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The solar transition region (TR) is a narrow interface between the chromosphere and corona, where emitted radiation contains critical information pertinent to coronal heating processes. We conducted 2-dimensional radiation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Takuma Matsumoto

Here, we study the temperature structure of flaring and non-flaring coronal loops, using extracted loops from images taken in six extreme ultraviolet (EUV) channels recorded by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA)/ Solar Dynamic Observatory…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Narges Fathalian , Seyedeh Somayeh Hosseini Rad , Nasibeh Alipour , Hossein Safari

We examine the hypothesis that ``cool loops'' dominate emission from solar transition region plasma below temperatures of $2\times10^5$K. We compare published VAULT images of H L$\alpha$, a lower transition region line, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Philip G. Judge , Rebecca Centeno

Plasma turbulence is thought to be associated with various physical processes involved in solar flares, including magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration and transport. Using Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager ({\it RHESSI})…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 E. P. Kontar , I. G. Hannah , N. H. Bian

Small (400 to 4000 km) and short lived (10 to 200 km) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) brightenings, detected by the High Resolution Imager EUV (HRIEUV), have been found to be ubiquitous in the Quiet Sun (QS). Their contribution to coronal heating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 A. Dolliou , J. A. Klimchuk , S. Parenti , K. Bocchialini

We report an initial study of temperature and emission measure distributions along four steady loops observed with the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) at the limb of the Sun. The temperature diagnostic is the filter ratio of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dawn D. Lenz , Edward E. DeLuca , Leon Golub , Robert Rosner , Jay A. Bookbinder

We report on the plasma properties of small-scale transient events identified in the quiet Sun, coronal holes and their boundaries. We use spectroscopic co-observations from SUMER/SoHO and EIS/Hinode combined with high cadence imaging data…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. S. Madjarska , Z. Huang , J. G. Doyle , S. Subramanian

The excess broadening of high-temperature spectral lines, long observed near the tops of flare arcades, is widely considered to result from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. According to different theories, plasma turbulence is also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-18 William Ashfield , Vanessa Polito , Sijie Yu , Hannah Collier , Laura Hayes

The high densities, long lifetimes, and narrow emission measure distributions observed in coronal loops with apex temperatures near 1 MK are difficult to reconcile with physical models of the solar atmosphere. It has been proposed that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-08 Harry P. Warren , David M. Kim , Amanda M. DeGiorgi , Ignacio Ugarte-Urra

Coronal loops act as resonant cavities for low frequency fluctuations that are transmitted from the deeper layers of the solar atmosphere and are amplified in the corona, triggering nonlinear interactions. However trapping is not perfect,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrea Verdini , Roland Grappin , Marco Velli

The EUI instrument on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the most stable, high-resolution images of the solar corona from its orbit with a perihelion near 0.4 AU. A sequence of 360 images obtained at 17.1 nm, between 25-Oct-2022…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-12 Philip G. Judge

We investigate intensity variations and energy deposition in five coronal loops in active region cores. These were selected for their strong variability in the AIA/SDO 94 {\AA} intensity channel. We isolate the hot Fe XVIII and Fe XXI…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. C. Cadavid , J. K. Lawrence , D. J. Christian , D. B. Jess , G. Nigro

Quasi-constant heating at the footpoints of loops leads to evaporation and condensation cycles of the plasma: thermal non-equilibrium (TNE). This phenomenon is believed to play a role in the formation of prominences and coronal rain.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-27 Clara Froment , Frédéric Auchère , Karine Bocchialini , Eric Buchlin , Chloé Guennou , Jacques Solomon

The solar corona is much hotter than the photosphere and chromosphere, but the physical mechanism responsible for heating the coronal plasma remains unidentified yet. The thermal microwave emission, which is produced in strong magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Gregory D. Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Sergey A. Anfinogentov

In the present paper, we use Si IV 1393.755 \AA\ spectral line observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) in the quiet-Sun to determine physical nature of the solar transition region (TR) oscillations. We analyze the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Kartika Sangal , A. K. Srivastava , P. Kayshap , T. J Wang , J. J. González-Avilés , Abhinav Prasad

It is well established that elemental abundances vary in the solar atmosphere and that this variation is organized by first ionization potential (FIP). Previous studies have shown that in the solar corona low-FIP elements, such as Fe, Si,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 Harry P. Warren , David H. Brooks , George A. Doschek , Uri Feldman

We analyzed spectral and imaging data from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), images from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), and magnetograms from the Helioseismic and Magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-12 C. E. Alissandrakis , A. Koukras , S. Patsourakos , A. Nindos

We present a first systematic study on the cross-sectional temperature structure of coronal loops using the six coronal temperature filters of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Markus J. Aschwanden , Paul Boerner

Decayless kink oscillations are omnipresent in the solar atmosphere and a viable candidate for coronal heating. Though there have been extensive studies of decayless oscillations in coronal loops with a few hundred Mm lengths, the…

Mini-filament eruptions are one of the most common small-scale transients in the solar atmosphere. However, their eruption mechanisms are still not understood thoroughly. Here, with a combination of 174 A images of high spatio-temporal…

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