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Elemental abundances in the solar corona are known to be different from those observed in the solar photosphere. The ratio of coronal to photospheric abundance shows a dependence on the first ionisation potential (FIP) of the element. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 S. Narendranath , P. Sreekumar , Netra S Pillai , S. Panini , K. Sankarasubramanian , Juhani Huovelin

Plasma composition in flaring regions has been shown to have significant spatial and temporal variations, likely driven by dynamical processes that take place as a consequence of the sudden energy release at the reconnection site. The…

We examine the different element abundances exhibited by the closed loop solar corona and the slow speed solar wind. Both are subject to the First Ionization Potential (FIP) Effect, the enhancement in coronal abundance of elements with FIP…

Plasma composition in the solar atmosphere differs between the photosphere and corona, producing an observable difference in elemental abundance known as the FIP effect. The FIP effect is characterised by the ratio of low to high FIP…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-06 Kristena D. Spruksta , David M. Long , Andy S. H. To

The element abundances in the solar corona and solar wind are often different from those of the solar photosphere, typically with a relative enrichment of elements with low first ionization potential (FIP effect). Here we study the spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Paola Testa , Juan Martinez-Sykora , Bart De Pontieu

Coronal plumes are bright, narrow structures rooted in coronal holes that contribute to the solar wind. Their composition, particularly elemental fractionation as a function of first ionization potential (FIP), provides diagnostics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 Slimane Mzerguat , Miho Janvier , Eric Buchlin , Deborah Baker , Andy S. H. To , David M. Long , Natalia Zambrana Prado

We present measurements of relative elemental abundances in plumes and interplumes. Plumes are bright, narrow structures in coronal holes that extend along open magnetic field lines far out into the corona. Previous work has found that in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Chloé Guennou , Michael Hahn , Daniel Wolf Savin

The abundances of low First Ionisation Potential (FIP) elements are three to four times higher (FIP bias) in the closed loop active corona than in the photosphere, known as the FIP effect. Observations suggest that the abundances vary in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-19 Lakshitha Nama , Biswajit Mondal , S Narendranath , KT Paul

We find that the element abundances in solar energetic particles (SEPs) and in the slow solar wind (SSW), relative to those in the photosphere, show different patterns as a function of the first ionization potential (FIP) of the elements.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-13 Donald V. Reames

The enrichment of coronal loops and the slow solar wind with elements that have low First Ionisation Potential, known as the FIP effect, has often been interpreted as the tracer of a common origin. A current explanation for this FIP…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Victor Réville , Alexis P. Rouillard , Marco Velli , Andrea Verdini , Éric Buchlin , Michaël Lavarra , Nicolas Poirier

Solar atmospheric elemental abundances are now known to vary both in space and time. Dynamic modeling of these changes is therefore necessary to improve the accuracy of radiative hydrodynamic simulations. Recent studies have shown that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-13 David H. Brooks , Jeffrey W. Reep , Andy S. H. To , Luke Fushimi Benavitz , Lucas A. Tarr

The first ionization potential (FIP) bias is currently used to trace the propagation of solar features ejected by the wind and solar eruptions (coronal mass ejections). The FIP bias also helps us to understand the formation of prominences,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 S. Parenti , G. Del Zanna , J. -C. Vial

Sulphur, with a first ionisation potential (FIP) of 10.36 eV, lies at the boundary between low- and high-FIP elements, making it particularly sensitive to fractionation processes in the solar atmosphere. Sulphur exhibits variable behaviour…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 Dominik Orlovskij , Andy S. H. To , David M. Long

We investigate the time evolution of relative elemental abundances in the context of the first ionization potential effect focusing on an active region. Our aim is to characterize this evolution in different types of solar active region…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 T. Varesano , D. M. Hassler , N. Zambrana Prado , J. M. Laming , J. Plowman , D. J. Knipp , M. Molnar , K. Barczynski , The SPICE consortium

We present an examination of the First Ionization Potential (FIP) fractionation scenario invoking the ponderomotive force in the chromosphere, and its implications for the source(s) of slow speed solar winds by using observations from The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-25 Natsuha Kuroda , J. Martin Laming

Elemental abundance variations in the solar corona, commonly characterised by First Ionisation Potential (FIP) bias, provide crucial diagnostics of chromospheric processes. The ponderomotive force model, which attributes fractionation to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-16 Andy S. H. To , J. Martin Laming , Jeffrey Reep , Adam J. Finley

We discuss models for coronal abundance anomalies observed in the coronae of the sun and other late-type stars following a scenario first introduced by Schwadron, Fisk & Zurbuchen of the interaction of waves at loop footpoints with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Martin Laming

Elemental abundance effects in active coronae have eluded our understanding for almost three decades, since the discovery of the First Ionization Potential (FIP) effect on the sun. The goal of this paper is to monitor the same coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-04 Raanan Nordon , Ehud Behar , Stephen A. Drake

We discuss the evolution of solar coronal element abundances over an active region lifetime. Magneto-convection drives the complexity of magnetic fields that emerge above the photosphere. This complexity is dissipated, together with that of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 David H. Brooks , Deborah Baker , David M. Long. Paola Testa , Harry P. Warren

The First Ionization Potential (FIP) bias, whereby elemental abundances for low FIP elements in different coronal structures vary from their photospheric values and may also vary with time, has been widely studied. In order to study the…