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We present a high fidelity snapshot spectroscopic radio imaging study of a weak type I solar noise storm which took place during an otherwise exceptionally quiet time. Using high fidelity images from the Murchison Widefield Array, we track…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Surajit Mondal , Divya Oberoi

High-frequency wave phenomena present a great deal of interest as one of the possible candidates to contribute to the energy input required to heat the corona as a part of the AC heating theory. However, the resolution of imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Elena Petrova , Norbert Magyar , Tom Van Doorsselaere , David Berghmans

A complete understanding of Doppler shift in active region loops can help probe the basic physical mechanism involved into the heating of those loops. Here we present observations of upflows in coronal loops detected in a range of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Durgesh Tripathi , Helen Mason , Giulio Del Zanna , Steven Bradshaw

Understanding electron acceleration associated with magnetic energy release at sub-second scales presents a major challenges in solar physics. Solar radio spikes observed as sub-second, narrow bandwidth bursts with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-06 Daniel L. Clarkson , Eduard P. Kontar , Nicole Vilmer , Mykola Gordovskyy , Xingyao Chen , Nicolina Chrysaphi

At the site of their origin, solar meterwave radio bursts contain pristine information about the local coronal magnetic field and plasma parameters. On its way through the turbulent corona, this radiation gets substantially modified due to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Atul Mohan , Surajit Mondal , Divya Oberoi , Colin Lonsdale

The present solar cycle is particular in many aspects: it had a delayed rising phase, it is the weakest of the last 100 years, and it presents two peaks separated by more than one year. To understand the impact of these characteristics on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 A. J. Oliveira e Silva , C. L. Selhorst , P. J. A. Simões , C. G. Giménes de Castro

Recent high-resolution solar observations have unveiled the presence of small-scale loop-like structures in the lower solar atmosphere, often referred to as unresolved fine structures, low-lying loops, and miniature hot loops. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-14 Annu Bura , Tanmoy Samanta , Alphonse Sterling , Yajie Chen , Jayant Joshi , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Ronald L. Moore

We analyze several data sets obtained by Hinode/EIS and find various types of flows during CMEs and EUV jet eruptions. CME-induced dimming regions are found to be characterized by significant blueshift and enhanced line width by using a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-20 Hui Tian , Scott W. McIntosh , Lidong Xia , Jiansen He , Xin Wang

Coronal loops are plasma structures in the solar atmosphere with temperatures reaching millions of Kelvin, shaped and sustained by the magnetic field. However, their morphology and fundamental nature remain subjects of debate. By studying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 N. Vasantharaju , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , S. Mandal

Employing Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) multi-wavelength images, we have presented coronal condensations caused by magnetic reconnection between a system of open and closed solar coronal loops. In this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Leping Li , Jun Zhang , Peter Hardi , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Jiangtao Su , Hongqiang Song , Chun Xia , Yijun Hou

We present coronal density profiles derived from low-frequency (80-240 MHz) imaging of three type III solar radio bursts observed at the limb by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). Each event is associated with a white light streamer at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Patrick I. McCauley , Iver H. Cairns , John Morgan

Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) waves are one of the large-scale phenomena on the Sun. They are defined as large propagating fronts in the low corona with speeds ranging from a few tens km/s to a multiple of 1000 km/s. They are often associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-20 Ramesh Chandra , Pooja Devi , P. F. Chen , Brigitte Schmieder , Reetika Joshi , Bhuwan Joshi , Arun Kumar Awasthi

Type III radio bursts are the result of plasma emission from mildly relativistic electron beams propagating from the low solar corona into the heliosphere where they can eventually be detected in situ if they align with the location of a…

The study of the evolution of a suprathermal electron beam traveling through a background plasma is relevant for the physics of solar flares and their associated type III solar radio bursts. As they evolve guided by the coronal magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alberto M. Vasquez , Daniel O. Gomez

Quasi-periodic disturbances of emission-line parameters are frequently observed in the corona. These disturbances propagate upward along the magnetic field with speeds $\sim100~\rm{km~s}^{-1}$. This phenomenon has been interpreted as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Wenzhi Ruan , Jiansen He , Lei Zhang , Christian Vocks , Eckart Marsch , Chuanyi Tu , Hardi Peter , Linghua Wang

The outer atmosphere of the Sun is composed of plasma heated to temperatures well in excess of the visible surface. We investigate short cool and warm (<1 MK) loops seen in the core of an active region to address the role of field-line…

Type II radio bursts are signatures of shock waves generated by solar eruptions, observed at radio wavelengths. While metric (m) type II bursts originate in the lower corona, their longer-wavelength (up to kilometers) counterparts extend…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 Pooja Devi , Ramesh Chandra , Rositsa Miteva , M. Syed Ibrahim , Kamal Joshi

During non-flaring times, the radio flux of the Sun at the wavelength of a few centimeters to several tens of centimeters mostly originates from the thermal bremsstrahlung emission, very similar to the EUV radiation. Owing to such a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Z. F. Li , S. H. Hua , X. Cheng , M. D. Ding

We will use new data from the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) with unprecedented spatial resolution of the solar corona to investigate the structure of coronal loops down to 0.2 arcsec. During a rocket flight Hi-C provided images of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 H. Peter , S. Bingert , J. A. Klimchuk , C. de Forest , J. W. Cirtain , L. Golub , A. R. Winebarger , K. Kobayashi , K. E. Korreck

Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large eruptions of magnetised plasma from the Sun that are often accompanied by solar radio bursts produced by accelerated electrons. Aims. A powerful source for accelerating electron beams are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 D. E. Morosan , E. Palmerio , J. E. Räsänen , E. K. J. Kilpua , J. Magdalenić , B. J. Lynch , A. Kumari , J. Pomoell , M. Palmroth