Waves in the lower solar atmosphere: the dawn of next-generation solar telescopes

DB Jess, S Jafarzadeh, PH Keys, M Stangalini… - Living Reviews in Solar …, 2023 - Springer
Waves and oscillations have been observed in the Sun's atmosphere for over half a century.
While such phenomena have readily been observed across the entire electromagnetic …

Multiwavelength studies of MHD waves in the solar chromosphere: An overview of recent results

DB Jess, RJ Morton, G Verth, V Fedun, SDT Grant… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
The chromosphere is a thin layer of the solar atmosphere that bridges the relatively cool
photosphere and the intensely heated transition region and corona. Compressible and …

The interface region imaging spectrograph (IRIS)

B De Pontieu, AM Title, JR Lemen, GD Kushner… - Solar Physics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) small explorer spacecraft
provides simultaneous spectra and images of the photosphere, chromosphere, transition …

Prevalence of small-scale jets from the networks of the solar transition region and chromosphere

H Tian, EE DeLuca, SR Cranmer, B De Pontieu… - Science, 2014 - science.org
As the interface between the Sun's photosphere and corona, the chromosphere and
transition region play a key role in the formation and acceleration of the solar wind …

The formation of the Hα line in the solar chromosphere

J Leenaarts, M Carlsson… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We use state-of-the-art radiation-MHD simulations and three-dimensional (3D) non-LTE
radiative transfer computations to investigate Hα line formation in the solar chromosphere …

The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) for the Sunrise Balloon-Borne Solar Observatory

V Martínez Pillet, JC Del Toro Iniesta… - Solar Physics, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) is a spectropolarimeter built by four
institutions in Spain that flew on board the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory in June …

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 …

Alfvén waves in the solar atmosphere: from theory to observations

M Mathioudakis, DB Jess, R Erdelyi - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
Alfvén waves are considered to be viable transporters of the non-thermal energy required to
heat the Sun's quiescent atmosphere. An abundance of recent observations, from state-of …

CRISPRED: A data pipeline for the CRISP imaging spectropolarimeter

J de la Cruz Rodriguez, MG Löfdahl, P Sütterlin… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
The production of science-ready data from major solar telescopes requires expertise beyond
that of the typical observer. This is a consequence of the increasing complexity of …

Ubiquitous torsional motions in type II spicules

B De Pontieu, M Carlsson… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Spicules are long, thin, highly dynamic features that jut out ubiquitously from the solar limb.
They dominate the interface between the chromosphere and corona and may provide …