Spectroscopic and imaging observations of small-scale reconnection events
@article{Li2018SpectroscopicAI, title={Spectroscopic and imaging observations of small-scale reconnection events}, author={Dong Li and Leping Li and Zongjun Ning}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2018} }
We present spectroscopic and imaging observations of small-scale reconnection events on the Sun. Using Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) observations, one reconnection event is first detected as IRIS jets with fast bidirectional velocities in the chromosphere and transition region, which are identified as non-Gaussian broadenings with two extended wings in the line profiles of SiIV, C II and MgIIk. The magnetograms under the IRIS jets from helioseismic and magnetic images…
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