A magnetic reconnection event in the solar atmosphere driven by relaxation of a twisted arch filament system

Z Huang, C Mou, H Fu, L Deng, B Li… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present high-resolution observations of a magnetic reconnection event in the solar
atmosphere taken with the New Vacuum Solar Telescope, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly …

Formation of solar quiescent coronal loops through magnetic reconnection in an emerging active region

Z Hou, H Tian, H Chen, X Zhu, Z Huang… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Coronal loops are the building blocks of solar active regions. However, their formation
mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we present direct observational evidence for …

Magnetic reconnection between loops accelerated by a nearby filament eruption

L Li, H Peter, LP Chitta, H Song, K Ji… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection modulated by nonlocal disturbances in the solar atmosphere has
been investigated theoretically, but rarely observed. In this study, employing Hα and extreme …

Spectroscopic and imaging observations of spatially extended magnetic reconnection in the splitting of a solar filament structure

H Hu, YD Liu, LP Chitta, H Peter… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract On the Sun, Doppler shifts of bidirectional outflows from the magnetic-reconnection
site have been found only in confined regions through spectroscopic observations. Without …

A solar filament disconnected by magnetic reconnection

Z Xue, X Yan, L Yang, J Wang, Q Li, L Zhao - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to study a high-resolution observation of an asymmetric inflow magnetic
reconnection between a filament and its surrounding magnetic loops in active region NOAA …

Coronal condensations caused by magnetic reconnection between solar coronal loops

L Li, J Zhang, H Peter, LP Chitta, J Su… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Employing Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) multi-
wavelength images, we report the coronal condensation during the magnetic reconnection …

Observing the release of twist by magnetic reconnection in a solar filament eruption

Z Xue, X Yan, X Cheng, L Yang, Y Su, B Kliem… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of topology change and energy release,
taking place in plasmas on the Sun, in space, in astrophysical objects and in the laboratory …

Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona

JF Drake, O Agapitov, M Swisdak, ST Badman… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The structure of magnetic flux ropes injected into the solar wind during reconnection in the
coronal atmosphere is explored with particle-in-cell simulations and compared with in situ …

Magnetic reconnection between small-scale loops observed with the new vacuum solar telescope

S Yang, J Zhang, Y Xiang - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Using the high tempo-spatial resolution Hα images observed with the New Vacuum Solar
Telescope, we report solid observational evidence of magnetic reconnection between two …

Braiding-induced interchange reconnection of the magnetic field and the width of solar coronal loops

CJ Schrijver - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The random walk of the footpoints of coronal loops in the rapidly evolving solar granulation
is expected to cause braiding of the field, which in turn should lead to a multitude of coronal …