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It has been proposed that particles bouncing between magnetized flows converging in a reconnection region can be accelerated by the first order Fermi mechanism. Analytical considerations of this mechanism have shown that the spectral index…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-07-06 Elena Provornikova , John Martin Laming , Vyacheslav S. Lukin

We use data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to study the most likely formation of a forced reconnection region and associated plasma blobs, triggered by jet-like structures in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Sudheer K. Mishra , A. K. Srivastava , S. P. Rajaguru , P. Jelínek

Jets are dynamic, impulsive, well-collimated plasma events that develop at many different scales and in different layers of the solar atmosphere. Jets are believed to be induced by magnetic reconnection, a process central to many…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-30 E. Pariat , K. Dalmasse , C. R. DeVore , S. K. Antiochos , J. T. Karpen

Relaxation of braided coronal magnetic fields through reconnection is thought to be a source of energy to heat plasma in active region coronal loops. However, observations of active region coronal heating associated with an untangling of…

We present results of a quantitative analysis of structured plasma outflows above a polar coronal hole observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. In a 6-hour interval of continuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Vadim M. Uritsky , Judith T. Karpen , Nour E. Raouafi , Pankaj Kumar , C. Richard DeVore , Craig E. Deforest

Employing Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) multi-wavelength images, we have presented coronal condensations caused by magnetic reconnection between a system of open and closed solar coronal loops. In this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Leping Li , Jun Zhang , Peter Hardi , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Jiangtao Su , Hongqiang Song , Chun Xia , Yijun Hou

Brightenings observed in the solar extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) images are generally interpreted as signatures of micro- or nanoflares occurring at the transition region or coronal temperatures. Recent observations with the Extreme Ultraviolet…

Magnetic reconnection is believed to be the primary mechanism by which non-potential energy stored in coronal magnetic fields is rapidly released during solar eruptive events. Unfortunately, owing to the small spatial scales on which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Aidan M. O'Flannagain , Shane A. Maloney , Peter T. Gallagher , Philippa Browning , Jose Refojo

Context. Recent observations by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on board Solar Orbiter have characterized prevalent small-scale transient brightenings in the corona above the quiet Sun termed campfires. Aims. In this study we search…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 Yajie Chen , Damien Przybylski , Hardi Peter , Hui Tian , F. Auchère , D. Berghmans

We investigate the plasma and magnetic environment of active region NOAA 11261 on 2 August 2011 around a GOES M1.4 flare/CME (SOL2011-08-02T06:19). We compare coronal emission at (extreme) ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, using SDO AIA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Julia K. Thalmann , Astrid M. Veronig , Yang Su

Solar flares are one of the most energetic events in the solar atmosphere. It is widely accepted that flares are powered by magnetic reconnection in the corona. An eruptive flare is usually accompanied by a coronal mass ejection, both of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Y. Li , X. Sun , M. D. Ding , J. Qiu , E. R. Priest

In this paper, we carry out multiwavelength observations of three recurring jets on 2014 November 7. The jets originated from the same region at the edge of AR 12205 and propagated along the same coronal loop. The eruptions were generated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Yan-Jie Zhang , Qing-Min Zhang , Jun Dai , Zhe Xu , Hai-Sheng Ji

It is well-known that extreme ultraviolet emission emitted at the solar surface is absorbed by overlying cool plasma. Especially in active regions dark lanes in EUV images suggest that much of the surface activity is obscured. Simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 N. -H. Chen , D. E. Innes

High-resolution observations from the $Interface~Region~Imaging~Spectrometer$ ($IRIS$) reveal the existence of a particular type of small solar jets, which arose singly or in clusters from a tornado-like prominence suspended in the corona.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-19 Huadong Chen , Jun Zhang , Bart De Pontieu , Suli Ma , Bernhard Kliem , Eric Priest

Coronal jets are the captivating eruptions which are often found in the solar atmosphere, and primarily formed due to magnetic reconnection. Despite their short-lived nature and lower energy compared to many other eruptive events, e.g.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Sushree S Nayak , Samrat Sen , Arpit Kumar Shrivastav , R. Bhattacharyya , P. S. Athiray

Solar radio bursts exhibit complex fine structures that reveal intricate coronal plasma dynamics. Here, we report detection of spike-like repeating burst pairs, characterized by two short-lived (0.1-2 s), narrowband components separated by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-28 Suli Ma , Eduard P. Kontar , Daniel L. Clarkson , Huadong Chen , Yihua Yan

Using simulated data-driven three-dimensional resistive MHD simulations of the solar atmosphere, we show that magnetic reconnection can be responsible of the formation of jets with characteristic of Type II spicules. For this, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-06 J. J. González-Avilés , F. S. Guzmán , V. Fedun , G. Verth , S. Shelyag , S. Regnier

This work focus on the first results on the identification and characterization of periodic plasma density fluctuations in the outer corona, observed in STEREO-A COR1 white-light image time series. A 2D reconstruction of the spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Telloni , R. Ventura , P. Romano , D. Spadaro , E. Antonucci

Magnetic reconnection is a well-accepted part of the theory of solar eruptive events, though the evidence is still circumstantial. Intrinsic to the reconnection picture of a solar eruptive event, particularly in the standard model for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Juntao Wang , P. J. A. Simoes , N. L. S. Jeffrey , L. Fletcher , P. J. Wright , I. G. Hannah

Magnetic reconnection in the solar corona is thought to be unstable to the formation of multiple interacting plasmoids, and previous studies have shown that plasmoid dynamics can trigger MHD waves of different modes propagating outward from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-25 Elena Provornikova , J. Martin Laming , Vyacheslav S. Lukin