SolO/EUI Observations of Ubiquitous Fine-scale Bright Dots in an Emerging Flux Region: Comparison with a Bifrost MHD Simulation

We report on the presence of numerous tiny bright dots in and around an emerging flux region (an X-ray/coronal bright point) observed with SolO's EUI/\hri\ in 174 \AA. These dots are roundish, have a diameter of 675$\pm$300 km, a lifetime of 50$\pm$35 seconds, and an intensity enhancement of 30\% $\pm$10\% above their immediate surroundings. About half of the dots remain isolated during their evolution and move randomly and slowly ($
Comment: 28 pages, 17 figues; accepted for publication in ApJ