Ellerman bombs

Ellerman bombs are small-scale brightenings in the Sun's lower chromosphere. They typically take place in areas with strong magnetic fields and near emerging flux regions.[1] They are named after Ferdinand Ellerman[2] who studied them in detail in the 20th century. The phenomenon was first reported by W. M. Mitchell in early 1900.[3] Although Ellerman first described them in 1917,[4] the physical mechanism behind them is still debated.

References
  1. Georgoulis, Manolis K.; Rust, David M.; Bernasconi, Pietro N.; Schmieder, Brigitte (10 August 2002). "Statistics, Morphology, and Energetics of Ellerman Bombs". The Astrophysical Journal. 575 (1): 506–528. Bibcode:2002ApJ...575..506G. doi:10.1086/341195. S2CID 818643. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. "Archived copy". archives.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Bhatnagar, A.; Livingston, William Charles (2005). Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy. World Scientific. p. 219. ISBN 9789812567871.
  4. Ellerman, Ferdinand (1917). "Solar Hydrogen "bombs"". The Astrophysical Journal. 46: 298. Bibcode:1917ApJ....46..298E. doi:10.1086/142366.


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