The properties of the solar corona and its connection to the solar wind

SR Cranmer, AR Winebarger - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The corona is a layer of hot plasma that surrounds the Sun, traces out its complex magnetic
field, and ultimately expands into interplanetary space as the supersonic solar wind …

New view of the solar chromosphere

M Carlsson, B De Pontieu… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The solar chromosphere forms a crucial, yet complex and until recently poorly understood,
interface between the solar photosphere and the heliosphere.▪ Advances in high-resolution …

Hot explosions in the cool atmosphere of the Sun

H Peter, H Tian, W Curdt, D Schmit, D Innes… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The solar atmosphere was traditionally represented with a simple one-dimensional model.
Over the past few decades, this paradigm shifted for the chromosphere and corona that …

Multi-scale variability of coronal loops set by thermal non-equilibrium and instability as a probe for coronal heating

P Antolin, C Froment - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Solar coronal loops are the building blocks of the solar corona. These dynamic structures
are shaped by the magnetic field that expands into the solar atmosphere. They can be …

Probing the physics of the solar atmosphere with the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE). I. Coronal heating

B De Pontieu, P Testa, J Martínez-Sykora… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) is a proposed mission composed of a multislit
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrograph (in three spectral bands around 171 Å, 284 Å, and …

Dam** of slow magnetoacoustic oscillations by the misbalance between heating and cooling processes in the solar corona

DY Kolotkov, VM Nakariakov… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. Rapidly decaying slow magnetoacoustic waves are regularly observed in the solar
coronal structures, offering a promising tool for a seismological diagnostics of the coronal …

Solar science with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array—a new view of our Sun

S Wedemeyer, T Bastian, R Brajša, H Hudson… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a new powerful tool for
observing the Sun at high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution. These capabilities can …

Achievements of Hinode in the first eleven years

Hinode Review Team, K Al-Janabi… - Publications of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Hinode is Japan's third solar mission following Hinotori (1981–1982) and Yohkoh (1991–
2001): it was launched on 2006 September 22 and is in operation currently. Hinode carries …

Are IRIS bombs connected to Ellerman bombs?

H Tian, Z Xu, J He, C Madsen - The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent observations by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have revealed
pockets of hot gas (∼ 2–8× 10 4 K) potentially resulting from magnetic reconnection in the …

Coronal rain in randomly heated arcades

X Li, R Keppens, Y Zhou - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Adopting the MPI-AMRVAC code, we present a 2.5-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic
simulation, which includes thermal conduction and radiative cooling, to investigate the …