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A sunspot acts as a waveguide in response to the dynamics of the solar interior; the trapped waves and oscillations could reveal its thermal and magnetic structures. We study the oscillations in a sunspot intruded by a light bridge, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Ding Yuan , Robert W. Walsh

Decayless kink oscillations of solar coronal loops (or decayless oscillations for short) have attracted great attention since their discovery. Coronal bright points (CBPs) are mini-active regions and consist of loops with a small size.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Yuhang Gao , Hui Tian , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Yajie Chen

A light bridge is a prominent structure commonly observed within a sunspot. Its presence usually triggers a wealth of dynamics in a sunspot, and has a lasting impact on sunspot evolution. However, the fundamental structure of light bridges…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Song Feng , Yuhu Miao , Ding Yuan , Zhongquan Qu , Valery M. Nakariakov

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Ting Li , Jun Zhang

The EUI instrument on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the most stable, high-resolution images of the solar corona from its orbit with a perihelion near 0.4 AU. A sequence of 360 images obtained at 17.1 nm, between 25-Oct-2022…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-12 Philip G. Judge

Coronal bright points (CBPs) are small-scale and long-duration brightenings in the lower solar corona. They are often explained in terms of magnetic reconnection. We aim to study the sub-structures of a CBP and clarify the relationship…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Q. M. Zhang , P. F. Chen , M. D. Ding , H. S. Ji

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

High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere have recently revealed the presence of elongated filamentary bright structures inside sunspot umbrae. These features, which have been called umbral filaments (UFs), differ in morphology,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-24 S. L. Guglielmino , P. Romano , B. Ruiz Cobo , F. Zuccarello , M. Murabito

We present fast cadence and high resolution observations of flare ribbons from the Solar Orbiter Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI). Utilizing the short-exposure observations from the EUI High Resolution Imager in EUV (HRIEUV), we find…

Context. High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere reveal the presence of fine structures, in particular the so-called magnetic bright points (MBPs), which are small-scale features associated with strong magnetic field regions…

Earlier studies using extreme-ultraviolet images and line-of-sight magnetograms from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have suggested that active region (AR) plages and strong network concentrations often have small, looplike features…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-15 Y. -M. Wang , I. Ugarte-Urra , J. W. Reep

Time series of high-resolution images of the complex active region NOAA 10786 are studied. The observations were performed in G-band (430.5 nm) and in the nearby continuum (463.3 nm), on July 9, 2005 at the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telecope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Vargas Domínguez , J. A. Bonet , V. Martinez Pillet , Y. Katsukawa

Arch filament systems (AFSs) are chromospheric and coronal manifestations of emerging magnetic flux. Using high spatial resolution observations taken at a high cadence by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on board Solar Orbiter, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Yajie Chen , Sudip Mandal , Hardi Peter , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta

In our studies of the dynamics and energetics of the solar atmosphere, we have detected, in high-quality observations from Hinode SOT/NFI, ubiquitous small-scale upflows which move horizontally with supersonic velocities in the quiet Sun.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-18 T. Straus , B. Fleck , S. M. Jefferies , M. Carlsson , T. D. Tarbell

Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process crucial for heating the solar corona and generating the solar wind, but resolving and characterizing it on the Sun remains challenging. Using high-quality data from the…

Bright EUV sunspot plumes have been observed in five out of nine sunspot regions with the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer -- CDS on SOHO. In the other four regions the brightest line emissions may appear inside the sunspot but are mainly…

Outflows of plasma at the edges of active regions surrounded by quiet Sun are now a common observation with the Hinode satellite. While there is observational evidence to suggest that the outflows are originating in the magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. J. Murray , D. Baker , L. van Driel-Gesztelyi , J. Sun

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

The subsurface structure of a solar sunspot is important in the stability of the sunspots and the energy transport therein. Two subsurface structure models have been proposed, the monolithic and cluster models, but no clear observational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Kyuhyoun Cho , Jongchul Chae , Maria S. Madjarska

Bipolar Light Bridges (BLBs) are bright regions located between sunspot umbrae of opposite magnetic polarity. They are typically characterized by strong magnetic fields and intense flows, which are believed to be closely associated with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-10 Fangfang Qiao , Hao Li , Jiasheng Wang , Yadan Duan , Zheng Sun , Leping Li