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We study the upward propagation of a localized velocity pulse that is initially launched below the transition region within the solar atmosphere. The pulse quickly steepens into a shock, which may lead to the formation of spicules. We solve…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 K. Murawski , T. V. Zaqarashvili

Popular scientific summary -- The atmosphere of the Sun is envisioned as composed of inherently complex, non-homogeneous, and dynamic layers. A detailed understanding of the physical processes involved in these layers is still lacking. For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-22 Souvik Bose

A comprehensive understanding of the structure of Doppler motions in transition region including the center-to-limb variation and its relationship with the magnetic field structure is vital for the understanding of mass and energy transfer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Avyarthana Ghosh , James A. Klimchuk , Durgesh Tripathi

Context. High-resolution observations of the solar photosphere reveal the presence of fine structures, in particular the so-called magnetic bright points (MBPs), which are small-scale features associated with strong magnetic field regions…

Consecutive height series of Ha spectra in solar limb spicules taken on the 53 cm coronagraph of Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory at the heights of 3800-8700 km above the photosphere have been analyzed. The aim is to observe oscillatory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , E. Khutsishvili , V. Kukhianidze , G. Ramishvili

Coronal bright points (BPs) are small-scale luminous features seen in the solar corona. Quasi-periodic brightenings are frequently observed in the BPs and are generally linked with underneath magnetic flux changes. We study the dynamics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-05 Tanmoy Samanta , Dipankar Banerjee , Hui Tian

We analyze ground-based chromospheric data acquired at a high temporal cadence of 2 s in wings of the H$\alpha$ spectral line using Goode Solar Telescope (GST) operating at the Big Bear Solar Observatory. We inspected a 30 minute long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-12 Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Wenda Cao , Valentina Abramenko , Xu Yang , Kyung-Suk Cho

We investigate high resolution spectroscopic and imaging observations from the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter (CRISP) instrument to study the dynamics of chromospheric spicule type events. It is widely accepted that chromospheric fine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-30 Juie Shetye , Erwin Verwichte , Marco Stangalini , J. G. Doyle

Magnetic elements on the quiet sun are buffeted by convective flows that cause lateral motions on timescales of minutes. The magnetic elements can be observed as bright points (BPs) in the G band at 4305 {\AA}. We present observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Nisenson , A. A. van Ballegooijen , A. G. de Wijn , P. Sutterlin

Using high cadence observations from the Hydrogen-alpha Rapid Dynamics camera imaging system on the Dunn Solar Telescope, we present an investigation of the statistical properties of transverse oscillations in spicules captured above the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 W. Bate , D. B. Jess , V. M. Nakariakov , S. D. T. Grant , S. Jafarzadeh , M. Stangalini , P. H. Keys , D. J. Christian , F. P. Keenan

We use high-resolution observations of the Sun in Ca II H 3968 A from the Solar Optical Telescope on Hinode to show that there are at least two types of spicules that dominate the structure of the magnetic solar chromosphere. Both types are…

Rapid Blue Excursions (RBEs) are transient blue-shifted chromospheric absorption features widely interpreted as the on-disk counterparts of Type II solar spicules. We investigate their dynamic properties using high-cadence spectral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 Govindswaroop Rahangdale

We have investigated properties of photospheric Bright Points (BPs) observed in an Active Region during its decay phase and in a quiet Sun region. We have analyzed two sets of photospheric observations taken with IBIS (Interferometric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 S. Criscuoli , D. Del Moro , F. Giorgi , P. Romano , F. Berrilli , I. Ermolli , B. Viticchié , F. Zuccarello

We attempt to understand the driving mechanism of a macrospicule and its relationship with a coronal jet. We study the dynamics of a macrospicule and an associated coronal jet captured by multi-spacecraft observations. Doppler velocities…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-09 S. Kamio , W. Curdt , L. Teriaca , B. Inhester , S. K. Solanki

Wave theories of heating the chromosphere, corona, and solar wind due to photospheric fluctuations are strengthened by the existence of observed wave coherency up to the transition region (TR). The coherency of solar spicules' intensity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Alireza Ahangarzadeh Maralani , Ehsan Tavabi , Ali Ajabshirizadeh

Spicules have often been proposed as substantial contributors toward the mass and energy balance of the solar corona. While their transition region (TR) counterpart has unequivocally been established over the past decade, the observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-13 Souvik Bose , Jayant Joshi , Paola Testa , Bart De Pontieu

Solar spicules are the fundamental magnetic structures in the chromosphere and considered to play a key role in channelling the chromosphere and corona. Recently, it was suggested by De Pontieu et al. that there were two types of spicules…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-17 Y. Z. Zhang , K. Shibata , J. X. Wang , X. J. Mao , T. Matsumoto , Y. Liu , J. T. Su

Recently, De Pontieu et al. (2007b) discovered a class of spicules that evolves more rapidly than previously known spicules, with rapid apparent motions of 50--150 km s${}^{-1}$, thickness of a few 100 km, and lifetimes of order 10--60…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ø. Langangen , B. De Pontieu , M. Carlsson , V. H. Hansteen , G. Cauzzi , K. Reardon

We amassed statistics for quiet-sun chromosphere spicules at the limb using ground-based observations from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma and simultaneously from NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-01 Jay M. Pasachoff , William A. Jacobson , Alphonse C. Sterling

Context. For investigating spicules from the photosphere to coronal heights, the new Hinode/SOT long series of high resolution observations from Space taken in CaII H line emission offers an improved way to look at their remarkable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 E. Tavabi , S. Koutchmy , A. Ajabshirizadeh , A. R. Ahangarzadeh Maralani , S. Zeighami