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Chandra observations of distant elliptical galaxies have revealed large numbers of Low Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs) accreting at rates in excess of 10^{-8} solar masses per year. The majority of these LMXBs reside in globular clusters (GCs)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lars Bildsten , Christopher J. Deloye

It is generally believed that sunspots are the emergent part of magnetic flux tubes in the solar interior. These tubes are created at the base of the convection zone and rise to the surface due to their magnetic buoyancy. The motion of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Franck Plunian , Graeme Sarson , Rodion Stepanov

We investigate the relationship between different transients such as blinkers detected in images taken at 304~{\AA}, extreme ultraviolet coronal bright points (ECBPs) at 193~{\AA}, X-ray coronal bright points (XCBPs) at 94~{\AA} on AIA, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Zahra Shokri , Nasibe Alipour , Hossein Safari , Pradeep Kayshap , Olena Podladchikova , Giuseppina Nigro , Durgesh Tripathi

Sunspots are the most notable structure on the solar surface with strong magnetic fields. The field is generally strongest in a dark area (umbra), but sometimes stronger fields are found in non-dark regions such as a penumbra and a light…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Takenori J. Okamoto , Takashi Sakurai

Context. The solar corona maintains temperatures of a million Kelvin or more. The plasma heating mechanisms responsible for these extreme temperatures are still unclear. Large regions of magnetic activity in the photosphere cause extreme…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-17 I. Kraus , Ph. -A. Bourdin , J. Zender , M. Bergmann , A. Hanslmeier

Context. Photospheric bright points (BPs), as the smallest magnetic element of the photosphere and the footpoint tracer of the magnetic flux tube, are of great significance to the study of BPs. Compared with the study of the characteristics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-09 HaiCheng Bai

Using the IMaX instrument on-board the Sunrise stratospheric balloon-telescope we have detected extremely shifted polarization signals around the Fe I 5250.217 {\AA} spectral line within granules in the solar photosphere. We interpret the…

Microflares are small dynamic signatures observed in X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet channels. Because of their impulsive emission enhancements and wide distribution, they are thought to be closely related to coronal heating. By using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-01 Fayu Jiang , Jun Zhang , Shuhong Yang

The quiet Sun internetwork is permeated by weak and highly inclined magnetic fields whose physical properties, dynamics, and magnetic interactions are not fully understood. High spatial resolution magnetograms show them as discrete magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-13 D. Orozco Suárez , L. R. Bellot Rubio , Y. Katsukawa

The Sun is located inside an extremely low density and quite irregular volume of the interstellar medium, known as the Local Cavity (LC). It has been widely believed that some kind of interaction could be occurring between the LC and Loop…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-05-18 Fábio P. Santos , Wagner Corradi , Wilson Reis

Solar mid-IR observations in the 8-15 micrometer band continuum with moderate angular resolution (18 arcseconds) reveal the presence of bright structures surrounding sunspots. These plage-like features present good association with calcium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-18 R. Marcon , P. Kaufmann , A. M. Melo , A. S. Kudaka , E. Tandberg-Hanssen

We analyze the Crab pulsar at ten frequencies from 0.43 to 8.8 GHz using data obtained at the Arecibo Observatory. Giant pulses occur only in the main and interpulse components manifest from radio frequencies to gamma-ray energies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. M. Cordes , N. D. R. Bhat , T. H. Hankins , M. A. McLaughlin , J. Kern

Context. Investigations of the magnetism of the quiet Sun are hindered by extremely weak polarization signals in Fraunhofer spectral lines. Photon noise, straylight, and the systematically different sensitivity of the Zeeman effect to…

Stars provide an enormous gain for interstellar communications at their gravitational focus, perhaps as part of an interstellar network. If the Sun is part of such a network, there should be probes at the gravitational foci of nearby stars.…

G-band bright points (GBPs) are regarded as good manifestations of magnetic flux concentrations. We aim to investigate the relationship between the dynamic properties of GBPs and their longitudinal magnetic field strengths. High spatial and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Yunfei Yang , Qiang Li , Kaifan Ji , Song Feng , Hui Deng , Feng Wang , Jiaben Lin

We investigate the fine structure of magnetic fields in the atmosphere of the quiet Sun. We use photospheric magnetic field measurements from {\sc Sunrise}/IMaX with unprecedented spatial resolution to extrapolate the photospheric magnetic…

Convective flows are known as the prime means of transporting magnetic fields on the solar surface. Thus, small magnetic structures are good tracers of the turbulent flows. We study the migration and dispersal of magnetic bright features…

We analyze the temporal behavior of Network Bright Points (NBPs) searching for low-atmosphere signatures of flares occuring on the magnetic network. We make use of a set of data acquired during coordinated observations between ground based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 G. Cauzzi , A. Falchi , R. Falciani

Coronal bright points are typical small-scale coronal brightenings that consist of a bundle of miniature coronal loops. Using the ultra-high-resolution coronal images from the Extreme Ultraviolet Image onboard Solar Obiter, we report the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-21 Junchao Hong , Jiayan Yang , Yi Bi , Bo Yang

Light bridges (LBs) are among the most striking sub-structures in sunspots, where various activities have been revealed by recent high-resolution observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). According to the variety…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 Yijun Hou , Ting Li , Shuhong Yang , Shin Toriumi , Yilin Guo , Jun Zhang