[83.04] Bright Points and Coronal Jets as Models for Eruptive Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere

AAS 201st Meeting, January, 2003
Session 83. Solar Activity
Poster, Wednesday, January 8, 2003, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall AB

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[83.04] Bright Points and Coronal Jets as Models for Eruptive Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere

Z.A. Frank, G.L. Slater (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center)

Bright points in X-rays and EUV are an ever-present phenomena in the solar atmosphere and are often the origin of coronal jets. When bright points are examined at high resolution (~1 arcesec or less) they show structures remarkably similar in morphology to larger scale coronal structures. Furthermore, their dynamics and evolution also show similarities to larger structures. We examine bright points and coronal jets in X-rays and EUV using Yohkoh SXT, TRACE, and EIT imagery in order to determine the extent to which they can be viewed as miniature counterparts of active regions.

This work is supported by NASA contract numbers NAS8-40801, NAS5-38099, NAS5-32966, and Stanford University contract PR9162.

The author(s) of this abstract have provided an email address for comments about the abstract: zoe@lmsal.com

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