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Dynamics of Subarcsecond Bright Dots in the Transition Region above Sunspots and Their Relation to Penumbral Micro-jets

Journal

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Volume 835, Issue 2, Pages -

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/835/2/L19

Keywords

Sun: corona; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: oscillations; Sun: transition region; Sun: UV radiation

Funding

  1. Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China
  2. NSFC [41574166]
  3. Max Planck Partner Group program
  4. ESA
  5. Norwegian Space Centre
  6. STFC [PP/D002907/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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Recent high-resolution observations have revealed that subarcsecond bright dots (BDs) with sub-minute lifetimes appear ubiquitously in the transition region (TR) above sunspot penumbra. The presence of penumbral micro-jets (PMJs) in the chromosphere was previously reported. It was proposed that both the PMJs and BDs are formed due to a magnetic reconnection process and may play an important role in heating of the penumbra. Using simultaneous observations of the chromosphere from the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) on board Hinode. and observations of the TR from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, we study the dynamics of BDs and their relation to PMJs. We find two types of BDs, one that is related to PMJs, and another that does not show any visible dynamics in the SOT Ca II. H images. From a statistical analysis we show that these two types have different properties. The BDs that are related to PMJs always appear at the top of the PMJs, the vast majority of which show inward motion and originate before the generation of the PMJs. These results may indicate that the reconnection occurs at the lower coronal/TR height and initiates PMJs at the chromosphere. This formation mechanism is in contrast with the formation of PMJs by reconnection in the (upper) photosphere between differently inclined fields.

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