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We aim to improve our picture of the low chromosphere in the quiet-Sun internetwork by investigating the intensity, horizontal velocity, size and lifetime variations of small bright points (BPs; diameter smaller than 0.3 arcsec) observed in…

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Active regions are the most prominent manifestations of solar magnetic fields; their generation and dissipation are fundamental problems in solar physics. Light bridges are commonly present during sunspot decay, but a comprehensive picture…

Using UV spectra and SJIs from the IRIS, and coronal images and magnetograms from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), we present the new features in a quiescent filament channel: subarcsecond bright points (BPs) and quasi-periodic…

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We analyse sunspot oscillations using Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) slit-jaw and spectral data and narrow-band chromospheric images from the New Solar Telescope (NST) for the main sunspot in NOAA AR 11836. We report that the…

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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

We analyse a sequence of high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of a sunspot taken at the 1-m SST, to determine the nature of flux emergence in a light bridge and the processes related to its evolution in the photosphere and…

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Small-scale brightenigs are ubiquitous, dynamic and energetic phenomena found in the chromopshere. An advanced filter-detection algorithm applied to high-resolution observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph enables the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Llŷr Humphries , Huw Morgan , David Kuridze

We present conspicuous activities of plasma ejections along a light bridge of a stable and mature sunspot in NOAA 8971 on 2000 May 02. We found the ejections both in the H-alpha (10^4 K) images obtained with the Domeless Solar Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ayumi Asai , Takako T. Ishii , Hiroki Kurokawa

On the Sun,jets in light bridges are frequently observed with high-resolution instruments.The respective roles played by convection and the magnetic field in triggering such jets are not yet clear.We report a small fan-shaped jet along a LB…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-02 Y. Liu , G. P. Ruan , B. Schmieder , S. Masson , Y. Chen , J. T. Su , B. Wang , X. Y. Bai , Y. Su , Wenda Cao

Penumbral filaments and light bridges are prominent structures inside sunspots and are important for understanding the nature of sunspot magnetic fields and magneto-convection underneath. We investigate an interesting event where several…

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We study point-like explosive events (EE), characterized by emission in the far wings of spectral lines, in a quiet region near the South Pole, using Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spectra at two slit positions, slit-jaw (SJ)…

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IRIS data allow us to study the solar transition region (TR) with an unprecedented spatial resolution of 0.33 arcsec. On 2013 August 30, we observed bursts of high Doppler shifts suggesting strong supersonic downflows of up to 200 km/s and…

Loops are one of the fundamental structures that trace the geometry of the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere. Their evolution and dynamics provide a crucial proxy for studying how the magnetized structures are formed and heated in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Zhenghua Huang , Bo Li , Lidong Xia , Mijie Shi , Hui Fu , Zhenyong Hou

Penumbral microjets are short-lived, fine-structured and bright jets that are generally observed in chromospheric imaging of the penumbra of sunspots. Here we investigate their potential transition region signature, by combining…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-08 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Mats Carlsson

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

Using high-resolution transition region (TR) observations taken by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission, Tian et al. (2014b) revealed numerous short-lived subarcsecond bright dots (BDs) above sunspots (mostly located in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Na Deng , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Hui Tian , Lucia Kleint , Chang Liu , Yan Xu , Haimin Wang

Small reconnection events in the lower solar atmosphere can lead to its heating, but whether such heating can propagate into higher atmospheric layers and potentially contribute to coronal heating is an open question. We carry out a large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-26 Lucia Kleint , Brandon Panos

Small-scale brightenings in solar atmospheric observations are a manifestation of heating and/or energy transport events. We present statistical characteristics of brightenings from a new detection method applied to 1330, 1400, and 2796…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-01 Llŷr Dafydd Humphries , Huw Morgan

Solar jets are impulsive, collimated plasma ejections that are triggered by magnetic reconnection. They are observed for many decades in various temperatures and wavelengths, therefore their kinematic characteristics, such as velocity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Brigitte Schmieder , Reetika Joshi , Ramesh Chandra

High-resolution observations of dynamic phenomena give insight into properties and processes that govern the low solar atmosphere. We present the analysis of jet-like phenomena emanating from a penumbral foot-point in active region (AR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-09 Llŷr Dafydd Humphries , Erwin Verwichte , David Kuridze , Huw Morgan