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Various solar features can be seen on maps of the Sun in the mm and sub-mm wavelength range. The recently installed Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is capable of observing the Sun in that wavelength range with an…

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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".…

Solar observations at sub-mm, mm and cm wavelengths offer a straightforward diagnostic of physical conditions in the solar atmosphere because they yield measurement of brightness temperature which, for optically thick features, equals…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Costas Alissandrakis , Timothy Bastian , Roman Brajša

We report detection of oscillations in brightness temperature, size, and horizontal velocity of three small bright features in the chromosphere of a plage/enhanced-network region. The observations, which were taken with high temporal…

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

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

Observations of the Sun at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths offer a unique probe into the structure, dynamics, and heating of the chromosphere; the structure of sunspots; the formation and eruption of prominences and filaments; and…

We present the first high-resolution Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of a sunspot at wavelengths of 1.3 mm and 3 mm, obtained during the solar ALMA Science Verification campaign in 2015, and compare them…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Maria Loukitcheva , Kazumasa Iwai , Sami K. Solanki , Stephen M. White , Masumi Shimojo

We present the first full-disk solar images obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Band 7 (0.86 mm; 347 GHz). In spite of the low spatial resolution (21"), several interesting results were obtained. During…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 C. E. Alissandrakis , T. S. Bastian , A. Nindos

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

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

We studied chromospheric oscillations using Atacama Large millimeter and sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) time-series of interferometric observations of the quiet Sun obtained at 3 mm with a 2-s cadence and a spatial resolution of a few arcsec.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 S. Patsourakos , C. E. Alissandrakis , A. Nindos , T. S. Bastian

Solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) provide us with direct measurements of the brightness temperature in the solar chromosphere. We study the temperature distributions obtained with ALMA Band 6…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Shahin Jafarzadeh , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Bart De Pontieu , Reza Rezaei , Mats Carlsson

Solar observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) facilitate studying the atmosphere of the Sun at chromospheric heights at high spatial and temporal resolution at millimeter wavelengths. ALMA intensity data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Henrik Eklund , Sven Wedemeyer , Mikolaj Szydlarski , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Juan Camilo Guevara Gómez

Using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the quiet Sun at 1.26 and 3 mm, we study spatially resolved oscillations and transient brightenings, i.e. small, weak events of energy release. Both phenomena may…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-18 A. Nindos , S. Patsourakos , C. E. Alissandrakis , T. S. Bastian

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers new diagnostic possibilities that complement other commonly used diagnostics for the study of our Sun. In particular, ALMA's ability to serve as an essentially linear…

The Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a general purpose telescope that performs a broad program of astrophysical observations. Beginning in late-2016, solar observations with ALMA became available, thereby opening a new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-14 Masumi Shimojo , Timothy S. Bastian , Seiji Kameno , Antonio S. Hales

Our aim is to test potential solar prominence plasma diagnostics as obtained with the new solar capability of the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA). We investigate the thermal and plasma diagnostic potential of ALMA for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-13 Andrew S Rodger , Nicolas Labrosse

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) offers new diagnostic capabilities for studying the Sun, providing complementary insights through high spatial and temporal resolution at millimeter wavelengths. ALMA acts as a linear…

The Atacama Large Millimeter-Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened a new window for studying the Sun via high-resolution high-sensitivity imaging at millimeter wavelengths. In this contribution I review the capabilities of the instrument…

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