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We present detailed analysis of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wave and its interaction with active region (AR) loops observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and the Hinode EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). This…

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Context. Solar filament eruptions usually appear to occur in association with the sudden explosive release of magnetic energy accumulated in long-lived arched magnetic structures. It is the released energy that occasionally drives…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-01 Denis P. Cabezas , Kiyoshi Ichimoto , Ayumi Asai , Satoru UeNo , Satoshi Morita , Ken-ichi Otsuji , Kazunari Shibata

Coronal waves are large-scale disturbances often driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs). We investigate a spectacular wave event on 7 March 2012, which is associated with an X5.4 flare (SOL2012-03-07). By using a running center-median…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 Li Feng , Lei Lu , Bernd Inhester , Joseph Plowman , Beili Ying , Marilena Mierla , Matthew J. West , Weiqun Gan

Filament eruptions are magnetically driven violent explosions commonly observed on the Sun and late-type stars, sometimes leading to monster coronal mass ejections that directly affect the nearby planets' environments. More than a century…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Hechao Chen , Hui Tian , Quanhao Zhang , Chuan Li , Chun Xia , Xianyong Bai , Zhenyong Hou , Kaifan Ji , Yuanyong Deng , Xiao Yang , Ziyao Hu

Network loops are a common feature in the quiet Sun. The physical processes sustaining their energy budget is still under discussion. We rely on a multi-instrumental (Solar Orbiter/EUI, Solar Orbiter/PHI, IRIS) observation of a six hours…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-31 A. Dolliou , H. Peter , S. Mandal , L. P. Chitta , L. Teriaca , Y. Chen , D. Calchetti

We investigate the scaling properties of the long-range temporal evolution and intermittency of SDO/AIA intensity observations in four solar environments: an active region core, a weak emission region, and two core loops. We use two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Ana Cristina Cadavid , Yeimy J. Rivera , John K. Lawrence , Damian J. Christian , Peter J. Jennings , A. Franco Rappazzo

The magnetic breakout model has been widely used to explain solar eruptive activities. Here, we apply it to explain successive filament eruptions occurred in a quadrupolar magnetic source region. Based on the high temporal and spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-09 Yuandeng Shen

The extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray radiation emitted during solar flares has been shown to significantly increase the electron density of the Earth's ionosphere. During flares, quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in X-ray flux originating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-11 Aisling N. O'Hare , Susanna Bekker , Laura A. Hayes , Ryan O. Milligan

The solar eruption on 2012 January 27 resulted in a wide-spread solar energetic particle (SEP) event observed by STEREO A and the near-Earth spacecraft (separated by 108\degree). The event was accompanied by an X-class flare,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Bei Zhu , Ying D. Liu , Ryun-Young Kwon , Rui Wang

This paper presents multiwavelength observations of a flare-generated type II radio burst. The kinematics of the shock derived from the type II closely match a fast EUV wave seen propagating through coronal arcade loops. The EUV wave was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Pankaj Kumar , D. E. Innes , K. S. Cho

This thesis strives to improve our understanding of solar activity, specifically the behaviour of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. An investigation into the hydrodynamic evolution of a confined solar flare was carried out using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 Claire L. Raftery

Using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) and rescaled range (R/S) analysis, we investigate the scaling properties of EUV intensity fluctuations of low-latitude coronal holes (CHs) and neighboring quiet-Sun (QS) regions in signals obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Ana Cristina Cadavid , Mari Paz Miralles , Kristine Romich

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

We present observations of an M5.7 white-light flare (WLF) associated with a small filament eruption in NOAA active region 11476 on 2012 May 10. During this flare, a circular flare ribbon appeared in the east and a remote brightening…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Y. L. Song , Y. Guo , H. Tian , X. S. Zhu , M. Zhang , Y. J. Zhu

"EIT waves" are a globally propagating wavelike phenomenon. They were often interpreted as a fast-mode magnetoacoustic wave in the corona, despite various discrepancies between the fast-mode wave model and observations. To reconcile these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-18 P. F. Chen , Y. Wu

Minifilaments are widespread small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere. To better understand their formation and eruption mechanisms, we investigate the entire life of a sigmoidal minifilament located below a large quiescent filament…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-28 Weilin Teng , Yingna Su , Rui Liu , Jialin Chen , Yanjie Liu , Jun Dai , Wenda Cao , Jinhua Shen , Haisheng Ji

We present stereoscopic observations of six sequent eruptions of a filament in the active region NOAA 11045 on 2010 Feb 8, with the advantage of the STEREO twin viewpoints in combination with the earth viewpoint from SOHO instruments and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-09 Yuandeng Shen , Yu Liu , Rui Liu

MHD kink instability can trigger the fragmentation of a twisted magnetic flux tube into small-scale current sheets that dissipate as aperiodic impulsive heating events. This instability propagates as an avalanche to nearby flux tubes and…

Context. Mounting evidence has shown that EUV waves consist of a fast-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave (or shock wave) followed by a slower nonwave component, as predicted by the magnetic fieldline stretching model. However, not all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Yuwei Li , J. H. Guo , Y. W. Ni , Z. Y. Zhang , P. F. Chen

We investigate triggering, activation, and ejection of a solar eruptive prominence that occurred in a multi-polar flux system of active region NOAA 11548 on 2012 August 18 by analyzing data from AIA on board SDO, RHESSI, and EUVI/SECCHI on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Bhuwan Joshi , Upendra Kushwaha , Astrid Veronig , Kyung-Suk Cho