Mariarita Murabito
Gather.town id
CRD04
Poster Title
Penumbral brigthening events in a sunspot penumbra
Institution
INAF - OAR
Abstract (short summary)
Penumbral transient brightening events have been attributed to magnetic reconnection episodes occurring in the low corona. We investigated the trigger mechanism of these events in active region NOAA 12546 by using
multiwavelength observations obtained with IBIS@DS, the space-born IRIS and the XRT@Hinode instruments. We studied three brightening events detected from the chromosphere to the corona related to two small-scale emerging flux regions. The brightening events had one of the footpoints embedded in the penumbra and seemed to result from the distinctive interplay between the preexisting penumbral
fields, MMFs, and the EFRs. The IRIS spectra measured therein reveal enhanced temperature and asymmetries in spectral lines, suggestive of event triggering at different heights in the atmosphere. Specifically, the blue asymmetry noted in C II and Mg II h&k lines suggests the occurrence of chromospheric evaporation at the footpoint located in the penumbra as a consequence of the magnetic reconnection process at higher atmospheric heights.
multiwavelength observations obtained with IBIS@DS, the space-born IRIS and the XRT@Hinode instruments. We studied three brightening events detected from the chromosphere to the corona related to two small-scale emerging flux regions. The brightening events had one of the footpoints embedded in the penumbra and seemed to result from the distinctive interplay between the preexisting penumbral
fields, MMFs, and the EFRs. The IRIS spectra measured therein reveal enhanced temperature and asymmetries in spectral lines, suggestive of event triggering at different heights in the atmosphere. Specifically, the blue asymmetry noted in C II and Mg II h&k lines suggests the occurrence of chromospheric evaporation at the footpoint located in the penumbra as a consequence of the magnetic reconnection process at higher atmospheric heights.
Plain text (extended) Summary
Penumbral transient brightening events have been attributed to magnetic reconnection episodes occurring in the low corona. We investigated the trigger mechanism of these events in active region NOAA 12546 by using multiwavelength observations obtained with IBIS@DST, the space-born IRIS, the filtergrams from AIA@SDO and the XRT@Hinode instruments. We studied three brightening events detected from the chromosphere to the corona related to two small-scale emerging flux regions. The brightening events (figures in the left side of page 3) had one of the footpoints embedded in the penumbra and seemed to result from the distinctive interplay between the preexisting penumbral
fields, MMFs, and the EFRs (Figure in the last slide). The IRIS spectra (figure IRIS SPECTRA in the middle of page 3) measured therein reveal enhanced temperature and asymmetries in spectral lines, suggestive of event triggering at different heights in the atmosphere. Specifically, the blue asymmetry noted in C II and Mg II h&k lines suggests the occurrence of chromospheric evaporation at the footpoint located in the penumbra as a consequence of the magnetic reconnection process at higher atmospheric heights.
fields, MMFs, and the EFRs (Figure in the last slide). The IRIS spectra (figure IRIS SPECTRA in the middle of page 3) measured therein reveal enhanced temperature and asymmetries in spectral lines, suggestive of event triggering at different heights in the atmosphere. Specifically, the blue asymmetry noted in C II and Mg II h&k lines suggests the occurrence of chromospheric evaporation at the footpoint located in the penumbra as a consequence of the magnetic reconnection process at higher atmospheric heights.
URL
mariarita.murabito@inaf.it
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