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We use observations of line-of-sight magnetograms from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to investigate polarity separation, magnetic flux, flux emergence rate, twist and tilt of solar…

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We estimate the temporal change of magnetic flux perpendicular to the solar surface in a decaying active region by using a time series of the spatial distribution of vector magnetic fields in the photosphere. The vector magnetic fields are…

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The chromosphere above active regions (ARs) on the Sun hosts magnetized supersonic downflows. Studies of these supersonic downflows help to decipher the magnetic fine structure and dynamics of the chromosphere. We perform a statistical…

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We report the observations of a flux rope at transition region temperatures with the \emph{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} (IRIS) on 30 August 2014. Initially, magnetic flux cancellation constantly took place and a filament was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 Ting Li , Jun Zhang

A reliable extraction of filament data from microscopic images is of high interest in the analysis of acto-myosin structures as early morphological markers in mechanically guided differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells and the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-07-15 Benjamin Eltzner , Carina Wollnik , Carsten Gottschlich , Stephan Huckemann , Florian Rehfeldt

The inverse Evershed flow (IEF) is a mass motion towards sunspots at chromospheric heights. We combined high-resolution observations of NOAA 12418 from the Dunn Solar Telescope and vector magnetic field measurements from the Helioseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-08 A. Prasad , M. Ranganathan , C. Beck , D. P. Choudhary , Q. Hu

During the lifetime of AR 12673, its magnetic field evolved drastically and produced numerous large flares. In this study, using full maps of the Sun observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Solar Terrestrial Relations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-23 Johan Muhamad , Muhamad Zamzam Nurzaman , Tiar Dani , Arun Relung Pamutri

Spectropolarimetric observations from Sunrise II/IMaX obtained in June 2013 are used for a statistical analysis to determine the physical properties of moving magnetic features (MMFs) observed near a pore. MMFs of the same and opposite…

Magnetic Clouds (MCs) are a particular subset of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs), forming large scale magnetic flux ropes. In this work we analyze the evolution of a particular MC (observed on March 1998) using {\it in situ}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. S. Nakwacki , S. Dasso , P. Démoulin , C. H. Mandrini , A. M. Gulisano

We analyze the evolution of Fe XII coronal plasma upflows from the edges of ten active regions (ARs) as they cross the solar disk using the Hinode Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). Confirming the results of Demoulin et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Deborah Baker , Miho Janvier , Pascal Demoulin , Cristina Mandrini

Filaments are one of the most common features in the solar atmosphere, and are of significance in solar, stellar and laboratory plasma physics. Using data from the Chinese H$\alpha$ Solar Explorer, the Solar Upper Transition Region Imager…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-31 Hengyuan Wei , Zhenghua Huang , Chuan Li , Zhenyong Hou , Ye Qiu , Hui Fu , Xianyong Bai , Lidong Xia

We present revised point-spread functions (PSFs) for the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). These PSFs provide a robust estimate of the light diffracted by the meshes holding the entrance and…

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Certain solar flares exhibit a distinctive candle-flame or cusp-shaped feature above the bright flare arcade visible in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray channels sensitive to high-temperature plasma. The presence of a cusp-like structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Ivan Oparin , Sabastian Fernandes , Bin Chen , Chengcai Shen , Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Sijie Yu

We present a study of wave processes occurring in solar active region NOAA 11131 on 2010 December 10, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory in the 1600A, 304A, and 171A channels. For spectral analysis we employed pixelised wavelet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Robert Sych , David B. Jess , Jiangtao Su

Sunspots are regions of decreased brightness on the visible surface of the Sun (photosphere) that are associated with strong magnetic fields. They have been found to be locations associated with solar flares, which occur when energy stored…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-24 Sophie A. Murray

It is generally believed that filament formation involves a process of the accumulation of magnetic energy. However, in this paper we discuss the idea that filaments will not erupt and will only deform when the stored magnetic energy is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-02 Ruisheng Zheng , Liang Zhang , Changhui Rao , Bing Wang , Huadong Chen , Libo Zhong , Yao Chen

Filament is a cool, dense structure suspended in the solar corona. The eruption of a filament is often associated with coronal mass ejection (CME), which has an adverse effect on space weather. Hence, the study of filament has attracted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-07 Rakesh Mazumder

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey

We study small-scale brightenings in Ca II 8542 \AA\ line-core images to determine their nature and effect on localized heating and mass transfer in active regions. High-resolution 2D spectroscopic observations of an active region in the Ca…