Simultaneous detection of flare-associated kink oscillations and extreme-ultraviolet waves

Kink oscillations,which are frequently observed in coronal loops and prominences,are often accompanied by extreme-ultraviolet(EUV)waves.However,much more needs to be explored regarding the causal relationships between kink oscillations and EUV waves.In this article,we report the simultaneous detection of kink oscillations and EUV waves that are both associated with an X2.1 flare on 2023 March 03(SOL2023-03-03T17:39).The kink oscillations,which are almost perpendicular to the axes of loop-like structures,are observed in three coronal loops and one prominence.One short loop shows in-phase oscillation within the same period of 5.2 min at three positions.This oscillation could be triggered by the pushing of an expanding loop and interpreted as the standing kink wave.Time lags are found between the kink oscillations of the short loop and two long loops,suggesting that the kink wave travels in different loops.The kink oscillations of one long loop and the prominence are possibly driven by the disturbance of the coronal mass ejection(CME),and that of another long loop might be attributed to the interaction of the EUV wave.The onset time of the kink oscillation of the short loop is nearly same as the beginning of an EUV wave.This fact demonstrates that they are almost simultaneous.The EUV wave is most likely excited by the expanding loop structure and shows two components.The leading component is a fast coronal wave,and the trailing one could be due to the stretching magnetic field lines.

Research progress based on observations of the New Vacuum Solar Telescope

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the main scientific results made by the one-meter New Vacuum Solar Telescope(NVST),which was put into commission on 2010. NVST is one of the large aperture solar telescopes in the world, located on the shore of Fuxian lake of Yunnan province in China, aiming at serving solar physicists by providing them with high resolution photospheric and chromospheric observational data. Based on the data from NVST and complementary observations from space(e.g.,Hinode, SDO and IRIS, etc), dozens of scientific papers have been published with a wide range of topics concentrating mainly on dynamics and activities of fine-scale magnetic structures and their roles in the eruptions of active-region filaments and flares.The achievements include dynamic characteristics of photospheric bright points, umbral dots, penumbral waves, and sunspot/light bridge oscillation, observational evidence of small-scale magnetic reconnection, and fine-scale dynamic structure of prominences.All these new results will shed light on the better understanding of solar eruptive activities. Data release, observation proposals,and future research subjects are introduced and discussed.