reconnection in solar active regions. Their partial visibility in the 1600 {\AA} and 1700 {\AA} continua registered…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten

Aims. We aim to explain line formation of He I D3 and He I 10830 {\AA} in small-scale reconnection events. Methods. We make use of a simulated Ellerman bomb (EB), present in a Bifrost-generated radiative Magnetohydrodynamics (rMHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-01 T. Libbrecht , J. P. Bjørgen , J. Leenaarts , J. de la Cruz Rodríguez , V. Hansteen , J. Joshi

We have investigated the physical conditions in the narrow-line region (NLR) of M51 using long-slit spectra obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and 3.6 cm radio continuum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. D. Bradley , M. E. Kaiser , W. A. Baan

Extreme TeV blazars (ETBs) are active galactic nuclei with jets presumably pointing towards the observer having their intrinsic spectral energy distributions (SEDs) peaked at an energy in excess of 1 TeV. These sources typically reveal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-21 Timur Dzhatdoev , Vladimir Galkin , Egor Podlesnyi

Quiet Sun Ellerman Bombs (QSEBs) are key indicators of small-scale photospheric magnetic reconnection events. Recent high-resolution observations have shown that they are ubiquitous and that large numbers of QSEBs can be found in the quiet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-11 Aditi Bhatnagar , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Jayant Joshi

Recent observations in extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths reveal a new late phase in some solar flares, which is seen as a second peak in warm coronal emissions ($\sim3$ MK) several tens of minutes to a few hours after the soft X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Y. Zhong , Y. Dai , M. D. Ding

Ellerman bombs are short-lived brightenings of the outer wings of Halpha that occur in active regions with much flux emergence. We point out fads and fallacies in the extensive Ellerman bomb literature, discuss their appearance in various…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Robert J. Rutten , Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Peter Sütterlin , Nikola Vitas

We study point-like explosive events (EE), characterized by emission in the far wings of spectral lines, in a quiet region near the South Pole, using Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spectra at two slit positions, slit-jaw (SJ)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 C. E. Alissandrakis , J. -C. Vial

Ellerman Bomb-like brightenings of the hydrogen Balmer line wings in the quiet Sun (QSEBs) are a signature of the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection at the smallest observable scale in the solar lower atmosphere. We analyze high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Jayant Joshi , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez

An analysis of H alpha and H beta spectra in a sample of 30 cool dwarf and subgiant stars is presented using MARCS model atmospheres based on the most recent calculations of the line opacities. A detailed quantitative comparison of the…

In this paper, we report our discovery of blobs in the recurrent and homologous jets that occurred at the western edge of NOAA active region 11259 on 2011 July 22. The jets were observed in the seven extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) filters of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-09 Q. M. Zhang , H. S. Ji

The first measurements from the CIBER experiment of extragalactic background light (EBL) in near-infrared (NIR) band exhibit a higher intensity than those inferred through $\gamma$-ray observations. Recent theoretical-EBL intensities are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 G. B. Long , W. P. Lin , P. H. T. Tam , W. S. Zhu

We present a model atom for C I - C II - C III - C IV using the most up-to-date atomic data and evaluated the non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) line formation in classical 1D atmospheric models of O-B-type stars. Our models predict…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Sofya Alexeeva , Kozo Sadakane , Masayoshi Nishimura , Junju Du , Shaoming Hu

The experiment to detect the global epoch of reionization signature (EDGES) collaboration reported the detection of a line at 78MHz in the sky-averaged spectrum due to neutral hydrogen (HI) 21-cm hyperfine absorption of cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-07 Matteo Leo , Tom Theuns , Carlton M. Baugh , Baojiu Li , Silvia Pascoli

Aims: This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of short-exposure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations of solar flares in the study of particle acceleration, heating and energy partition in flares. This work highlights the…

In this article we present examples of a wider study of space-time correlation of electron precipitation event of the Van Allen belts with the position and time of occurrence of strong (M>6.5) earthquakes. The study is based on the analysis…

Geophysics · Physics 2010-12-17 G. Anagnostopoulos , V. Rigas , E. Vassiliadis

Some short GRBs are followed by longer extended emission, lasting anywhere from ~10 to ~100 s. These short GRBs with extended emission (EE) can possess observational characteristics of both short and long GRBs (as represented by GRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-07 Y. Kaneko , Z. F. Bostanci , E. Gogus , L. Lin