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The Impulsive Phase in Solar Flares: Recent Multi-wavelength Results and their Implications for Microwave Modeling and Observations

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2013-12-02 v1

Abstract

This short paper reviews several recent key observations of the processes occurring in the lower atmosphere (chromosphere and photosphere) during flares. These are: evidence for compact and fragmentary structure in the flare chromosphere, the conditions in optical flare footpoints, step-like variations in the magnetic field during the flare impulsive phase, and hot, dense 'chromospheric' footpoints. The implications of these observations for microwaves are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1311.7175,
  title  = {The Impulsive Phase in Solar Flares: Recent Multi-wavelength Results and their Implications for Microwave Modeling and Observations},
  author = {Lyndsay Fletcher and Paulo J. A. Simoes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.7175},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures, presented at 'Solar Physics with Radio Observations' Symposium, November 2012, Nagoya, Japan