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ABSTRACT We show signatures of spicules termed rapid blueshifted excursions (RBEs) in the Si iv 1394 Å emission line using a semi-automated detection approach. We use the H α filtergrams obtained by the CRISP imaging spectropolarimeter on the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope and co-aligned Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph data using the SJI 1400 Å channel to study the spatiotemporal signature of the RBEs in the transition region. The detection of RBEs is carried out using an oriented coronal loop tracing algorithm on H α Dopplergrams at ±35 km s−1. We find that the number of detected features is significantly impacted by the time-varying contrast values of the detection images, which are caused by the changes in the atmospheric seeing conditions. We detect 407 events with lifetime greater than 32 s. This number is further reduced to 168 RBEs based on the H α profile and the proximity of RBEs to the large-scale flow. Of these 168 RBEs, 89 of them display a clear spatiotemporal signature in the SJI 1400 Å channel, indicating that a total of $$\sim 53{{\ \rm per\ cent}}$$ are observed to have co-spatial signatures between the chromosphere and the transition region.
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Searching for signatures of H α spicule-like features in the solar transition region
ABSTRACT New instruments and telescopes covering the optical and ultraviolet spectral regions have revealed a range of small-scale dynamic features, many which may be related. For example, the range of spicule-like features hints towards a spectrum of features and not just two types; however, direct observational evidence in terms of tracking spicules across multiple wavelengths is needed in order to provide further insight into the dynamics of the Sun’s outer atmosphere. This paper uses H α data obtained with the CRisp Imaging SpectroPolarimeter instrument on the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, and in the transition region using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph with the SJI 1400 Å channel plus spectral data via the Si iv 1394 Å line to track spicules termed rapid blueshifted excursions (RBEs). The RBEs as seen in the H α blue wing images presented here can be subdivided into two categories: a single or multithreaded feature. Based on the H α spectra, the features can be divided into events showing broadening and line core absorption, events showing broadening and line core emission, events with a pure blueshifted H α profile without any absorption in the red wing, and broadened line profile with the absorption in the blue stronger compared to the red wing. From the RBE-like events that have a Si iv 1394 Å line profile, 78 per cent of them show a Si iv line flux increase. Most of these features show a second broadened Si iv component that is slightly blueshifted.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1936336
- PAR ID:
- 10430936
- Publisher / Repository:
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Volume:
- 524
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0035-8711
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 1156-1168
- Size(s):
- p. 1156-1168
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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