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astro-ph2008436 cited

Chromospheric Anemone Jets as Evidence of Ubiquitous Reconnection

Kazunari Shibata, Tahei Nakamura, Takuma Matsumoto +19

The heating of the solar chromosphere and corona is a long-standing puzzle in solar physics. Hinode observations show the ubiquitous presence of chromospheric anemone jets outside…

astro-ph2008224 cited

Magnetic Landscape of Sun's Polar Region

S. Tsuneta, K. Ichimoto, Y. Katsukawa +11

We present the magnetic landscape of the polar region of the Sun that is unprecedented in terms of high spatial resolution, large field of view, and polarimetric precision. These o…

astro-ph200840 cited

Magnetic Flux Loss and Flux Transport in a Decaying Active Region

M. Kubo, B. W. Lites, T. Shimizu +1

We estimate the temporal change of magnetic flux perpendicular to the solar surface in a decaying active region by using a time series of the spatial distribution of vector magneti…

astro-ph200818 cited

Disintegration of Magnetic Flux in Decaying Sunspots as Observed with the Hinode SOT

M. Kubo, B. W. Lites, K. Ichimoto +8

Continuous observations of sunspot penumbrae with the Solar Optical Telescope aboard \textit{Hinode} clearly show that the outer boundary of the penumbra fluctuates around its aver…

astro-ph20081 cited

On-orbit Performance of the Solar Optical Telescope aboard Hinode

K. Ichimoto, Y. Katsukawa, T. Tarbell +8

On-orbit performance of the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard Hinode is described with some attentions on its unpredicted aspects. In general, SOT revealed an excellent performa…

astro-ph200853 cited

Frequent Occurrence of High-speed Local Mass Downflows on the Solar Surface

T. Shimizu, B. W. Lites, Y. Katsukawa +7

We report on new spectro-polarimetric measurements with simultaneous filter imaging observation, revealing the frequent appearance of polarization signals indicating high-speed, pr…