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José Carlos del Toro Iniesta

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Delayed, Line-dependent Reorganization of Pore Oscillations Following a Compact C8.2 Flare Observed by Sunrise III/SUSI

Magnetic oscillations permeating the solar atmosphere can be altered by flares. This could be due to changes in the atmospheric magnetic waveguide, the thermodynamic stratification, or both. To investigate this, we examine oscillations in a magnetic pore crossed in part by the ribbon of a C8.2 flare, using observations from the Sunrise Ultraviolet Spectropolarimeter and Imager (SUSI) aboard Sunrise III. We track the core intensities of eight spectral lines between 327-329 nm and show that oscillatory power in the 4.2-7.0 mHz range, measured around 30 minutes after the flare peak, exceeds the pre-event value in all eight lines by factors of 1.60-8.71. Conversely, in the 7.0-11.5 mHz band, the post-event intensity power is lower - approximately 0.13-0.41 of the original power in seven of the observed lines. Line-center velocity measurements support the lower-frequency enhancement. This delayed, line-dependent shift toward the lower-frequency band is consistent with flare-induced changes in wave transmission, reflection, or resonant response, although thermodynamic and magnetic effects cannot yet be separated.

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High-order Paschen emission from the quiet-Sun off-limb chromosphere

We report the detection of high-order hydrogen Paschen emission lines (Pa~15, Pa~16, and Pa~17) in the quiet-Sun chromosphere off the solar limb using the Chromospheric Infrared SpectroPolarimeter (SCIP) on board the {\sc Sunrise~iii} balloon telescope. These lines reveal thread-like structures resembling spicules and exhibit systematically smaller Doppler velocities than Ca~II~854.2~nm, suggesting that they are optically thinner and more affected by line-of-sight averaging, especially near the limb. Non-LTE radiative transfer synthesis using the spherically symmetric one-dimensional code \texttt{rhsphere} reproduces the overall spectral properties. The observed ratios among three Paschen lines show systematic deviations from synthetic and theoretical results, suggesting that additional physical effects may influence the formation of high-order Paschen lines. The study demonstrates the potential of high-order Paschen lines as a new diagnostic of optically thin plasma in the off-limb chromosphere.

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