2015/09/07 by L. Bharti, S. K. Solanki, Bharti, L. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Astro and Planetary Science #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1509.02123
We present the results of high resolution co-temporal and co-spatial photospheric and chromospheric observations of sunspot penumbral intrusions. The data was taken with the Swedish Solar Telescope (SST) on the Canary Islands. Time series of Ca II H images show a series of transient jets extending roughly 3000 km above a penumbral intrusion into the umbra. For most of the time series jets were seen along the whole length of the intruding bright filament. Some of these jets develop a clear λ-shaped structure, with a small loop appearing at their footpoint and lasting for around a minute. In the framework of earlier studies, the observed transient λ shape of these jets strongly suggests that they are caused by magnetic reconnection between a curved arcade-like or flux-rope like field in the lower part of the penumbral intrusion and the more vertical umbral magnetic field forming a cusp-shaped structure above the penumbral intrusion.