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    On the Physical Nature of the so-Called Prominence Tornadoes

    The term ‘tornado’ has been used in recent years to describe several solar phenomena, from large-scale eruptive prominences to small-scale photospheric vortices. It has also been applied to the generally stabl...

    Stanislav Gunár, Nicolas Labrosse, Manuel Luna, Brigitte Schmieder in Space Science Reviews (2023)

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    Solar Ultraviolet Bursts

    The term “ultraviolet (UV) burst” is introduced to describe small, intense, transient brightenings in ultraviolet images of solar active regions. We inventorize their properties and provide a definition based ...

    Peter R. Young, Hui Tian, Hardi Peter, Robert J. Rutten in Space Science Reviews (2018)