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One of the most commonly observed solar radio sources in the metric and decametric wavelengths is the solar noise storm. These are generally associated with active regions and are believed to be powered by the plasma emission mechanism.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Surajit Mondal , Peijin Zhang , Devojyoti Kansabanik , Divya Oberoi , Gillian Pearce

Slow MHD waves are important tools for understanding the coronal structures and dynamics. In this paper, we report a number of observations, from X-Ray Telescope (XRT) on board HINODE and SDO/AIA of reflecting longitudinal waves in hot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Sudip Mandal , Ding Yuan , Xia Fang , Dipankar Banerjee , Vaibhav Pant , Tom Van Doorsselaere

Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) are frequently detected in solar and stellar flares, but the underlying physical mechanisms are still to be ascertained. Here, we show microwave QPPs during a solar flare originating from quasi-periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-19 Yuankun Kou , Xin Cheng , Yulei Wang , Sijie Yu , Bin Chen , Eduard P. Kontar , Mingde Ding

We present the analysis of five joint XMM-Newton/NuSTAR observations, 20 ks each and separated by 12 days, of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 382. The data were obtained as part of a campaign performed in September-October 2016…

The heating of the lower solar corona is examined using numerical simulations and theoretical models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in open magnetic regions. A turbulent energy cascade to small length scales perpendicular to the mean…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Dmitruk , W. H. Matthaeus , L. J. Milano , S. Oughton , G. P. Zank , D. J. Mullan

The evolution of a solar flare accelerated non-thermal electron population and associated plasma emission is considered in collisional inhomogeneous plasma. Non-thermal electrons collisionally evolve to become unstable and generate Langmuir…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-10 Heather Ratcliffe , Eduard. P. Kontar

Twisted magnetic fields should be ubiquitous in flare-producing active regions where the magnetic fields are strongly non-potential. It has been shown that reconnection in helical magnetic coronal loops results in plasma heating and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 R. F. Pinto , M. Gordovskyy , P. K. Browning , N. Vilmer

The coronal heating problem remains one of the most challenging questions in solar physics. The energy driving coronal heating is widely understood to be associated with convective motions below the photosphere. Recent high-resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-21 Rui Wang , Yiming Jiao , Xiaowei Zhao , Chong Huang

Utilizing NICER observations, we present an analysis of the soft X-ray re-brightening event of GRS 1915+105 observed in 2021. During this event, we observed the emergence of a stable, long-lasting low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-12 Ling-Da Kong , Long Ji , Andrea Santangelo , Meng-Lei Zhou , Qing-Cang Shui , Shu Zhang

A solar type-I noise storm is produced by accelerated particle beams generated at active regions undergoing magnetic field restructuring. Their intensity varies by orders of magnitude within sub-second and sub-MHz scales. But, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-04 Atul Mohan

We derive kinematic properties for two recent solar coronal transient waves observed off the western solar limb with the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission. The two waves occurred over…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-11 Kamen A. Kozarev , Kelly E. Korreck , Vasili V. Lobzin , Mark A. Weber , Nathan A. Schwadron

Using data obtained in 1994 June/July with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer deep survey photometer and in 2001 January with the Chandra X-ray Observatory Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrograph, we investigate the extreme-ultraviolet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christopher W. Mauche

Solar variability investigations that include magnetic energy coupling are paramount to solving many key solar/stellar physics problems, particularly for understanding the temporal variability of magnetic energy redistribution and heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 N. Brice Orange , David L. Chesny , Bruce Gendre , David C. Morris , Hakeem M. Oluseyi

Coronae express different facets of their energy release processes in different wavelength regions. While soft X-ray and EUV emission dominates the radiative losses of the thermal plasma, hard X-ray emission (>10 keV) can be produced from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Manuel Guedel

Radio signals propagating via the solar corona and solar wind are significantly affected by compressive waves, impacting properties of solar bursts as well as sources viewed through the turbulent solar atmosphere. While static fluctuations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-23 Francesco Azzollini , A. Gordon Emslie , Daniel L. Clarkson , Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar

Context: One of the most prominent processes suggested to heat the corona to well above 10^6 K builds on nanoflares, short bursts of energy dissipation. Aims: We compare observations to model predictions to test the validity of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 Leping Li , Hardi Peter , Feng Chen , Jun Zhang

It is well established that elemental abundances vary in the solar atmosphere and that this variation is organized by first ionization potential (FIP). Previous studies have shown that in the solar corona low-FIP elements, such as Fe, Si,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 Harry P. Warren , David H. Brooks , George A. Doschek , Uri Feldman

We detected millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in an XMM-Newton observation of the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-53. These QPOs have been interpreted as marginally-stable burning on the neutron-star surface. At the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Ming Lyu , Mariano Mendez , Diego Altamirano

We analyze high cadence high resolution observations of a C3.2 flare obtained by AIA/SDO on August 1, 2010. The flare is a long duration event with soft X-ray and EUV radiation lasting for over four hours. Analysis suggests that magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Jiong Qiu , Wen-Juan Liu , Dana W. Longcope

EUV observations of warm coronal loops suggest that they are bundles of unresolved strands that are heated impulsively to high temperatures by nanoflares. The plasma would then have the observed properties (e.g., excess density compared to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 S. Patsourakos , J. A. Klimchuk