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astro-ph.SR2026

A forest of emission lines observed by Sunrise III/SUSI above the solar limb

J. S. Castellanos Durán, F. A. Iglesias, S. K. Solanki +31

We present off-limb spectroscopy using low-straylight data from the Sunrise Spectropolarimeter and Imager (SUSI) onboard the Sunrise III stratospheric solar observatory. A spatial…

astro-ph.SR2026

Delayed, Line-dependent Reorganization of Pore Oscillations Following a Compact C8.2 Flare Observed by Sunrise III/SUSI

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +34

Magnetic oscillations permeating the solar atmosphere can be altered by flares. This could be due to changes in the atmospheric magnetic waveguide, the thermodynamic stratification…

astro-ph.SR2026

Sunrise III/SUSI reveals extended and spectrally structured Ca II K emission above the solar limb

Ivan Milić, Christopher M. J. Osborne, Francisco A. Iglesias +32

The Sunrise III/SUSI instrument performed a sit-and-stare observation of the off-limb emission in the Ca II K line core, with a combination of excellent temporal and spectral resol…

astro-ph.SR2026

Doppler Velocity Variation near the Solar Limb in the Solar Photosphere Observed with Hinode

Akie Moritsuka, Yukio Katsukawa, Ryohtaroh T. Ishikawa

The Doppler velocity and bisector of photospheric lines show significant center-to-limb variation. This variation has been considered to be caused by the projection angle of the gr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Measuring the Expansion of Solar Magnetic Fields with Multiline Inversions from Sunrise III

Juan Carlos Trelles Arjona, María Jesús Martínez González, Christoph Kuckein +34

Magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere are expected to expand with height, forming magnetic canopies that couple the photosphere and chromosphere. Except for sunspots, direct meas…

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Cause of chromospheric opposite polarity intrusions discovered in Sunrise III/SCIP data: MURaM-ChE simulations point to twisted flux ropes

Patrick A. Ondratschek, Damien F. Przybylski, Robert H. Cameron +33

The Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) instrument onboard the balloon-borne Sunrise III observatory provided new high-resolution observations of the solar chr…

astro-ph.SR2026

Origin of small-scale evaporation flows deep in the chromosphere during a solar flare

L. P. Chitta, H. N. Smitha, F. A. Iglesias +29

Flares are caused by an abrupt release of magnetic energy in the solar atmosphere. Plasma heated to well over 10 MK filling the post-flare corona originates from a rapid heating an…

astro-ph.SR2026

Magnetoacoustic Portals in Quiet-Sun Fluxtubes Revealed by Chromospheric Spectropolarimetry with SUNRISE III/SCIP

Takayoshi Oba, Yukio Katsukawa, Masahito Kubo +36

Acoustic waves propagate into the chromosphere, contributing to energy transport and their dynamics. Their upward propagation is restricted to frequencies above the acoustic cutoff…

astro-ph.SR2026

High-order Paschen emission from the quiet-Sun off-limb chromosphere

Haocheng Yu, Yukio Katsukawa, Mingde Ding +31

We report the detection of high-order hydrogen Paschen emission lines (Pa~15, Pa~16, and Pa~17) in the quiet-Sun chromosphere off the solar limb using the Chromospheric Infrared Sp…

astro-ph.SR2026

Chromospheric Dynamics of an Umbral Flare Kernel - Based on Coordinated SUNRISE III SCIP and Domeless Solar Telescope Observations

Ayumi Asai, Satoru UeNo, Takuma Matsumoto +34

We report imaging spectroscopic observations of an M1.4 solar flare obtained during a coordinated observation between the infrared spectropolarimeter SCIP onboard the SUNRISE-III b…

astro-ph.SR2026

Expanding magnetic canopy structure and parasitic polarities in a quiet-Sun network element observed by Sunrise III/SCIP

Ryan J. Campbell, Carlos Quintero Noda, Mihalis Mathioudakis +35

We present high-resolution multi-line spectropolarimetric observations of a quiet-Sun network element obtained with the {\sc Sunrise~iii} Chromospheric Infrared SpectroPolarimeter.…

astro-ph.SR2026

Horizontal Magnetic Fields Dominate the Quiet Sun Internetwork in Sunrise III Observations. Evidence from Traditional and Transformer-Based Inversions

Ryan J. Campbell, Carlos Quintero Noda, Manuel Collados +32

The relative prevalence of horizontal and vertical magnetic fields in the quiet-Sun internetwork remains debated, owing to the weak linear polarisation signals that make the inferr…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Three-dimensional Magnetic Field Structure of a Quiet-Sun Region Revealed by Sunrise III/SCIP

Masahito Kubo, Yukio Katsukawa, Yusuke Kawabata +38

The balloon-borne stratospheric solar observatory Sunrise III successfully completed 6.5 days of observations in July 2024. One of its focal-plane instruments, the Sunrise Chromosp…

astro-ph.SR2026

Three-dimensional Magnetic Structures of Ellerman Bombs revealed by SUNRISE III/SCIP

Yusuke Kawabata, Yukio Katsukawa, Masahito Kubo +37

Ellerman bombs (EBs) are widely recognized as photospheric and chromospheric signatures of magnetic reconnection. However, the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic topology has remained…

astro-ph.SR2026

Magnetic Field Stratification in Active-Region Plage from Ca II K and Ca II 8542 Å Spectropolarimetry

Iñigo Juanikorena Berasategi, Ernest Alsina Ballester, Javier Trujillo Bueno +31

We investigate the height variation of the line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic field in solar active-region (AR) plage from the upper photosphere to the upper chromosphere using co-spatia…

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Height Dependent Phase Shifts of Wave Pulses in the Lower Solar Atmosphere Measured with SUNRISE III

Andreas Lagg, H. N. Smitha, Sami K. Solanki +32

We report on the measurement of the height-dependent time shifts of wave pulses in the lower solar atmosphere from high-resolution spectro-polarimetric observations obtained with t…

astro-ph.SR2026

Multi-height Identification of Sausage and Fluting Eigenmodes in a Solar Pore

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +34

Magnetic pores are compact, strongly magnetised waveguides in the lower solar atmosphere and therefore provide favourable conditions for identifying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave…

astro-ph.SR2026

Vector Magnetic Field associated with an Active Region Filament Observed by SUNRISE III/SCIP in the Ca II 8542 Å Line

Takuma Matsumoto, Yukio Katsukawa, Masahito Kubo +38

We report high-spatial-resolution spectropolarimetric observations spatially associated with a solar filament, obtained with the SUNRISE Chromospheric Infrared spectro-Polarimeter…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 3 cited

Magnetically Structured Oscillatory Power Along an Active-Region Transect in Near-UV Sunrise-III/SUSI Spectroscopy

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +33

We present a multi-line characterisation of how oscillatory power is organised across distinct magnetic environments in an active region using seeing-free, stratospheric near-ultra…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

Multi-line Wave Signatures in a Sunspot from Near-UV Sunrise III/SUSI Observations

Shahin Jafarzadeh, David B. Jess, Marco Stangalini +32

Magnetohydrodynamic waves redistribute energy in magnetic structures of the lower solar atmosphere, yet constraints on how wave power and dominant frequencies are organised above s…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 2 cited

Solar flare ribbons structured by uncombed chromospheric loops

L. P. Chitta, E. R. Priest, David Orozco Suárez +33

A part of the magnetic energy released during a flare is transported to the lower atmosphere. High-resolution observations show that flare ribbons, sites of energy deposition at th…

astro-ph.SR2026

Sunrise III: Instrument, mission, data, and first results

Sami K. Solanki, H. N. Smitha, Andreas Lagg +66

Sunrise III is a stratospheric balloon-borne solar observatory with a 1-m diameter telescope and three post-focus instruments, along with an image stabilisation system, all within…

astro-ph.SR2026

Quantifying the effect of passband on observations in the Ca II K line

Ajay Kumar Yadav, Theodosios Chatzistergos, Natalie Krivova +33

Full-disk observations of the Sun in the Ca II K line have been carried out since the late 19th century at various observatories worldwide. These long-term records of solar activit…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 10 cited

The Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared Spectro-Polarimeter SCIP: an instrument for SUNRISE III

Y. Katsukawa, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, S. K. Solanki +54

The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory is equipped with a one-meter aperture optical telescope, offering a unique platform for uninterrupted seeing-free observations across ul…