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The \textit{Sun Watcher using Active Pixel system detector and Image Processing}(SWAP) on board the \textit{PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy\todash 2} (PROBA\todash 2) spacecraft provides images of the solar corona in EUV channel centered at…

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We present results of the study of chromospheric and photospheric line-of-sight velocity fields in the young active region NOAA 11024. Multi-layer, multi-wavelength observational data were used for the analysis of the emerging flux in this…

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In the solar atmosphere the twist parameter $\alpha$ has the same sign as magnetic helicity. It has been observed using photospheric vector magnetograms that negative/positive helicity is dominant in the northern/southern hemisphere of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. K. Tiwari , P. Venkatakrishnan , K. Sankarasubramanian

The emergence of magnetic flux from the deep convection zone plays an important role in the solar magnetism, such as the generation of active regions and triggering of various eruptive phenomena, including jets, flares, and coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 Shin Toriumi , Hideyuki Hotta , Kanya Kusano

Dynamic fibrils (DFs) are commonly observed chromospheric features in solar active regions. Recent observations from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) aboard the Solar Orbiter have revealed unambiguous signatures of DFs at the coronal…

"EIT waves" are a wavelike phenomenon propagating in the corona, which were initially observed in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength by the EUV Imaging Telescope (EIT). Their nature is still elusive, with the debate between fast-mode…

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We use fluctuating magnetic helicity to investigate the polarisation properties of Alfv\'enic fluctuations at ion-kinetic scales in the solar wind as a function of $\beta_p$, the ratio of proton thermal pressure to magnetic pressure, and…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 L. D. Woodham , R. T. Wicks , D. Verscharen , J. M. TenBarge , G. G. Howes

For the first time, a multi-wave research of oscillation dynamics in a solar facula from its birth to decay was carried out. We performed spectral observations of active region NOAA 12744 at Horizontal Solar Telescope of the Sayan Solar…

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Spectroscopic diagnostics of solar coronal plasmas critically depends on the uncertainty in the measured line intensities. One of the main sources of uncertainty is instrumental scattered light, which is potentially most important in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Carolyn Wendeln , Enrico Landi

High degree solar mode frequencies as measured by ring diagrams are known to change in the presence of the strong magnetic fields found in active regions. We examine these changes in frequency for a large sample of active regions analyzed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Charles S. Baldner , Richard S. Bogart , Sarbani Basu

Most static 1D atmosphere models in the quiet Sun predict a rise of the gas temperature at chromospheric layers, but numerical simulations only yield an increase in the brightness temperature. We investigate the thermal structure in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-08 C. Beck , R. Rezaei , K. G. Puschmann

We study the acoustic properties of the solar chromosphere in the high-frequency regime using a time sequence of velocity measurements in the chromospheric Ca II 854.2 nm line taken with the Interferometric Bidimensional Spectrometer…

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The relation between the intensity of chromospheric emissions and the photospheric magnetic field strength has been examined in several studies, but the effect of the magnetic field inclination on chromospheric emissions remains almost…

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Transmission spectroscopy probes exoplanet atmospheres via the wavelength dependence of transit depths, but stellar contamination from magnetic activity can significantly bias these measurements. Activity-induced changes in the chromatic…

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We report on the dynamical interaction of quiet-Sun magnetic fields and granular convection in the solar photosphere as seen by \textsc{Sunrise}. We use high spatial resolution (0\farcs 15--0\farcs 18) and temporal cadence (33 s)…

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Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-23 J. M. da Silva Santos , K. Reardon , G. Cauzzi , T. Schad , V. Martinez Pillet , A. Tritschler , F. Wöger , R. Hofmann , J. Stauffer , H. Uitenbroek

With the high tempo-spatial \emph{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} 1330 {\AA} images, we find that many bright structures are rooted in the light bridge of NOAA 12192, forming a \emph{light wall}. The light wall is brighter than the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Fayu Jiang , Yongyuan Xiang

Strong solar magnetic fields are the energy source of intense flares and energetic coronal mass ejections of space weather importance. The key issue is the difficulty in predicting the occurrence time and location of strong solar eruptions,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-04 P. K. Manoharan , C. J. Salter , S. M. White , P. Perillat , F. Fernandez , B. Perera , A. Venkataraman , C. Brum

We derived the coronal magnetic field, plasma density, and temperature from the observation of polarization and intensity of radio thermal free-free emission using the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…

Context: The origin of the variable component of the solar wind is of great intrinsic interest for heliophysics and space-weather, e.g. the initiation of coronal mass ejections, and the problem of mass loss of all stars. It is also related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Bocchialini , F. Baudin , S. Koutchmy , G. Pouget , J. Solomon