Mandal, Sudip;
Peter, Hardi;
Chitta, Lakshmi Pradeep;
Solanki, Sami K;
Aznar Cuadrado, Regina;
Schühle, Udo;
Teriaca, Luca;
... Smith, Philip J; + view all
(2023)
Evolution of dynamic fibrils from the cooler chromosphere to the hotter corona.
Astronomy & Astrophysics
, 678
, Article L5. 10.1051/0004-6361/202347343.
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Abstract
Dynamic fibrils (DFs) are commonly observed chromospheric features in solar active regions. Recent observations from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) aboard the Solar Orbiter have revealed unambiguous signatures of DFs at the coronal base in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emission. However, it remains unclear if the DFs detected in the EUV are linked to their chromospheric counterparts. Simultaneous detection of DFs from chromospheric to coronal temperatures could provide important information on their thermal structuring and evolution through the solar atmosphere. In this paper, we address this question by using coordinated EUV observations from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), and EUI to establish a one-to-one correspondence between chromospheric and transition region DFs (observed by IRIS) with their coronal counterparts (observed by EUI and AIA). Our analysis confirms a close correspondence between DFs observed at different atmospheric layers and reveals that DFs can reach temperatures of about 1.5 million Kelvin, typical of the coronal base in active regions. Furthermore, the intensity evolution of these DFs, as measured by tracking them over time, reveals a shock-driven scenario in which plasma piles up near the tips of these DFs and, subsequently, these tips appear as bright blobs in coronal images. These findings provide information on the thermal structuring of DFs and their evolution and impact through the solar atmosphere.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evolution of dynamic fibrils from the cooler chromosphere to the hotter corona |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202347343 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347343 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access article, published by EDP Sciences, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Sun: corona, Sun: chromosphere, Sun: magnetic fields, Sun: UV radiation, Sun: transition region, Sun: atmosphere |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179719 |
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