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The solar chromosphere is heated to temperatures higher than predicted by radiative equilibrium. This excess heating is greater in active regions where the magnetic field is stronger. We aim to investigate the magnetic topology associated…

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We present observations of a solar plage in the millimeter-continuum with the ALMA and in the Ca 8542 and Na 5896 spectral lines with the Interferometric BIdimensional Spectrometer (IBIS). Our goal is to compare the measurement of local gas…

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New instruments sensitive to chromospheric radiation at X-ray, UV, Visible, IR, and sub-mm wavelengths have become available that significantly enhance our ability to understand the bi-directional flow of energy through the chromosphere. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 Adam R. Kobelski , Lucas A. Tarr , Sarah A. Jaeggli , Nicholas Luber , Harry P. Warren , Sabrina L. Savage

We use state-of-the-art, three-dimensional non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the quiet solar atmosphere to carry out detailed tests of chromospheric magnetic field diagnostics from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Maria Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki , Gregory D. Fleishman , Mats Carlsson

We use state-of-the-art radiation-MHD simulations and 3D non-LTE radiative transfer computations to investigate \Halpha\ line formation in the solar chromosphere and apply the results of this investigation to develop the potential of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Jorrit Leenaarts , Mats Carlsson , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

We report the discovery of a brightness enhancement in the center of a large sunspot umbra at a wavelength of 3 mm using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA). Sunspots are amongst the most prominent features on the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 Kazumasa Iwai , Maria Loukitcheva , Masumi Shimojo , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of a quiet-Sun region at a wavelength of 3 mm, obtained during the first solar ALMA cycle on April 27, 2017, and compare them with available chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Maria A. Loukitcheva , Stephen M. White , Sami K. Solanki

We present observational constraints on the solar chromospheric heating contribution from acoustic waves with frequencies between 5 and 50 mHz. We utilize observations from the Dunn Solar Telescope in New Mexico complemented with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-03 Momchil E. Molnar , Kevin P. Reardon , Steven R. Cranmer , Adam F. Kowalski , Yi Chai , Dale Gary

The (sub)millimeter radiation of solar flares is poorly understood. Without spatial resolution, it cannot be compared easily to flare emissions in other wavelengths. The Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers sufficient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 I. Skokić , A. O. Benz , R. Brajša , D. Sudar , F. Matković , M. Bárta

We aim to investigate the temperature enhancements and formation heights of impulsive heating phenomena in solar active-regions such as Ellerman bombs (EBs), ultraviolet bursts (UVBs), and flaring active-region fibrils (FAFs) using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 J. M. da Silva Santos , J. de la Cruz Rodríguez , S. M. White , J. Leenaarts , G. J. M. Vissers , V. H. Hansteen

At radio wavelengths, solar-type stars emit thermal free-free and gyroresonance, gyrosynchrotron, and impulsive coherent emission. Thermal free-free emission originates at layers where the optical depth is close to unit, while high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 C. Trigilio , G. Umana , F. Cavallaro , C. Agliozzo , P. Leto , C. S. Buemi , A. Ingallinera , F. Bufano , S. Riggi

We present observations of the solar chromosphere obtained simultaneously with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). The observatories targeted a chromospheric plage…

The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) has provided us with an excellent diagnostic tool for studies of the dynamics of the Solar chromosphere, albeit through a single receiver band at one time presently. Each ALMA band…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Juan Camilo Guevara Gómez , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski

In recent decades our understanding of solar active regions (ARs) has improved substantially due to observations made with better angular resolution and wider spectral coverage. While prior AR observations have shown that these structures…

We present an overview of high resolution quiet Sun observations, from disk center to the limb, obtained with the Atacama Large mm and sub-mm Array (ALMA) at 3 mm. Seven quiet Sun regions were observed with resolution of up to 2.5" by 4.5".…

We report the results of the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the solar chromosphere on the southern polar limb. Coordinated observations with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) are also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Takaaki Yokoyama , Masumi Shimojo , Takenori J. Okamoto , Haruhisa Iijima

We present direct estimates of the mean sky brightness temperature in observing bands around 99GHz and 242GHz due to line emission from distant galaxies. These values are calculated from the summed line emission observed in a blind, deep…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 C. L. Carilli , J. Chluba , R. Decarli , F. Walter , M. Aravena , J. Wagg , G. Popping , P. Cortes , J. Hodge , A. Weiss , F. Bertoldi , D. Riechers

Observations at millimetre wavelengths provide a valuable tool to study the small scale dynamics in the solar chromosphere. We evaluate the physical conditions of the atmosphere in the presence of a propagating shock wave and link that to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Henrik Eklund , Sven Wedemeyer , Ben Snow , David B. Jess , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Samuel D. T. Grant , Mats Carlsson , Mikolaj Szydlarski

We present a thermal observation of Callisto's leading hemisphere obtained using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) at 0.87 mm (343 GHz). The angular resolution achieved for this observation was…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Maria Camarca , Katherine de Kleer , Bryan Butler , Alex B. Akins , Alexander Thelen , Imke de Pater , Mark A. Gurwell , Arielle Moullet

Interferometric observations of the Sun with ALMA provide valuable diagnostic tools for studying the small-scale dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Estimations of the observability of the small-scale dynamics as a function of spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Henrik Eklund , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikołaj Szydlarski , Shahin Jafarzadeh