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When magnetic field in the solar convection zone buoyantly rises to pierce the visible solar surface (photosphere), the atmosphere (corona) above this surface must respond in some way. One response of the coronal field to photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-19 Lucas A. Tarr

Coronal heating has puzzled solar physicists for decades. The question of why the Sun's upper atmosphere is significantly hotter than its lower atmosphere remains a key mystery. It is commonly believed that the source of coronal heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-01 Hanlin Yang , Jingxiu Wang , Chunlan Jin

The second Hi-C flight (Hi-C2.1) provided unprecedentedly-high spatial and temporal resolution ($\sim$250km, 4.4s) coronal EUV images of Fe IX/X emission at 172 \AA, of AR 12712 on 29-May-2018, during 18:56:21-19:01:56 UT. Three…

Magnetic reconnection at the interface between coronal holes and loops, so-called interchange reconnection, can release the hotter, denser plasma from magnetically confined regions into the heliosphere, contributing to the formation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 A. F. Rappazzo , W. H. Matthaeus , D. Ruffolo , S. Servidio , M. Velli

A proxy for horizontal electric currents in the solar photosphere was suggested. For a set of evolving active regions (ARs) observed with {\it Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)} Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) in the high resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-11 Valentyna Abramenko

Recent solar spectroscopic observations have shown that coronal spectral lines can exhibit asymmetric profiles, with enhanced emissions at their blue wings. These asymmetries correspond to rapidly upflowing plasmas at speeds exceeding ~ 50…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Spiros Patsourakos , James Klimchuk , Peter Young

The temporal variation of the horizontal velocity in subsurface layers beneath three different types of active regions is studied using the technique of ring diagrams. In this study, we select active regions (ARs) 10923, 10930, 10935 from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 K. Jain , R. W. Komm , I González Hernández , S. C. Tripathy , F. Hill

Recently, we have developed a method useful for mapping large-scale horizontal velocity fields in the solar photosphere. The method was developed, tuned and calibrated using the synthetic data. Now, we applied the method to the series of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michal Svanda , Mirek Klvana , Michal Sobotka , Vaclav Bumba

At low coronal temperatures around or below 1 MK distinct areas in the surroundings of active regions (AR) show emission at a level significantly below the emission coming from the quiet Sun (QS). These areas are referred to as dark halos,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 J. D. Nölke , S. K. Solanki , J. Hirzberger , H. Peter , L. P. Chitta , K. H. Glassmeier , D. Calchetti , G. Valori

We measure the horizontal subsurface flow in a fast emerging active region (NOAA 11158) using the ring-diagram technique and the HMI high-spatial resolution Dopplergrams. This active region had a complex magnetic structure and displayed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-04 Kiran Jain , S. C. Tripathy , F. Hill

The solar coronal heating is a longstanding mystery in astrophysics. Considering that the solar magnetic field is spatially inhomogeneous with considerable magnetic gradient from solar surface to the corona, this work proposes a magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Baolin Tan

During the solar cycle, the Sun's magnetic field polarity reverses due to the emergence, cancellation, and advection of magnetic flux towards the rotational poles. Flux emergence events occasionally cluster together, although it is unclear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-04 Adam J. Finley

In this study, we investigate motions in the hot plasma above the flare loops during the 2017 September 10 X8.2 flare event. We examine the region to the south of the main flare arcade, where there is data from the Interface Region Imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Katharine K. Reeves , Vanessa Polito , Bin Chen , Giselle Galan , Sijie Yu , Wei Liu , Gang Li

Aims: To study the origin and characteristics of a bright coronal downflow seen after a coronal mass ejection associated with erupting prominences on 5 March 2000. Methods: This study extends that of Tripathi et al. (A&A, v. 449, pp. 369)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 D. Tripathi , S. K. Solanki , H. E. Mason , D. F. Webb

Studying the Doppler shifts and the temperature dependence of Doppler shifts in moss regions can help us understand the heating processes in the core of the active regions. In this paper we have used an active region observation recorded by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Durgesh Tripathi , Helen E. Mason , James A. Klimchuk

To adequately constrain the frequency of energy deposition in active region cores in the solar corona, systematic comparisons between detailed models and observational data are needed. In this paper, we describe a pipeline for forward…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 W. T. Barnes , S. J. Bradshaw , N. M. Viall

Magnetic field emerges at the surface of the Sun as sunspots and active regions. This process generates a poloidal magnetic field from a rising toroidal flux tube, it is a crucial but poorly understood aspect of the solar dynamo. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-19 Aaron C. Birch , Hannah Schunker , Douglas C. Braun , Robert Cameron , Laurent Gizon , Björn Löptien , Matthias Rempel

Solar flares are widely accepted to be powered by magnetic reconnection that involves complex dynamics in various scales. The flare supra-arcade and loop-top region, directly impacted by fast reconnection downflows, contains a wealth of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Tingyu Gou , Katharine K. Reeves

The last solar minimum is characterized by several peculiar aspects and by the presence of a complex magnetic topology with two different kinds of coronal streamers: pseudo-streamers and bipolar streamers. Pseudo-streamers or unipolar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Lucia Abbo , Roberto Lionello , Pete Riley , Yi-Ming Wang

Solar active regions are associated with Evershed outflows in sunspot penumbrae, moat outflows surrounding sunspots, and extended inflows surrounding active regions. The latter have been identified on established active regions by various…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-01 N. Gottschling , H. Schunker , A. C. Birch , B. Löptien , L. Gizon
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