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Solar spicules are chromospheric fibrils that appear everywhere on the Sun, yet their origin is not understood. Using high resolution observations of spicules obtained with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, we aim to understand how spicules…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 Tiago M. D. Pereira , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Mats Carlsson

Lateral motions of spicules serve as vital indicators of transverse waves in the solar atmosphere, and their study is crucial for understanding the wave heating process of the corona. Recent observations have focused on "high-frequency"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 Hidetaka Kuniyoshi , Munehito Shoda , Richard J. Morton , Takaaki Yokoyama

Spicules are the most ubuiquitous type of jets in the solar atmosphere. The advent of high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and ground-based observatories has revealed the presence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 Bart De Pontieu , Juan Martinez-Sykora , Georgios Chintzoglou

In the lower solar atmosphere, the chromosphere is permeated by jets known as spicules, in which plasma is propelled at speeds of 50 to 150 kilometers per second into the corona. The origin of the spicules is poorly understood, although…

Using data obtained by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode, we have per- formed a survey of obvious and persistent (without significant damping) Doppler shift oscillations in the corona. We have found mainly two types of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-31 Hui Tian , Scott W. McIntosh , Tongjiang Wang , Leon Ofman , Bart De Pontieu , Davina E. Innes , Hardi Peter

Aims. With the Solar Optical Telescope on Hinode, we investigate the basic properties of high-degree solar oscillations observed at two levels in the solar atmosphere, in the G-band (formed in the photosphere) and in the Ca II H line…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 U. Mitra-Kraev , A. G. Kosovichev , T. Sekii

Consecutive height series of Ha spectra in solar limb spicules taken on the 53 cm coronagraph of Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory at the heights of 3800-8700 km above the photosphere have been analyzed. The aim is to observe oscillatory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , E. Khutsishvili , V. Kukhianidze , G. Ramishvili

We present observations of a solar quiet region obtained using Hinode Solar Optical telescope (SOT) in Ca II H line with broadband filter taken on November 2006. We study offlimb and on disk spicules to find a counterpart of limb spicule on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Ehsan Tavabi

Alfvenic waves are thought to play an important role in coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Recent observations by Hinode/SOT showed that the spicules mostly exhibit upward propagating high frequency waves. Here we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-02 H. Ebadi , M. Hosseinpour , H. Altafi-Mehrabani

We use high-resolution observations of the Sun in Ca II H 3968 A from the Solar Optical Telescope on Hinode to show that there are at least two types of spicules that dominate the structure of the magnetic solar chromosphere. Both types are…

Understanding the dynamic solar chromosphere is fundamental in solar physics. Spicules are an important feature of the chromosphere, connecting the photosphere to the corona, potentially mediating the transfer of energy and mass. The aim of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Tiago M. D. Pereira , Bart De Pontieu , Mats Carlsson

We have performed MHD simulations of Alfven wave propagation along an open flux tube in the solar atmosphere. In our numerical model, Alfven waves are generated by the photospheric granular motion. As the wave generator, we used a derived…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Takuma Matsumoto , Kazunari Shibata

We take stock of recent observations that identify the episodic plasma heating and injection of Alfvenic energy at the base of fast solar wind (in coronal holes). The plasma heating is associated with the occurrence of chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Scott W. McIntosh

Solar winds originate from the Sun and can be classified as fast or slow. Fast solar winds come from coronal holes at the solar poles, while slow solar winds may originate from the equatorial region or streamers. Spicules are jet-like…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 R. Sadeghi , E. Tavabi

Height series of H${\alpha}$ spectra in solar limb spicules obtained with the 53 cm coronagraph of the Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory are analyzed. Each height series covered 8 different heights beginning at 3800 km above the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Kukhianidze , T. V. Zaqarashvili , E. Khutsishvili

Alfvenic waves are thought to play an important role in coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Here we investigate the dissipation of such waves due to phase mixing at the presence of shear flow and field in the stratified atmosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 H. Ebadi , M. Hosseinpour

We study the upward propagation of a localized velocity pulse that is initially launched below the transition region within the solar atmosphere. The pulse quickly steepens into a shock, which may lead to the formation of spicules. We solve…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 K. Murawski , T. V. Zaqarashvili

Chromospheric observations taken at high cadence and high spatial resolution show a range of spicule like features, including Type I, Type II (as well as RBEs and RREs) and those which seem to appear within a few seconds, which if…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 J. Shetye , J. G. Doyle , E. Scullion , C. J. Nelson , D. Kuridze , V. Henriques , F. Woeger , T. Ray

Plumes are one of the most ubiquitous features seen at the limb in polar coronal holes and are considered to be a source of high density plasma streams to the fast solar wind. We analyze STEREO observations of plumes and aim to reinterpret…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-31 Scott W. McIntosh , Davina E. Innes , Bart De Pontieu , Robert J. Leamon

The excitation of Alfvenic waves in the solar spicules due to the localized Alfvenic pulse is investigated. A set of incompressible MHD equations in two dimensional $x-z$ plane with steady flows and sheared magnetic fields is solved.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 H. Ebadi , M. Hosseinpour , Z. Fazel