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Magnetic reconnection in the deep solar atmosphere can give rise to enhanced emission in the Balmer hydrogen lines, a phenomenon referred to as Ellerman bombs. Recent high quality H$\beta$ observations indicate that Ellerman bombs are more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-10 Jayant Joshi , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

Quiet-Sun Ellerman bombs (QSEBs) are small-scale magnetic reconnection events in the lower atmosphere of the quiet Sun. Recent work has shown that a small percentage of them can occur co-spatially and co-temporally to ultraviolet (UV)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Aditi Bhatnagar , Avijeet Prasad , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Jayant Joshi

Ellerman bombs (EBs) have been widely studied over the past two decades; however, only recently have counterparts of these events been observed in the quiet-Sun. The aim of this article is to further understand small-scale quiet-Sun…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 C. J. Nelson , N. Freij , A. Reid , R. Oliver , M. Mathioudakis , R. Erdélyi

We describe a new quiet-Sun phenomenon which we call "Quiet-Sun Ellerman-like Brightenings" (QSEB). QSEBs are similar to Ellerman bombs (EB) in some respects but differ significantly in others. EBs are transient brightenings of the wings of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-10 Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten , Gregal J. M. Vissers

Ellerman Bomb-like brightenings of the hydrogen Balmer line wings in the quiet Sun (QSEBs) are a signature of the fundamental process of magnetic reconnection at the smallest observable scale in the solar lower atmosphere. We analyze high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 Jayant Joshi , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez

The emergence of magnetic flux into the solar atmosphere produces, among other phenomena, Ellerman bombs (EBs), which are observed in H alpha and are due to magnetic reconnection in the photosphere below the chromospheric canopy. Signs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Ada Ortiz , Viggo H. Hansteen , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small-scale intense brightenings in H$\alpha$ wing images, which are generally believed to be signatures of magnetic reconnection events around the temperature minimum region of the solar atmosphere. They have a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Yajie Chen , Hui Tian , Hardi Peter , Tanmoy Samanta , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Haimin Wang , Wenda Cao , Linghua Wang , Jiansen He

Spicules are elongated, jet-like structures that populate the solar chromosphere and are rooted in the photosphere. In recent years, high-resolution observations and advanced numerical simulations have provided insights into their…

Small-scale Brightenings (SBs) are commonly observed in the transition region that separates the solar chromosphere from the corona. These brightenings, omnipresent in active region patches known as "moss" regions, could potentially…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-22 Bhinva Ram , Tanmoy Samanta , Yajie Chen , Alphonse Sterling , Jayant Joshi , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Vaibhav Pant

We use observations of quiet Sun (QS) regions in the H$\alpha$ 6563 \AA, Ca~{\sc ii} 8542 \AA\, and Fe~{\sc i} 6302 \AA\ lines. We observe brightenings in the wings of the H$\alpha$ and Ca~{\sc ii} combined with observations of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-19 J. Shetye , S. Shelyag , A. L. Reid , E. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , T. D. Arber

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small and short-lived magnetic reconnection events in the lower solar atmosphere, most commonly reported in the line wings of the H$\alpha$ line. These events are thought to play a role in heating the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 A. Faryad , A. G. M. Pietrow , M. Verma , C. Denker

Magnetic reconnection in the deep solar atmosphere can give rise to enhanced emission in the Balmer hydrogen lines, a phenomenon known as Ellerman bombs (EBs). It is most common to observe EBs in the H-alpha and H-beta lines. High quality…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 L. Rouppe van der Voort , J. Joshi , K. Krikova

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings of the extended wings of the solar Balmer lines in emerging active regions. We describe their properties in the ultraviolet lines sampled by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-08 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten , Mats Carlsson , Bart De Pontieu

QSEBs are small-scale magnetic reconnection events in lower solar atmosphere. Sometimes, they exhibit transition region counterparts, known as UV brightenings. Magnetic field extrapolations suggest that QSEBs can occur at various locations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Aditi Bhatnagar , Avijeet Prasad , Daniel Nóbrega-Siverio , Luc Rouppe van der Voort , Jayant Joshi

Localised transient EUV brightenings, sometimes named `campfires', occur throughout the quiet-Sun. However, there are still many open questions about such events, in particular regarding their temperature range and dynamics. In this…

Ellerman bombs (EBs) and UV bursts are both brightenings related to flux emergence regions and specifically to magnetic flux of opposite polarity that meet in the photosphere. These two reconnection-related phenomena, nominally formed far…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 V. Hansteen , A. Ortiz , V. Archontis , M. Carlsson , T. M. D. Pereira , J. P. Bjørgen

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are tiny brightenings often observed near sunspots. The most impressive characteristic of the EB spectra is the two emission bumps in both wings of the H$\alpha$ and \ion{Ca}{II} 8542 {\AA} lines. High-resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 Z. Li , C. Fang , Y. Guo , P. F. Chen , Z. Xu , W. Cao

The presence of photospheric magnetic reconnection has long been thought to give rise to short and impulsive events, such as Ellerman bombs (EBs) and Type II spicules. In this article, we combine high-resolution, high-cadence observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 C. J. Nelson , S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , J. G. Doyle , M. S. Madjarska , H. Uitenbroek , R. Erdélyi

The focus of this investigation is to quantify the conversion of magnetic to thermal energy initiated by a quiet Sun cancellation event and to explore the resulting dynamics from the interaction of the opposite polarity magnetic features.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Anjali. J. Kaithakkal , J. M. Borrero , A. Pastor Yabar , J. de la Cruz Rodríguez

Ellerman bombs and UV bursts are transient brightenings that are ubiquitously observed in the lower atmospheres of active and emerging flux regions. Here we present inversion results of SST/CRISP and CHROMIS, as well as IRIS data of such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 G. J. M. Vissers , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez , T. Libbrecht , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , G. B. Scharmer , M. Carlsson
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