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The increased amount of information provided by ongoing missions such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) represents a great challenge for the understanding of basic questions such as the internal structure of sunspots and how they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-29 R. Gafeira , C. C. Fonte , M. A. Pais , J. Fernandes

We used high-resolution observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope and the Solar Dynamics Observatory to carry out a detailed multiwavelength analysis of the fine structures in the flare ribbon of a C3.9-class flare on 22 April 2021.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tianyuan Chen , Xiaoli Yan , Zhike Xue , Jincheng Wang , Zhe Xu , Liheng Yang , Yadan Duan , Yian Zhou , Zongyin Wu , Qifan Dong , Guotang Wu , Xinsheng Zhang

Flare productivity varies among solar active regions (ARs). This study analyzed 20 ARs of contrasting sunspot areas and flare productivities to understand the super flare productivity of certain ARs. We used the flare index (FI) as an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-27 Suman K. Dhakal , Jie Zhang

Recent observations of the solar photosphere revealed the presence of elongated filamentary bright structures inside sunspot umbrae, called umbral filaments (UFs). These features differ in morphology, magnetic configuration, and evolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 S. L. Guglielmino , P. Romano , B. Ruiz Cobo , F. Zuccarello , M. Murabito

The tilt angle of solar active regions (AR) is crucial for the Babcock-Leighton type dynamo models in the buildup of polar field. However, divergent results regarding properties of tilt angles were reported due to their wide scatter, caused…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-18 Lang Qin , Jie Jiang , Ruihui Wang

Various small-scale structures abound in the solar atmosphere above active regions, playing an important role in the dynamics and evolution therein. We report on a new class of small-scale transition region structures in active regions,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Zhenyong Hou , Zhenghua Huang , Lidong Xia , Bo Li , Maria S. Madjarska , Hui Fu , Chaozhou Mou , Haixia Xie

Strong solar flares occur in $\delta $-spots characterized by the opposite-polarity magnetic fluxes in a single penumbra. Sunspot formation via flux emergence from the convection zone to the photosphere can be strongly affected by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Takafumi Kaneko , Hideyuki Hotta , Shin Toriumi , Kanya Kusano

We investigate the properties of a sunspot light-bridge, focusing on the changes produced by the impact of a plasma blob ejected from a C-class flare. We observed a sunspot in active region NOAA 12544 using spectropolarimetric raster maps…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 T. Felipe , M. Collados , E. Khomenko , S. P. Rajaguru , M. Franz , C. Kuckein , A. Asensio Ramos

Active solar-type stars show large quasi-periodic brightness variations caused by stellar rotations with star spots, and the amplitude changes as the spots emerge and decay. The Kepler data are suitable for investigations on the emergence…

It is proposed that the observed near-surface inflows towards the active regions and sunspot zones provide a nonlinear feedback mechanism that limits the amplitude of a Babcock-Leighton-type solar dynamo and determines the variation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. H. Cameron , M. Schuessler

Context. Bright points (BPs) are small-scale, magnetic features ubiquitous across the solar surface. Previously, we have observed and noted their properties for quiet Sun regions. Here, we determine the dynamic properties of BPs using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 Peter H. Keys , Mihalis Mathioudakis , David B. Jess , Duncan H. Mackay , Francis P. Keenan

Magnetic active regions on the Sun are harbingers of space weather events. Understanding the physics of how they form and evolve will improve space weather forecasting. Our aim is to characterise the surface magnetic field and flows for a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-08 Camron S. Alley , Hannah Schunker

Aims. Our aim is to examine the solar cycle variability of magnetically simple and complex active region. Methods. We studied simple ($\alpha$ and $\beta$) and complex ($\beta\gamma$ and $\beta\gamma\delta$) active regions based on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Shabnam Nikbakhsh , Eija Tanskanen , Maarit Käpylä , Thomas Hackman

By using a new method of forced-field extrapolation, we study the emerging flux region AR 11850 observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamical Observatory (SDO). Our results suggest that the bright points…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 Jie Zhao , Brigitte Schmieder , Hui Li , Etienne Pariat , Xiaoshuai Zhu , Li Feng , Michalina Grubecka

Finding the formation mechanisms for bipolar configurations of strong local magnetic field under control of the relatively weak global magnetic field of the Sun is a key problem of the physics of solar activity. This study is aimed at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 A. V. Getling , A. A. Buchnev

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission provides high-resolution observations of the chromosphere and transition region. We try to determine whether the light walls exist somewhere else in active regions besides light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Y. J. Hou , T. Li , S. H. Yang , J. Zhang

Using the data on magnetic field maps and continuum intensity for Solar Cycles 23 and 24, we explored 100 active regions (ARs) that produced M5.0 or stronger flares. We focus on the presence/absence of the emergence of magnetic flux in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Alexander S. Kutsenko , Valentina I. Abramenko , Andrei A. Plotnikov

Observations reveal that strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections tend to occur in complex active regions characterized by delta-sunspots, spot rotation, sheared polarity inversion lines (PILs), and magnetic flux ropes. Here we report…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-11 Shin Toriumi , Hideyuki Hotta

Solar flares are known to generate seismic waves in the Sun. We present a detailed analysis of seismic emission in sunspots accompanying M- and X-class solar flares. For this purpose, we have used high-resolution Dopplergrams and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-13 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar

High-resolution observations of the solar chromosphere and transition region often reveal surge-like oscillatory activities above sunspot light bridges. These oscillations are often interpreted as intermittent plasma jets produced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Jingwen Zhang , Hui Tian , Jiansen He , Linghua Wang
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