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Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small brightening events in the solar lower atmosphere. By original definition, the main EB's characteristic is the two emission bumps in both wings of chromospheric lines, such as H$\alpha$ and Ca II 8542 {\AA}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 C. Fang , Q. Hao , M. D. Ding , Z. Li

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small-scale intense brightenings in H$\alpha$ wing images, which are generally believed to be signatures of magnetic reconnection events around the temperature minimum region of the solar atmosphere. They have a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Yajie Chen , Hui Tian , Hardi Peter , Tanmoy Samanta , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Haimin Wang , Wenda Cao , Linghua Wang , Jiansen He

The properties of Ellerman bombs (EBs), small-scale brightenings in the H-alpha line wings, have proved difficult to establish due to their size being close to the spatial resolution of even the most advanced telescopes. Here, we aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-09 C. J. Nelson , J. G. Doyle , R. Erdelyi , Z. Huang , M. Madjarska , M. Mathioudakis , S. Mumford , K. Reardon

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small and short-lived magnetic reconnection events in the lower solar atmosphere, most commonly reported in the line wings of the H$\alpha$ line. These events are thought to play a role in heating the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 A. Faryad , A. G. M. Pietrow , M. Verma , C. Denker

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are a kind of solar activities that is suggested to occur in the lower atmosphere. Recent observations using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) show connections of EBs and IRIS bombs (IBs), implying that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-03 Jie Hong , M. D. Ding , Wenda Cao

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are short-lived and compact structures that are observed well in the wings of the hydrogen H-alpha line. EBs are also observed in the chromospheric CaII lines and in UV continua. H-alpha line profiles of EBs show a deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Arkadiusz Berlicki , Petr Heinzel

We study the H$\alpha$ and Ca II 8542 \r{A} line spectra of four typical Ellerman bombs (EBs) in active region NOAA 11765 on 2013 June 6, observed with the Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph installed at the 1.6 meter New Solar Telescope at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-12 Jie Hong , M. D. Ding , Ying Li , Cheng Fang , Wenda Cao

Ellerman bombs (EBs) seem to be a part of a whole spectrum of phenomena that might have the same underlying physical mechanism, but with observed characteristics which pose a considerable challenge to models. The aim of this study is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-17 S. Danilovic

Ellerman bombs (EBs) have been widely studied in recent years due to their dynamic, explosive nature and apparent links to the underlying photospheric magnetic field implying that they may be formed by magnetic reconnection in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 C. J. Nelson , E. M. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , N. Freij , R. Erdélyi

Ellerman bombs (EBs) and UV bursts are both small-scale solar activities that occur in active regions. They are now believed to form at different heights in the lower atmosphere. In this paper, we use one-dimensional radiative hydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-09 Jie Hong , Ying Li , M. D. Ding , Qi Hao

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

A spectacular manifestation of solar activity is the appearance of transient brightenings in the far wings of the H$\alpha$ line, known as Ellerman bombs (EBs). Recent observations obtained by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

Recent observations by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have revealed pockets of hot gas ($\sim$2--8$\times$10$^{4}$ K) potentially resulting from magnetic reconnection in the partially ionized lower solar atmosphere (IRIS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-21 Hui Tian , Zhi Xu , Jiansen He , Chad Madsen

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 (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 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

The presence of photospheric magnetic reconnection has long been thought to give rise to short and impulsive events, such as Ellerman bombs (EBs) and Type II spicules. In this article, we combine high-resolution, high-cadence observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 C. J. Nelson , S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , J. G. Doyle , M. S. Madjarska , H. Uitenbroek , R. Erdélyi

The emergence of magnetic flux into the solar atmosphere produces, among other phenomena, Ellerman bombs (EBs), which are observed in H alpha and are due to magnetic reconnection in the photosphere below the chromospheric canopy. Signs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Ada Ortiz , Viggo H. Hansteen , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

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

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
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