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most citedSunrise III: Overview of Observatory and Instruments

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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

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…

astro-ph.SR2026

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…

astro-ph.SR2026

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

Polarity-Resolved Far-Side Magnetograms Based on Helioseismic Measurements

Amr Hamada, Kiran Jain, Hanna Strecker +2

Understanding and monitoring solar active regions is essential for operational space-weather forecasting and improved solar dynamo modeling. This requires comprehensive 360-degree…

astro-ph.SR2025

The first out-of-ecliptic observations of the polar magnetic field of the Sun

D. Calchetti, S. K. Solanki, J. Hirzberger +25

Direct remote-sensing observations of the solar poles have been hindered by the restricted view obtained from the ecliptic plane. For the first time ever, Solar Orbiter with its re…