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The long term study of the Sun is necessary if we are to determine the evolution of sunspot properties and thereby inform modeling of the solar dynamo, particularly on scales of a solar cycle. We aim to determine a number of sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-23 Fraser T. Watson , Lyndsay Fletcher , Stephen Marshall

The solar atmosphere is filled with clusters of hot small-scale loops commonly known as Coronal Bright Points (CBPs). These ubiquitous structures stand out in the Sun by their strong X-ray and/or extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) emission for hours…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-14 D. Nóbrega-Siverio , F. Moreno-Insertis , K Galsgaard , K. Krikova , L. Rouppe van der Voort , R. Joshi , M. S. Madjarska

By using the unique database of SOHO/MDI full disk magnetograms from 1996 September to 2011 January, covering the entire solar cycle 23, we analyze the time-variability of the solar magnetic flux spectrum and study the properties of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 C. l. Jin , J. X. Wang

Small scale magnetic fields can be observed on the Sun in G-band filtergrams as MBPs (magnetic bright points) or identified in spectro-polarimetric measurements due to enhanced signals of Stokes profiles. These magnetic fields and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Utz , J. Jurčák , A. Hanslmeier , R. Muller , A. Veronig , O. Kühner

We present a new automated algorithm to identify, track, and characterize small-scale brightening associated with solar eruptive phenomena observed in H{\alpha}. The temporal spatially-localized changes in chromospheric intensities can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. S. Kirk , K. S. Balasubramaniam , J. Jackiewicz , B. J. McNamara , R. T. J. McAteer

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

Context. Accurate detections of frequent small-scale extreme ultraviolet (EUV) brightenings are essential to the investigation of the physical processes heating the corona. Aims. We detected small-scale brightenings, termed campfires, using…

We present a method that isolates time-varying components from coronagraph and EUV images, allowing sub-streamer transients propagating within streamers to be tracked from the low to high corona. The method uses a temporal bandpass filter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 Nathalia Alzate , Huw Morgan , Nicholeen Viall , Angelos Vourlidas

With the unique database from Michelson Doppler Imager aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory in an interval embodying solar cycle 23, the cyclic behavior of solar small-scale magnetic elements is studied. More than 13 million…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-18 C. L. Jin , J. X. Wang , Q. Song , H. Zhao

This paper presents a study of a large sample of global disturbances in the solar corona with characteristic propagating fronts as intensity enhancement, similar to the phenomena that have often been referred to as EIT waves or EUV waves.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Nariaki V. Nitta , Carolus J. Schrijver , Alan M. Title , Wei Liu

New instruments sensitive to chromospheric radiation at X-ray, UV, Visible, IR, and sub-mm wavelengths have become available that significantly enhance our ability to understand the bi-directional flow of energy through the chromosphere. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-27 Adam R. Kobelski , Lucas A. Tarr , Sarah A. Jaeggli , Nicholas Luber , Harry P. Warren , Sabrina L. Savage

Delta ($\delta$) sunspots sometimes host fast photospheric flows along the central magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL). Here we study the strong Doppler shift signature in the central penumbral light bridge of solar active region NOAA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Jiayi Liu , Xudong Sun , Peter W. Schuck , Sarah A. Jaeggli , Brian T. Welsch , Carlos Quintero Noda

We present basic observational data and association membership analysis for 45 young and active low-mass stellar systems from the ongoing RECONS photometry and astrometry program at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Most of these…

Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the present universe and the combination of extreme magnetic field, gravity and density makes them unique laboratories to probe current physical theories (from quantum electrodynamics to general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-04 Roberto Turolla , Silvia Zane , Anna Watts

We present an automated system for detecting, tracking, and cataloging emerging active regions throughout their evolution and decay using SOHO Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI) magnetograms. The SolarMonitor Active Region Tracking…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-01 Paul A. Higgins , Peter T. Gallagher , R. T. James McAteer , D. Shaun Bloomfield

The formation mechanism of light bridges (LBs) is strongly related to the dynamic evolution of solar active regions (ARs). To study the relationship between LB formation and AR evolution phases, we employ 109 LB samples from 69 ARs in 2014…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 Fuyu Li , Changhui Rao , Xinhua Zhao , Yang Guo , Xiaoying Gong , Yuhao Chen , Nanbin Xiang , Huaning Wang

We present a sample of SRG/eROSITA X-ray sources located in the eastern Galactic hemisphere (0<l<180 deg), with significant proper motions according to GAIA eDR3 measurements and whose extragalactic nature has been confirmed. The catalog…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-21 I. M. Khamitov , I. F. Bikmaev , M. R. Gilfanov , R. A. Sunyaev , P. S. Medvedev , M. A. Gorbachev

High cadence, multi-wavelength observations and simulations are employed for the analysis of solar photospheric magnetic bright points (MBPs) in the quiet Sun. The observations were obtained with the Rapid Oscillations in the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. H. Keys , M. Mathioudakis , D. B. Jess , S. Shelyag , D. J. Christian , F. P. Keenan

Coronal bright points (BPs) are associated with magnetic bipolar features (MBFs) and magnetic cancellation. Here, we investigate how BP-associated MBFs form and how the consequent magnetic cancellation occurs. We analyse longitudinal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 Chaozhou Mou , Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Maria S. Madjarska , Bo Li , Hui Fu , Fangran Jiao , Zhenyong Hou

We have performed a statistical study of the properties of 110 bright X-ray outbursts in 36 low-mass X-ray binary transients (LMXBTs) seen with the All-Sky Monitor (2--12 keV) on board the {\it Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer} ({\it RXTE}) in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Zhen Yan , Wenfei Yu