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We use a combination of analytical theory, numerical simulation, and data analysis to study the propagation of acoustic waves along coronal loops. We show that the intensity perturbation of a wave depends on a number of factors, including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Klimchuk , S. E. M. Tanner , I. De Moortel

Type-II radio bursts are typically observed below ~ 400 MHz, with narrow-band slowly-drifting fundamental and harmonic structures. Here we report an unusual high-frequency wide-band type-II burst with starting frequency as high as 600 - 700…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 V. Vasanth , Yao Chen , G. Michalek

Coronal loop oscillations are common phenomena in the solar corona, which are often classified as decaying and decayless oscillations. Using the high-resolution observation measured by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) onboard the Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-15 Dong Li , David M. Long

Solar radio type II bursts are slow-drifting bursts that exhibit various distinct features such as Fundamental (F) and Harmonic (H) emissions, band-splitting, and discrete fine structures in the dynamic spectra. Observationally, it has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Rishikesh G. Jha , K. Sasikumar Raja , R. Ramesh , C. Kathiravan , Christian Monstein

Knowledge of the electron density distribution in the solar corona put constraints on the magnetic field configurations for coronal modeling and on initial conditions for solar wind modeling. We work with polarized SOHO/LASCO-C2 images from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-15 Judith de Patoul , Claire Foullon , Pete Riley

X-ray and EUV observations are an important diagnostic of various plasma parameters of the solar atmosphere during solar flares. Soft X-ray and EUV observations often show coronal sources near the top of flaring loops, while hard X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Marina Battaglia , Eduard P. Kontar

Super-Alfv\'enic shock waves associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can produce radio emission known as Type II bursts. In the absence of direct imaging, accurate estimates of coronal electron densities, magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 Pietro Zucca , Eoin P. Carley , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

Fine-scale structure in the corona appears not to be well resolved by current imaging instruments. Assuming this to be true offers a simple geometric explanation for several current puzzles in coronal physics, including: the apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 C. E. DeForest

We present spectropolarimetric imaging observations of the solar corona at low frequencies (80 - 240 MHz) using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). These images are the first of their kind, and we introduce an algorithm to mitigate an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Patrick I. McCauley , Iver H. Cairns , Stephen M. White , Surajit Mondal , Emil Lenc , John Morgan , Divya Oberoi

The heating of coronal loops is investigated to understand the observational consequences in terms of the thermodynamics and radiative losses from the Sun as well as the magnetized coronae of stars with an outer convective envelope. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-02 A. F. Rappazzo , R. B. Dahlburg , G. Einaudi , M. Velli

Weak heating events are frequent and ubiquitous in solar corona. They derive their energy from the local magnetic field and form a major source of local heating, signatures of which are seen in EUV and X-ray bands. Their radio emission…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Atul Mohan , Patrick I. McCauley , Alpha Mastrano , Divya Oberoi

New results in the study of solar type III bursts observed with the UTR-2 radio telescope are presented. The main feature of these bursts is a high-frequency cut-off. The solar activity manifestation was connected with the emergency of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 A. A. Stanislavsky

We have embarked in a systematic study of the X-ray emission in a volume-limited sample of M dwarf stars, in order to explore the full range of activity levels present in their coronae and, thus, to understand the conditions in their outer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 M. Caramazza , B. Stelzer , E. Magaudda , St. Raetz , M. Güdel , S. Orlando , K. Poppenhäger

There is a wide consensus that the ubiquitous presence of magnetic reconnection events and the associated impulsive heating (nanoflares) is a strong candidate for solving the solar coronal heating problem. Whether nanoflares accelerate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Sherry Chhabra , James A. Klimchuk , Dale E. Gary

EUV imaging observations from several space missions (SOHO/EIT, TRACE, and SDO/AIA) have revealed a presence of propagating intensity disturbances in solar coronal loops. These disturbances are typically interpreted as slow magnetoacoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Elena Provornikova , Leon Ofman , Tongjiang Wang

At low coronal temperatures around or below 1 MK distinct areas in the surroundings of active regions (AR) show emission at a level significantly below the emission coming from the quiet Sun (QS). These areas are referred to as dark halos,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 J. D. Nölke , S. K. Solanki , J. Hirzberger , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , K. H. Glassmeier , D. Calchetti , G. Valori

Coronal loops are the basic structures of the solar transition region and corona. The understanding of physical mechanism behind the loop heating, plasma flows, and filling are still considered a major challenge in the solar physics. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-24 G. R. Gupta , Durgesh Tripathi , Helen E. Mason

Low frequency ($\nu\lesssim 150\,$MHz) stellar radio emission is expected to originate in the outer corona at heights comparable to and larger than the stellar radius. Such emission from the Sun has been used to study coronal structure,…

Understanding how the solar corona is structured is of fundamental importance to determining how the Sun's upper atmosphere is heated to high temperatures. Recent spectroscopic studies have suggested that an instrument with a spatial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-18 David H. Brooks , Harry P. Warren , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra , Amy R. Winebarger

The characteristic electron densities, temperatures, and thermal distributions of 1MK active region loops are now fairly well established, but their coronal magnetic field strengths remain undetermined. Here we present measurements from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-14 David H. Brooks , Harry P. Warren , Enrico Landi