A universal scaling between damping time and period of quasi-periodic pulsations from solar EUV brightenings to X-ray stellar flares

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A universal scaling between damping time and period of quasi-periodic pulsations from solar EUV brightenings to X-ray stellar flares

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Daye Lim, Tom Van Doorsselaere, Valery M. Nakariakov, S. Krishna Prasad, David Berghmans, Laura A. Hayes, Kyung-Suk Cho, Sujin Kim

Abstract

Recent high spatial and temporal resolution extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) imaging observations have revealed that quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs), a ubiquitous signature of impulsive energy release in solar and stellar flares, are also present in much smaller-scale coronal events known as EUV brightenings. Whether QPPs observed across such disparate spatial and energetic scales share a common physical origin remains an open question. Here we analyse 2,146 EUV brightenings observed with Solar Orbiter/EUI and 300 EUV solar flares observed with SDO/AIA, identifying 185 brightenings and 89 flares exhibiting statistically significant damped QPPs. We show that the relationship between damping time and oscillation period follows a common power-law scaling for EUV brightenings and EUV solar flares, consistent with previously reported X-ray QPPs spanning both solar and stellar flares. The persistence of this scaling over a wide range of energies and scales suggests that QPPs are governed by a common underlying physical mechanism.

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