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We report a different type of three-minute chromospheric oscillations above a sunspot in association with a small-scale impulsive event in a light bridge. During our observations, we found a transient brightening in the light bridge. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Donguk Song , Jongchul Chae , Hannah Kwak , Ryouhei Kano , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Yong-Jae Moon , Eun-Kyung Lim , Jeongwoo Lee

Light bridges, the bright structure dividing umbrae in sunspot regions, show various activity events. In Paper I, we reported on analysis of multi-wavelength observations of a light bridge in a developing active region (AR) and concluded…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Shin Toriumi , Mark C. M. Cheung , Yukio Katsukawa

High-resolution observations of the solar chromosphere and transition region often reveal surge-like oscillatory activities above sunspot light bridges. These oscillations are often interpreted as intermittent plasma jets produced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Jingwen Zhang , Hui Tian , Jiansen He , Linghua Wang

Light bridge (LB) is bright structure crossing the umbra of sunspots and associated to the breakup or assembly of sunspots. In this paper, a LB is presented and studied using the observatory data obtained by {\it Hinode} satellites.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 S. Liu , D. Liu

We use high spatial and spectral resolution observations obtained with the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter at the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope to analyze the velocity profile of granular light bridges in a sunspot. We find upflows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Rouppe van der Voort , L. R. Bellot Rubio , A. Ortiz

With the high tempo-spatial \emph{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} 1330 {\AA} images, we find that many bright structures are rooted in the light bridge of NOAA 12192, forming a \emph{light wall}. The light wall is brighter than the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Fayu Jiang , Yongyuan Xiang

Nanoflares, which are consequences of braids in tangled magnetic fields, are an important candidate to heat the solar corona to million degrees. However, their observational evidence is sparse and many of their observational characteristics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-18 Xiuhui Zuo , Zhenghua Huang , Hengyuan Wei , Chao Zhang , Boyu Sun , Youqian Qi , Hui Fu , Weixin Liu , Mingzhe Sun , Ming Xiong , Lidong Xia

We used high-resolution observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope and the Solar Dynamics Observatory to carry out a detailed multiwavelength analysis of the fine structures in the flare ribbon of a C3.9-class flare on 22 April 2021.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tianyuan Chen , Xiaoli Yan , Zhike Xue , Jincheng Wang , Zhe Xu , Liheng Yang , Yadan Duan , Yian Zhou , Zongyin Wu , Qifan Dong , Guotang Wu , Xinsheng Zhang

Light bridges are the most prominent manifestation of convection in sunspots. The brightest representatives are granular light bridges composed of features that appear to be similar to granules. An in-depth study of the convective motions,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Andreas Lagg , Sami K. Solanki , Michiel van Noort , Sanja Danilovic

Recent solar observations of bipolar light bridges (BLBs) in sunspots have, in a few individual cases, revealed magnetic fields up to 8.2 kG, which is at least twice as strong as typical values measured in sunspot umbrae. However, the small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-06 J. S. Castellanos Durán , A. Korpi-Lagg , S. K. Solanki , M. van Noort , N. Milanovic

One important feature of sunspots is the presence of light bridges. These structures are elongated and bright (as compared to the umbra) features that seem to be related to the formation and evolution of sunspots. In this work, we studied…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Ana Belén Griñón-Marín , Adur Pastor Yabar , Rebecca Centeno , Héctor Socas-Navarro

We investigated three fan-shaped jets observed above sunspot light bridges or nearby sunspot regions. The study aimed to explore the dynamics and physical properties of jets' features that appear as blob-like structures at the tips of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Heesu Yang , Maria S. Madjarska , EunKyung Lim , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Klaus Galsgaard

A light bridge is a prominent structure commonly observed within a sunspot. Its presence usually triggers a wealth of dynamics in a sunspot, and has a lasting impact on sunspot evolution. However, the fundamental structure of light bridges…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Song Feng , Yuhu Miao , Ding Yuan , Zhongquan Qu , Valery M. Nakariakov

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) reveals numerous small-scale (sub-arcsecond) brightenings that appear as bright dots sparkling the solar transition region in active regions. Here, we report a statistical study on these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-23 Zhenyong Hou , Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Maria S. Madjarska , Hui Fu

Light bridge (LB) jets offer a unique window into small-scale eruptive phenomena within sunspots, the Sun's strongest magnetic environments; however, their generation mechanism remains a subject of debate. Using high-resolution observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Yadan Duan , Xiaoli Yan , Yuhang Gao , Jincheng Wang , Zhe Xu , Yongyuan Xiang

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) of the NASA small explorer mission provides significantly more complete and higher resolution spectral coverage of the dynamical conditions inside the chromosphere and transition region (TR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 E. Tavabi , S. Koutchmy , L. Golub

High resolution spectro-polarimetric observations of a sunspot light bridge by Hinode, reveal small-scale inhomogeneities in the magnetic field and velocity. These inhomogeneities arise as a consequence of a weak, secondary lobe in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Rohan E. Louis

Light walls, as ensembles of oscillating bright structures rooted in sunspot light bridges, have not been well studied, although they are important for understanding sunspot properties. Using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Robertus Erdélyi , Yijun Hou , Xiaohong Li , Limei Yan

In this paper, with a survey through the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) data from 1996 to 2009, we present 11 events with plasma blobs flowing outwards sequentially along a bright coronal ray in the wake of a coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Hong-Qiang Song , Xiang-Liang Kong , Yao Chen , Bo Li , Gang Li , Shi-Wei Feng , Li-Dong Xia

Sunspot atmospheres are highly inhomogeneous hosting both quasi-stable and transient features, such as `umbral micro-jets' and dark fibril-like events. We seek to understand the morphological properties and formation mechanisms of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 C. J. Nelson , V. M. J. Henriques , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan