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Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)
Andretta, Vincenzo; Ayres, Thomas R.; Liu, Wei +87 more
The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes that control the structure and dynamics of the Sun and its atmosphere. The first-light DKIST images, released publicly on 29 January 2020, only hint at the extraordinary capabiliti…
A New View of the Solar Interface Region from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Reeves, Katharine K.; Polito, Vanessa; Liu, Wei +11 more
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has been obtaining near- and far-ultraviolet images and spectra of the solar atmosphere since July 2013. IRIS is the highest resolution observatory to provide seamless coverage of spectra and images from the photosphere into the low corona. The unique combination of near- and far-ultraviolet spectra…
Upflows in the Upper Solar Atmosphere
Tian, Hui; Brooks, David H.; Baker, Deborah +2 more
Spectroscopic observations at extreme- and far-ultraviolet wavelengths have revealed systematic upflows in the solar transition region and corona. These upflows are best seen in the network structures of the quiet Sun and coronal holes, boundaries of active regions, and dimming regions associated with coronal mass ejections. They have been intensi…
Detecting and Characterising Small-Scale Brightenings in Solar Imaging Data
Morgan, Huw; Humphries, Llŷr Dafydd; Kuridze, David
Observations of small-scale brightenings in the low solar atmosphere can provide valuable constraints on possible heating and heat transport mechanisms. We present a method for the detection and analysis of brightenings, and demonstrate its application to time-series imagery of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) in the extreme ultrav…