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Coronal jets are ubiquitous, collimated million-degree ejections that contribute to the energy and mass supply of the upper solar atmosphere and the solar wind. Solar Orbiter provides an unprecedented opportunity to observe fine-scale jets…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 D. Nóbrega-Siverio , R. Joshi , E. Sola-Viladesau , D. Berghmans , D. Lim

Space-based observations show that the solar atmosphere from the solar chromosphere to the solar corona is filled with small-scale jets and is linked with small-scale explosions. These jets may be produced by mechanisms similar to that of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-20 Kunwar Alkendra Pratap Singh , Keisuke Nishida , Kazunari Shibata

Most of the commonly discussed solar coronal jets are of the type consisting of a single spire extending approximately vertically from near the solar surface into the corona. Recent research supports that eruption of a miniature filament…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Alphonse C. Sterling , Louise K. Harra , Ronald L. Moore , David A. Falconer

Jets are common eruptive phenomena in the solar atmosphere which may occur repeatedly. Many studies of their fine dynamics have been conducted. However, the fine dynamics of persistent interactions among various features that drive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-12 Hengyuan Wei , Zhenghua Huang , Yadan Duan , Chuan Li

Context: It is thought likely that vast numbers of nanoflares are responsible for the corona having a temperature of millions of degrees. Current observational technologies lack the resolving power to confirm the nanoflare hypothesis. An…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Michael R. Bareford , Philippa. K. Browning , Ronald A. M. Van der Linden

Small-scale magnetic reconnection processes, in the form of nanoflares, have become increasingly hypothesized as important mechanisms for the heating of the solar atmosphere, for driving propagating disturbances along magnetic field lines…

Intensity bursts in ultraviolet (UV) to X-ray wavelengths and plasma jets are typical signatures of magnetic reconnection and the associated impulsive heating of the solar atmospheric plasma. To gain new insights into the process,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 L. P. Chitta , S. K. Solanki , H. Peter , R. Aznar Cuadrado , L. Teriaca , U. Schühle , F. Auchère , D. Berghmans , E. Kraaikamp , S. Gissot , C. Verbeeck

High spatial- and temporal-resolution images of coronal hole regions show a dynamical environment where mass flows and jets are frequently observed. These jets are believed to be important for the coronal heating and the acceleration of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-31 K. Chandrashekhar , A. Bemporad , D. Banerjee , G. R. Gupta , L. Teriaca

We summarize our recent studies on the origin of solar wind kinetic scale turbulence and electron halo in the electron velocity distribution function. Increasing observations of nanoflares and microscopic type III radio bursts strongly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Haihong Che

We report on the formation of small solar flares produced by patchy magnetic reconnection between interacting magnetic loops. A three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical experiment was performed, where a uniform magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 V. Archontis , V. Hansteen

We report on observation of the unusual kind of solar microflares, presumably associated with the so-called "topological trigger" of magnetic reconnection, which was theoretically suggested long time ago by Gorbachev et al. (Sov. Ast. 1988,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Yurii V. Dumin , Boris V. Somov

Quiescent solar prominences show distinct small-scale dynamics in observations. Their internal density contrasts with the surrounding corona make them susceptible to Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instabilities, leading to vertically structured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Madhurjya Changmai , Jack M. Jenkins , Rony Keppens

Dynamical jets are generally found on Light bridges (LBs), which are key to studying sunspots decays. So far, their formation mechanism is not fully understood. In this paper, we used state-of-the-art observations from the Goode Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Xianyong Bai , Hector Socas-Navarro , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Jiangtao Su , Yuanyong Deng , Dong Li , Wenda Cao , Kaifan Ji

Ubiquitous transition region (TR) network jets are considered to be substantial sources of mass and energy to the corona and solar wind. We conduct a case study of a network jet to better understand the nature of mass flows along its length…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 J. Gorman , L. P. Chitta , H. Peter

Microflares are small activities in solar low atmosphere, some are in the low corona, and others in the chromosphere. Observations show that some of the microflares are triggered by magnetic reconnection between emerging flux and a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. -L. Jiang , C. Fang , P. -F. Chen

Observations show various jets in the solar atmosphere with significant rotational motions, which may undergo instabilities leading to heat ambient plasma. We study the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability of twisted and rotating jets caused…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 T. V. Zaqarashvili , I. Zhelyazkov , L. Ofman

Recent observations of coronal hole areas with the XRT and EIS instruments onboard the Hinode satellite have shown with unprecedented detail the launching of fast, hot jets away from the solar surface. In some cases these events coincide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Moreno-Insertis , K. Galsgaard , I. Ugarte-Urra

A blowout jet occurred within the south coronal hole on 9 February 2011 at 09:00 UT and was observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory, and the EUV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Peter Young , Karin Muglach

Forced magnetic reconnection is triggered by external perturbations, which are ubiquitous in the solar corona. This process plays a crucial role in the energy release during solar transient events, which are often associated with electric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Samrat Sen , F. Moreno-Insertis

We report a detailed analysis of a failed eruption and flare in active region 12018 on 2014 April 3 using multiwavelength observations from SDO/AIA, IRIS, STEREO, and Hinode/SOT. At least four jets were observed to emanate from the cusp of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Pankaj Kumar , Judith T. Karpen , Spiro K. Antiochos , C. Richard DeVore , Peter F. Wyper , Kyung-Suk Cho