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Small-Scale Jetlike Features in Penumbral Chromospheres

Yukio KatsukawaNational Astronomical Observatory of JapanThomas BergerNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, JapanKiyoshi IchimotoHigh Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Post Office Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USAB. W. LitesInstitute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, JapanS. NagataKwasan and Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8471, JapanToshifumi ShimizuHigh Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Post Office Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, USAR. A. ShineKwasan and Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8471, JapanY. SuematsuNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, JapanT. D. TarbellLockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab, 3251 Hanover Street, Org. ADBS, Building 252, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USAA. M. TitleNational Astronomical Observatory of JapanS. TsunetaKwasan and Hida Observatory, Kyoto University, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8471, Japan

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We observed fine-scale jetlike features, referred to as penumbral microjets, in chromospheres of sunspot penumbrae. The microjets were identified in image sequences of a sunspot taken through a Ca II H-line filter on the Solar Optical Telescope on board the Japanese solar physics satellite Hinode. The microjets' small width of 400 kilometers and short duration of less than 1 minute make them difficult to identify in existing observations. The microjets are possibly caused by magnetic reconnection in the complex magnetic configuration in penumbrae and have the potential to heat the corona above a sunspot.

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1146046

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