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The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are allowing the sky to be probed with greater sensitivity than ever before in the energy range around and above 100 GeV. To minimise the systematic errors on derived fluxes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sam Nolan , Gerd Puehlhofer , Cameron Rulten

We present plasma diagnostics of an EIT wave observed with high cadence in Hinode/EIS sit-and-stare spectroscopy and SDO/AIA imagery obtained during the HOP-180 observing campaign on 2011 February 16. At the propagating EIT wave front, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. M. Veronig , P. Gomory , I. W. Kienreich , N. Muhr , B. Vrsnak , M. Temmer , H. P. Warren

The Extreme ultraviolet SpectroPhotometer (ESP) is one of five channels of the Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) onboard the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The ESP channel design is based on a highly stable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Leonid Didkovsky , Darrell Judge , Seth Wieman , Tom Woods , Andrew Jones

We present the characterization and definitive flux calibration of the Far-Infrared Field Integral Line Spectrometer (FIFI-LS) instrument on-board SOFIA. The work is based on measurements made in the laboratory with an internal calibrator…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-03 Dario Fadda , Sebastian Colditz , Christian Fischer , William D. Vacca , Jason Chu , Melanie Clarke , Randolf Klein , Alfred Krabbe , Robert Minchin , Albrecht Poglitsch

As a part of NASA's Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO) fleet of satellites,the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has continuously monitored the Sun since2010. Ultraviolet (UV) and Extreme UV (EUV) instruments in orbit, such asSDO's…

Strong EUV lineshifts in solar spectra are generally indicative of highly dynamic and explosive events that are easily detected in comparable-wavelength EUV images, with the strongest such line shifts (several 100 km/s) occurring in solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 Alphonse C. Sterling , Louise K. Harra , Navdeep K. Panesar , Ronald L. Moore

Variations in the propagation of globally-propagating disturbances (commonly called "EIT waves") through the low solar corona offer a unique opportunity to probe the plasma parameters of the solar atmosphere. Here, high-cadence observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 David M. Long , David R. Williams , Stéphane Régnier , Louise K. Harra

The Extreme-ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) detects the solar EUV spectra with high temporal cadence and spectral resolution. The wavelength shifts of emission lines provide key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Zhixun Cheng , Yuming Wang , Rui Liu

Solar physicists routinely utilize observations of Ar-like Fe IX and Cl-like Fe X emission to study a variety of solar structures. However, unidentified lines exist in the Fe IX and Fe X spectra, greatly impeding the spectroscopic…

The visible and infrared Moon And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS), aboard the JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, will characterize the composition of the surfaces and atmospheres of the Jupiter system. Prior to the launch,…

The Cluster mission, launched in 2000, has produced a large database of electron flux intensity measurements in the Earths magnetosphere by the Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detector (RAPID)/ Imaging Electron Spectrometer (IES)…

From Doppler velocity maps of active regions constructed from spectra obtained by the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode spacecraft we observe large areas of outflow (20-50 km/s) that can persist for at least a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. A. Doschek , H. P. Warren , J. T. Mariska , K. Muglach , J. L. Culhane , H. Hara , T Watanabe

Understanding space weather is vital for the protection of our terrestrial and space infrastructure. In order to predict space weather accurately, large amounts of data are required, particularly in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrum.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-02 Manuel Indaco , Daniel Gass , William James Fawcett , Richard Galvez , Paul J. Wright , Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo

Theoretical emission-line ratios involving Fe XI transitions in the 257-407 A wavelength range are derived using fully relativistic calculations of radiative rates and electron impact excitation cross sections. These are subsequently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. P. Keenan , R. O. Milligan , D. B. Jess , K. M. Aggarwal , M. Mathioudakis , R. J. Thomas , J. W. Brosius , J. M. Davila

In this paper we describe observations acquired by satellite instruments (Hinode/SOT and IRIS) and ground-based telescopes (ROSA@DST) during two consecutive C7.0 and X1.6 flares occurred in active region NOAA 12205 on 2014 November 7. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 F. Zuccarello , S. L. Guglielmino , V. Capparelli , M. Mathioudakis , P. Keys , L. Fletcher , S. Criscuoli , M. Falco , M. Murabito

The Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory obtains extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) spectra of the full-disk Sun at a spectral resolution of ~1 A and cadence of 10 s. Such a spectral resolution would…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 F. P. Keenan , R. O. Milligan , M. Mathioudakis , D. J. Christian

Accurate measurements of electron density are critical for determination of the plasma properties in the solar corona. We compare the electron densities diagnosed from Fe XIII lines observed by the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer…

The RADiation-hard Electron Monitor (RADEM) aboard the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), launched on 14 April 2023, measures high-energy protons and electrons during the cruise phase and will continue throughout the nominal mission.…

Low-amplitude Doppler-shift oscillations have been observed in coronal emission lines in a number of active regions with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode satellite. Both standing and propagating waves have been detected and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 John T. Mariska , K. Muglach

A comprehensive study of the physical parameters of active region fan loops is presented using the observations recorded with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on-board Hinode and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Avyarthana Ghosh , Durgesh Tripathi , G. R. Gupta , Vanessa Polito , Helen E. Mason , Sami K. Solanki