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A&A
Volume 650, June 2021
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Article Number | L10 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Letters to the Editor | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141131 | |
Published online | 16 June 2021 |
Letter to the Editor
Widespread occurrence of high-velocity upflows in solar active regions
1
University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
e-mail: stephanie.yardley@ucl.ac.uk
2
College of Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
e-mail: dhbrooks.work@gmail.com
3
Hinode Team, ISAS/JAXA, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan
Received:
19
April
2021
Accepted:
2
June
2021
Aims. We performed a systematic study of 12 active regions (ARs) with a broad range of areas, magnetic fluxes, and associated solar activity in order to determine whether there are upflows present at the AR boundaries and, if these upflows exist, whether there is a high-speed asymmetric blue wing component present in them.
Methods. To identify the presence and locations of the AR upflows, we derive relative Doppler velocity maps by fitting a Gaussian function to Hinode/EIS Fe XII 192.394 Å line profiles. To determine whether there is a high-speed asymmetric component present in the AR upflows, we fit a double Gaussian function to the Fe XII 192.394 Å mean spectrum that is computed in a region of interest situated in the AR upflows.
Results. Upflows are observed at both the eastern and western boundaries of all ARs in our sample, with average upflow velocities ranging between −5 and −26 km s−1. A blue wing asymmetry is present in every line profile. The intensity ratio between the minor high-speed asymmetric Gaussian component compared to the main component is relatively small for the majority of regions; however, in a minority of cases (8/30) the ratios are large and range between 20 and 56 %.
Conclusions. These results suggest that upflows and the high-speed asymmetric blue wing component are a common feature of all ARs.
Key words: Sun: corona / Sun: UV radiation
© ESO 2021
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