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We report on a fan-shaped set of high-speed jets above a strongly magnetized light bridge (LB) of a sunspot observed in the H$\alpha$ line. We study the origin, dynamics and thermal properties of the jets using high-resolution imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-11 Carolina Robustini , Jorrit Leenaarts , Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

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

Fan-shaped jets can be observed above light bridges and are driven by reconnection of the vertical umbral field with the more horizontal field above the light bridges. Because these jets are not fully opaque in chromospheric lines, one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 A. G. M. Pietrow , M. Druett , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez , F. Calvo , D. Kiselman

Light bridges (LBs) are relatively bright structures that divide sunspot umbrae into two or more parts. Chromospheric LBs are known to be associated with various activities including fan-shaped jet-like ejections and brightenings. Although…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Eun-Kyung Lim , Heesu Yang , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Jongchul Chae , Donguk Song , Maria S. Madjarska

We investigated three fan-shaped jets observed above sunspot light bridges or nearby sunspot regions. The study aimed to explore the dynamics and physical properties of jets' features that appear as blob-like structures at the tips of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Heesu Yang , Maria S. Madjarska , EunKyung Lim , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Klaus Galsgaard

We use H$\alpha$ imaging spectroscopy taken via the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST) to investigate the occurrence of fan-shaped jets at the solar limb. We show evidence for near-simultaneous photospheric reconnection at a sunspot edge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-22 A. Reid , V. M. J. Henriques , M. Mathioudakis , T. Samanta

Recurrent chromospheric fan-shaped jets highlight the highly dynamic nature of the solar atmosphere. They have been named as ''light walls'' or ''peacock jets'' in high-resolution observations. In this study, we examined the underlying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-28 Annu Bura , Tanmoy Samanta , Avijeet Prasad , Ronald L. Moore , Alphonse C. Sterling , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Arun Surya

Light bridge (LB) jets offer a unique window into small-scale eruptive phenomena within sunspots, the Sun's strongest magnetic environments; however, their generation mechanism remains a subject of debate. Using high-resolution observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-27 Yadan Duan , Xiaoli Yan , Yuhang Gao , Jincheng Wang , Zhe Xu , Yongyuan Xiang

Using high-resolution photospheric and chromospheric observations taken by the Goode Solar Telescope (GST), we studied two groups of bidirectional plasma jets occurring in active region NOAA 13110. Supplementary observations are also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yangyu Liu , Jinhua Shen , Xu Yang , Shuai Gu , Jianping Li , Haisheng Ji

Solid evidence of magnetic reconnection is rarely reported within sunspots, the darkest regions with the strongest magnetic fields and lowest temperatures in the solar atmosphere. Using the world's largest solar telescope, the 1.6-meter…

High-resolution broadband filtergrams of active region NOAA 11271 in Ca ii H and G band were obtained with the Solar Optical Telescope on board Hinode to identify the physical driver responsible for the dynamic and small-scale chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Rohan E. Louis , Christian Beck , Kiyoshi Ichimoto

We present the results of multi wavelength, co-spatial and near co-temporal observations of jets above a sunspot light bridge. The data were obtained with the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) on board Hinode, the Interface Region Spectrograph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 Lokesh Bharti

Within the framework of resistive MHD, implementing the C7 equilibrium atmosphere model and a 3D potential magnetic field realistic configuration, we simulate the formation of a plasm jet with the morphology, upward velocity up to 130 km/s…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-29 J. J. González-Avilés , F. S. Guzmán , V. Fedun , G. Verth , R. Sharma , S. Shelyag , S. Regnier

We studied temporal changes of morphological and magnetic properties of a succession of four confined flares followed by an eruptive flare using the high-resolution New Solar Telescope (NST) operating at the Big Bear Solar Observatory…

On 29 August 2014, the trigger and evolution of a cusp-shaped jet were captured in detail at 1330 {\AA} by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph.At first, two neighboring mini-prominences arose in turn from low solar atmosphere and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 Zhang Yuzong , Zhang Jun

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

Ellerman Bombs (EBs) are thought to arise as a result of photospheric magnetic reconnection. We use data from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST), to study EB events on the solar disk and at the limb. Both datasets show that EBs are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. Reid , M. Mathioudakis , E. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , S. Shelyag , P. Gallagher

Jets often have a helical structure containing ejected plasma that is both hot and also cooler and denser than the corona. Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain how jets are primarily attributed to a magnetic reconnection between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 Reetika Joshi , Brigitte Schmieder , Guillaume Aulanier , Véronique Bommier , Ramesh Chandra

We report on high resolution observations of recurrent fan-like jets by the Goode Solar telescope (GST) in multi-wavelengths inside a sunspot group. The dynamics behaviour of the jets is derived from the Ha line profiles. Quantitative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Jie Zhao , Jiangtao Su , Xu Yang , Hui Li , Brigitte Schmieder , Kwangsu Ahn , Wenda Cao

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in space and astrophysical plasmas in which oppositely directed magnetic fields changes its connectivity and eventually converts its energy into kinetic and thermal energy of the plasma.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 Rong Lin Jiang , Kazunari Shibata , Hiroaki Isobe , Cheng Fang
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