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Ellerman bombs (EBs) and UV bursts are both small-scale solar activities that occur in active regions. They are now believed to form at different heights in the lower atmosphere. In this paper, we use one-dimensional radiative hydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-09 Jie Hong , Ying Li , M. D. Ding , Qi Hao

The properties of Ellerman bombs (EBs), small-scale brightenings in the H-alpha line wings, have proved difficult to establish due to their size being close to the spatial resolution of even the most advanced telescopes. Here, we aim to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-09 C. J. Nelson , J. G. Doyle , R. Erdelyi , Z. Huang , M. Madjarska , M. Mathioudakis , S. Mumford , K. Reardon

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are short-lived and compact structures that are observed well in the wings of the hydrogen H-alpha line. EBs are also observed in the chromospheric CaII lines and in UV continua. H-alpha line profiles of EBs show a deep…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Arkadiusz Berlicki , Petr Heinzel

A spectacular manifestation of solar activity is the appearance of transient brightenings in the far wings of the H$\alpha$ line, known as Ellerman bombs (EBs). Recent observations obtained by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

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

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

We use high-resolution imaging spectroscopy with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST) to study the transient brightenings of the wings of the Balmer Halpha line in emerging active regions that are called Ellerman bombs. Simultaneous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Gregal J. M. Vissers , Luc H. M. Rouppe van der Voort , Robert J. Rutten

UV bursts and Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings observed in the low solar atmospheres of emerging flux regions. Observations have discovered the cospatial and cotemporal EBs and UV bursts, and their formation mechanisms are still…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Lei Ni , Yajie Chen , Hardi Peter , Hui Tian , Jun Lin

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are brightenings in the H$\alpha$ line wings that are believed to be caused by magnetic reconnection in the lower atmosphere. To study the response and evolution of the chromospheric line profiles, we perform radiative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Jie Hong , Mats Carlsson , M. D. Ding

Ultraviolet (UV) bursts and Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small-scale magnetic reconnection events taking place in the highly stratified, low solar atmosphere. It is still not clear whether UV bursts have to be generated at a higher atmospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Lei Ni , Guanchong Cheng , Jun Lin

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

Aims. We aim to understand how Hepsilon is formed in the quiet Sun. In particular, we consider the particular physical mechanism that sets its source function and extinction, how it is formed in different solar structures, and why it is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 K. Krikova , T. M. D. Pereira , L. H. M. Rouppe van der Voort

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) have been widely studied in recent years due to their dynamic, explosive nature and apparent links to the underlying photospheric magnetic field implying that they may be formed by magnetic reconnection in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 C. J. Nelson , E. M. Scullion , J. G. Doyle , N. Freij , R. Erdélyi

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

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

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. To effectively trace magnetic reconnection below the canopy of chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 L. Rouppe van der Voort , M. van Noort , J. de la Cruz Rodriguez

Ellerman bombs are transient brightenings of the wings of the Balmer lines that uniquely mark reconnection in the solar photosphere. They are also bright in strong Ca II and ultraviolet lines and in ultraviolet continua, but they are not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-01 R. J. Rutten

Ellerman bombs (EBs) seem to be a part of a whole spectrum of phenomena that might have the same underlying physical mechanism, but with observed characteristics which pose a considerable challenge to models. The aim of this study is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-17 S. Danilovic

We investigate the role of non-thermal electrons in the formation regions of Halpha, Hbeta, and Hgamma lines in order to unfold their influence on the formation of these lines. We concentrate on pulse-beam heating varying on a subsecond…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Kasparova , M. Varady , P. Heinzel , M. Karlicky , Z. Moravec
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