Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: On-disk Solar Coronal Condensations Facilitated by Magnetic Reconnection between Open and Closed Magnetic Structures. The Astrophysical Journal 910 (2), 82 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: Formation of a Solar Filament by Magnetic Reconnection and Coronal Condensation. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 919 (2), L21 (2021)
Li, L.-P.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.-Q.: Revisiting the formation mechanism for coronal rain from previous studies. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 (10), 255 (2021)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.; Ji, K.; Xiang, Y.: Magnetic Reconnection between Loops Accelerated By a Nearby Filament Eruption. The Astrophysical Journal 908 (2), 213 (2021)
Young, P. R.; Viall, N. M.; Kirk, M. S.; Mason, E. I.; Chitta, L. P.: An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data. Solar Physics 296, 181 (2021)
Chitta, L. P.; Lazarian, A.: Onset of Turbulent Fast Magnetic Reconnection Observed in the Solar Atmosphere. Astrophysical Journal, Letters 890 (1), L2 (2020)
Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Priest, E. R.; Solanki, S. K.: Impulsive coronal heating during the interaction of surface magnetic fields in the lower solar atmosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics 644, A130 (2020)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Song, H.: Relation of Coronal Rain Originating from Coronal Condensations to Interchange Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal 905 (1), 26 (2020)
Pontin, D. I.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.: Non-thermal line broadening due to braiding-induced turbulence in solar coronal loops. Astronomy and Astrophysics 639, A21 (2020)
Chitta, L. P.; Sukarmadji, A. R. C.; van der Voort, L. R.; Peter, H.: Energetics of magnetic transients in a solar active region plage. Astronomy and Astrophysics 623, A176 (2019)
Li, L.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Zhang, J.; Su, J.; Song, H.; Hou, Y.; Xia, C.: Repeated Coronal Condensations Caused by Magnetic Reconnection between Solar Coronal Loops. The Astrophysical Journal 884 (1), 34 (2019)
Syntelis, P.; Priest, E. R.; Chitta, L. P.: A Cancellation Nanoflare Model for Solar Chromospheric and Coronal Heating. II. 2D Theory and Simulations. Astrophysical Journal 872 (1), 32 (2019)
Barczynski, K.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Solanki, S. K.: Emission of solar chromospheric and transition region features related to the underlying magnetic field. Astronomy and Astrophysics 619, A5 (2018)
Chitta, L. P.; Peter, H.; Solanki, S. K.: Nature of the energy source powering solar coronal loops driven by nanoflares. Astronomy and Astrophysics 615, L9 (2018)
Li, L.; Zhang, J.; Peter, H.; Chitta, L. P.; Su, J.; Song, H.; Xia, C.; Hou, Y.: Quasi-periodic Fast Propagating Magnetoacoustic Waves during the Magnetic Reconnection Between Solar Coronal Loops. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 868 (2), L33 (2018)
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