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Coronal microjets in quiet-Sun regions observed with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager onboard Solar Orbiter
Zhenyong Hou, Hui Tian, David Berghmans +8
We report the smallest coronal jets ever observed in the quiet Sun with recent high resolution observations from the High Resolution Telescopes (HRI-EUV and HRI-Lyα) of the Extreme…
Global maps of the magnetic field in the solar corona
Zihao Yang, Christian Bethge, Hui Tian +10
Understanding many physical processes in the solar atmosphere requires determination of the magnetic field in each atmospheric layer. However, direct measurements of the magnetic f…
Statistical analysis of interplanetary magnetic field path lengths from solar energetic electron events observed by WIND
Lulu Zhao, Gang Li, Ming Zhang +3
We calculate the interplanetary magnetic field path lengths traveled by electrons in solar electron events detected by the WIND 3DP instrument from to . The velocity d…
Flame-like Ellerman Bombs and Their Connection to Solar UV Bursts
Yajie Chen, Hui Tian, Hardi Peter +6
Ellerman bombs (EBs) are small-scale intense brightenings in H wing images, which are generally believed to be signatures of magnetic reconnection events around the temperature…
Solar Ultraviolet Bursts in a Coordinated Observation of IRIS, Hinode and SDO
Yajie Chen, Hui Tian, Xiaoshuai Zhu +3
Solar ultraviolet (UV) bursts are small-scale compact brightenings in transition region images. The spectral profiles of transition region lines in these bursts are significantly e…
Dark structures in sunspot light bridges
Jingwen Zhang, Hui Tian, Sami K. Solanki +8
We present unprecedented high-resolution TiO images and Fe I 1565 nm spectropolarimetric data of two light bridges taken by the 1.6-m Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observ…
Diagnosing the magnetic field structure of a coronal cavity observed during the 2017 total solar eclipse
Yajie Chen, Hui Tian, Yingna Su +11
We present an investigation of a coronal cavity observed above the western limb in the coronal red line Fe X 6374 Å using a telescope of Peking University and in the green line Fe…
Frequently Occurring Reconnection Jets from Sunspot Light Bridges
Hui Tian, Vasyl Yurchyshyn, Hardi Peter +12
Solid evidence of magnetic reconnection is rarely reported within sunspots, the darkest regions with the strongest magnetic fields and lowest temperatures in the solar atmosphere.…
Surge-like oscillations above sunspot light bridges driven by magnetoacoustic shocks
Jingwen Zhang, Hui Tian, Jiansen He +1
High-resolution observations of the solar chromosphere and transition region often reveal surge-like oscillatory activities above sunspot light bridges. These oscillations are ofte…
Simulation of Quiet-Sun Hard X-rays Related to Solar Wind Superhalo Electrons
Wen Wang, Linghua Wang, Sam Krucker +1
In this paper, we propose that the accelerated electrons in the quiet Sun could collide with the solar atmosphere to emit Hard X-rays (HXRs) via non-thermal bremsstrahlung, while s…
The injection of ten electron/He-rich SEP events
Linghua Wang, Säm Krucker, Glenn M. Mason +2
We have derived the particle injections at the Sun for ten good electron/He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events, using a 1.2 AU particle path length (suggested by anal…
Spectral Anisotropy of Elsässer Variables in Two Dimensional Wave-vector Space as Observed in the Fast Solar Wind Turbulence
Limei Yan, Jiansen He, Lei Zhang +6
Intensive studies have been conducted to understand the anisotropy of solar wind turbulence. However, the anisotropy of Elsässer variables () in 2D wave-vector spac…
Kinetic Simulation of Slow Magnetosonic Waves and Quasi-periodic Upflows in the Solar Corona
Wenzhi Ruan, Jiansen He, Lei Zhang +5
Quasi-periodic disturbances of emission-line parameters are frequently observed in the corona. These disturbances propagate upward along the magnetic field with speeds $\sim100~\rm…
Origin of Both the Fast Hot Jet and the Slow Cool Jet from Magnetic Flux Emergence and Advection in the Solar Transition Region
Liping Yang, Hardi Peter, Jiansen He +4
In the solar atmosphere, the jets are ubiquitous and found to be at various spatia-temporal scales. They are significant to understand energy and mass transport in the solar atmosp…
A Numerical Investigation of the Recurrent High-speed Jets as a Possibility of Solar Wind Origin
Liping Yang, Jiansen He, Hardi Peter +5
In the solar atmosphere, jets are prevalent and they are significant for the mass and energy transport. Here we conduct numerical simulations to investigate the mass and energy con…
Proton Heating in Solar Wind Compressible Turbulence with Collisions between Counter-propagating Waves
Jiansen He, Chuanyi Tu, Eckart Marsch +6
Magnetohydronamic turbulence is believed to play a crucial role in heating the laboratorial, space, and astrophysical plasmas. However, the precise connection between the turbulent…
Solar Sources of He-rich Solar Energetic Particle Events in Solar Cycle 24
Nariaki V. Nitta, Glenn M. Mason, Linghua Wang +2
Using high-cadence extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) images obtained by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory, we investigate the solar sources of…
Formation of Rotational Discontinuities in Compressive three-dimensional MHD Turbulence
Liping Yang, Lei Zhang, Jiansen He +6
Measurements of solar wind turbulence reveal the ubiquity of discontinuities. In this study, we investigate how the discontinuities, especially rotational discontinuities (RDs), ar…
Occurrence Rates and Heating Effects of Tangential and Rotational Discontinuities as Obtained from Three-dimensional Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
Lei Zhang, Jiansen He, Chuanyi Tu +4
In solar wind, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) discontinuities are ubiquitous and often found to be at the origin of turbulence intermittency. They may also play a key role in the turbul…
Self-absorption in the solar transition region
Limei Yan, Hardi Peter, Jiansen He +7
Transient brightenings in the transition region of the Sun have been studied for decades and are usually related to magnetic reconnection. Recently, absorption features due to chro…
Waiting time distribution of solar energetic particle events modeled with a non-stationary Poisson process
Chuan Li, Sijia Zhong, Linghua Wang +2
We present a study of the waiting time distributions (WTDs) of solar energetic particle (SEP) events observed with the spacecraft and . Both the WTDs of solar electron…
Numerical Simulation of Superhalo Electrons Generated by Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Wind Source Region
L. -P. Yang, L. -H. Wang, J. -S. He +4
Superhalo electrons appear to be continuously present in the interplanetary medium, even at very quiet times, with a power-law spectrum at energies above 2 keV. Here we numer…
A Re-interpretation of the STEREO/STE Observations and it's Consequences
K. C. Hsieh, P. C. Frisch, J. Giacalone +6
We present an alternate interpretation of recent STEREO/STE observations that were originally attributed to energetic neutral atoms (ENA) from the heliosheath. The signal attribute…