English
Related papers

Related papers: Oscillations in a sunspot with light bridges

200 papers

aims: We study the recently discovered twisting motion of bright penumbral filaments with the aim of constraining their geometry and the associated magnetic field. methods: A large sunspot located $40\degr$ from disk center was observed at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Zakharov , J. Hirzberger , T. L. Riethmueller , S. K. Solanki , P. Kobel

Sausage waves have been frequently reported in solar magnetic structures such as sunspots, pores, and coronal loops. However, they have not been unambiguously identified in photospheric bright points (BPs). Using high-resolution TiO image…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-23 Yuhang Gao , Fuyu Li , Bo Li , Wenda Cao , Yongliang Song , Hui Tian , Mingzhe Guo

We investigate the dynamics of and the relations between small-scale penumbral and photospheric features near the outer penumbral boundary: penumbral grains (PGs), dark penumbral fibrils, granules, and photospheric G-band bright points. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Bonet , I. Marquez , R. Muller , M. Sobotka , A. Tritschler

We perform NLTE inversions in a large set of umbral flashes, including the dark fibrils visible within them, and in the quiescent umbra by using the inversion code NICOLE on a set of full Stokes high-resolution Ca II 8542 A observations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 Vasco M. J. Henriques , Michail Mathioudakis , Hector Socas-Navarro , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez

The magnetic properties of the umbra-penumbra (UP) boundary of sunspots and the boundary of pores at various evolutionary stages have been characterised using datasets from different instruments. We aim to study the differences between the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 M. García-Rivas , J. Jurčák , N. Bello González

We report the discovery of a brightness enhancement in the center of a large sunspot umbra at a wavelength of 3 mm using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA). Sunspots are amongst the most prominent features on the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 Kazumasa Iwai , Maria Loukitcheva , Masumi Shimojo , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White

Dynamical jets are generally found on Light bridges (LBs), which are key to studying sunspots decays. So far, their formation mechanism is not fully understood. In this paper, we used state-of-the-art observations from the Goode Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Xianyong Bai , Hector Socas-Navarro , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Jiangtao Su , Yuanyong Deng , Dong Li , Wenda Cao , Kaifan Ji

Recently, spiral wave patterns (SWPs) have been detected in 3 minute oscillations of sunspot umbrae, but the nature of this phenomenon has remained elusive. We present a theoretical model that interprets the observed SWPs as the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-23 Juhyung Kang , Jongchul Chae , Valery M. Nakariakov , Kyuhyoun Cho , Hannah Kwak , Kyeore Lee

Flares are known to restructure the magnetic field in the corona and to accelerate the gas between the field lines, but their effect on the photosphere is less well studied. New data of the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) onboard Hinode…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-02 Jun Zhang , Leping Li , S. K. Solanki

Sunspots are the longest-known manifestation of solar activity, and their magnetic nature has been known for more than a century. Despite this, the boundary between umbrae and penumbrae, the two fundamental sunspot regions, has hitherto…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 Jan Jurčák , Reza Rezaei , Nazaret Bello González , Rolf Schlichenmaier , Jiří Vomlel

Filament longitudinal oscillations have been observed on the solar disk in H$\alpha$. We intend to find an example of the longitudinal oscillations of a prominence, where the magnetic dip can be seen directly, and examine what is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Qingmin Zhang , Pengfei Chen , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

Oscillations in the solar atmosphere have long been observed in quiet conditions, and increasingly also in data taken during solar flares. The chromosphere is known for its 3-minute signals, which are particularly strong over sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 David C. L. Millar , Lyndsay Fletcher , Ryan O. Milligan

Wave theories of heating the chromosphere, corona, and solar wind due to photospheric fluctuations are strengthened by the existence of observed wave coherency up to the transition region (TR). The coherency of solar spicules' intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Alireza Ahangarzadeh Maralani , Ehsan Tavabi , Ali Ajabshirizadeh

Super-sonic downflows have been observed in transition region spectra above numerous sunspots; however, little research has been conducted to date into how persistent these signatures are within sunspots on time-scales longer than a few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 C. J. Nelson , S. Krishna Prasad , M. Mathioudakis

Umbral flashes (UFs) are emissions in the core of chromospheric lines caused by upward propagating waves steepening into shocks. UFs are followed by an expanding blue shifted umbral wave (UW) and red-shifted plasma returning to the initial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Ali Kilcik , Seray Sahin , Valentina Abramenko , Eun-Kyung Lim

We studied bright umbral dots (UDs) detected in a moderate size sunspot and compared their statistical properties to recent MHD models. The study is based on high resolution data recorded by the New Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Kilcik , V. B. Yurchyshyn , M. Rempel , V. Abramenko , R. Kitai , P. R. Goode , W. Cao , H. Watanabe

It is a well-known result that the power of five-minute oscillations is progressively reduced by magnetic fields in the solar photosphere. Many authors have pointed out that this fact could be due to a complex interaction of many processes:…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Stangalini , F. Giannattasio , D. Del Moro , F. Berrilli

Solar activity is controlled by the magnetic field, which also causes the variability of the solar irradiance that in turn is thought to influence the climate on Earth. The magnetic field manifests itself in the form of structures of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-10 T. L. Riethmüller

The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) on board Hinode satellite observed an X3.4 class flare on 2006 December 13. Typical two-ribbon structure was observed, not only in the chromospheric CaII H line but also in G-band and FeI 6302A line. The…

We report the detection of oscillations in slender Ca II H fibrils (SCFs) from high-resolution observations acquired with the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory. The SCFs show obvious oscillations in their intensity, but also their…

‹ Prev 1 8 9 10 Next ›