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We present an analysis of twisting motions in penumbral filaments in sunspots located at heliocentric angles from $30^\circ$ to $48^\circ$ using three time series of blue continuum images obtained by the Broadband Filter Imager (BFI)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Lokesh Bharti , Sami K. Solanki , Johann Hirzberger

Recurrent small-scale eruptions are fascinating phenomena in the solar atmosphere. However, their underlying physical mechanisms remain unclear. On 2021 May 23, five recurrent jetlets (J1-J5) were observed continuously ejecting from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-19 Liheng Yang , Xiaoli Yan , Jun Zhang , Zhike Xue , Zhe Xu , Jincheng Wang , Yijun Hou , Yian Zhou , Defang Kong , Roslan Umar , Xinsheng Zhang , Qiaoling Li , Liping Yang

We used spectropolarimetric observations of a sunspot in active region NOAA 11809 in the Ca ii line at 854.2 nm taken with the SpectroPolarimeter for Optical and Infrared Regions (SPINOR) at the Dunn Solar Telescope to infer thermodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-23 Debi Prasad Choudhary , Christian Beck

Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) represent a dynamic category of celestial sources that establish a crucial connection between low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond radio pulsars. These systems exhibit transitions from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-20 M. M. Messa , P. D'Avanzo , F. Coti Zelati , M. C. Baglio , S. Campana

The physical conditions leading the sunspot penumbra decay are poorly understood so far. We investigate the photospheric magnetic and velocity properties of a sunspot penumbra during the decay phase to advance the current knowledge of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-15 M. Murabito , S. L. Guglielmino , I. Ermolli , P. Romano , S. Jafarzadeh , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

Aim: To study the interaction of the solar chromosphere with the transition region, in particular active-region jets in the transition region and their relation to chromospheric fibrils. Methods: We carefully align image sequences taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. G. de Wijn , B. De Pontieu

Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process crucial for heating the solar corona and generating the solar wind, but resolving and characterizing it on the Sun remains challenging. Using high-quality data from the…

Observations with the 1-m Swedish Solar Telescope of the flows seen in penumbral filaments are presented. Time sequences of bright filaments show overturning motions strikingly similar to those seen along the walls of small isolated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-22 H. C. Spruit , G. B. Scharmer , M. G. Löfdahl

Aims: We study the characteristics of intermediate drift bursts (fibers) embedded in the July 14, 2000 large solar event. Methods: We used dynamic spectra from the acousto-optic analyzer (SAO) of the ARTEMIS-JLS solar radiospectrograph, in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 C. E. Alissandrakis , C. Bouratzis , A. Hillaris

High cadence high spatial resolution observations in H-alpha with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma have revealed the existence of small-scale highly dynamic bright blobs. A fast wavelength tuning spectro-polarimeter provides…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Y. Lin , O. Engvold , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

It has become commonplace is astronomy to describe the transverse coarse structure of jets in loosely defined terms such as "sheath" and "spine" based on discussions of parsec scale properties. But, the applicability, dimension and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-07 Brian Punsly

Umbral flashes (UFs) are most common phenomenon of wave processes in sunspots. Studying the relationship between wave time dynamics and the origin of UFs requires further investigation of their fine spatial and height structure. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 R. Sych , M. Wang

In the past two decades, the complex nature of sunspots has been disclosed with high-resolution observations. One of the most important findings is the "uncombed" penumbral structure, where a more horizontal magnetic component carrying most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-13 Haimin Wang , Na Deng , Chang Liu

Given the possible repetitive nature of fast radio bursts (FRBs), their cosmological origin, and their high occurrence, detection of strongly lensed sources due to intervening galaxy lenses is possible with forthcoming radio surveys. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-27 Liang Dai , Wenbin Lu

Relying on the assumption that the interchange convection of magnetic flux tubes is the physical cause for the existence of sunspot penumbrae, we propose a model in which the dynamical evolution of a thin magnetic flux tube reproduces the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 R. Schlichenmaier , K. Jahn , H. U. Schmidt

A photonic jet commonly denotes the specific spatially localized region in the near-field forward scattering of a light wave at a dielectric micron-sized particle. We present the detailed calculations of the transient response of an…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-19 Yu. Geints , E. Panina , A. Zemlyanov

We study the temporal evolution of downflows observed at the lateral edges of penumbral filaments in a sunspot located very close to the disk center. Our analysis is based on a sequence of nearly diffraction-limited scans of the Fe I 617.3…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 S. Esteban Pozuelo , L. R. Bellot Rubio , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez

Sunspot light bridges are known to exhibit a variety of dynamic and persistent phenomena such as surges, small-scale jets etc. in the chromosphere and transition region. While it has generally been proposed that magnetic reconnection is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 Rohan E. Louis , Julia K. Thalmann

We are carrying out multi-frequency radio continuum observations, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, to systematically search for collimated ionized jets towards high-mass young stellar objects (HMYSOs). Here we report…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-15 Andrés E. Guzmán , Guido Garay , Kate J. Brooks , Maxim A. Voronkov

We report on a fan-shaped set of high-speed jets above a strongly magnetized light bridge (LB) of a sunspot observed in the H$\alpha$ line. We study the origin, dynamics and thermal properties of the jets using high-resolution imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-11 Carolina Robustini , Jorrit Leenaarts , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez , Luc Rouppe van der Voort