H alpha Surges and X-Ray Jets in AR 7260

Canfield, Richard C., Kevin P. Reardon, K. D. Leka, K. Shibata, T. Yokoyama, and M. Shimojo, H alpha Surges and X-Ray Jets in AR 7260, ApJ, 464, 1016 (1996) (ADS)

The cartoon

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A bold and dramatic cartoon, to the point, and intended to explain Doppler shifts in imaging-spectroscopic observations of Hα surges. The paper describes twisting motions in these ejecta, which are closely related to jets. The twisting motion of course could not fit into the 2D then in the vogue.

Date: 2010 February 18

Update: 2019 November 19