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Sunward-flowing voids above post-coronal mass ejection (CME) flare arcades were first discovered using the soft X-ray telescope (SXT) aboard Yohkoh and have since been observed with TRACE (extreme ultra-violet (EUV)), SOHO/LASCO (white…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Sabrina L. Savage , David E. McKenzie

Following the eruption of a filament from a flaring active region, sunward-flowing voids are often seen above developing post-eruption arcades. First discovered using the soft X-ray telescope aboard Yohkoh, these supra-arcade downflows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Sabrina L. Savage , David E. McKenzie , Katharine K. Reeves

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark structures descending towards post-reconnection flare loops observed in extreme ultraviolet or X-ray observations and are closely related to magnetic reconnection during solar flares. Due to the lack…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 Guangyu Tan , Yijun Hou , Hui Tian

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark voids descending towards the post-reconnection flare loops and exhibit obvious variation in properties like width. However, due to the lack of further statistical studies, the mechanism behind such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Guangyu Tan , Yijun Hou , Hui Tian

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark voids descending through plasma above the post-flare arcade. Although they are generally viewed as byproducts of flare reconnections in the corona, the nature of SADs is under debate. Here we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-28 Arun Kumar Awasthi , Rui Liu , Tingyu Gou

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark, sunward-moving structures above the arcade of flare loops. Naturally they are considered to be associated with outflows resulting from magnetic reconnection at the vertical current sheet beneath the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-08 Zichao Yang , Rui Liu

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) have been observed with Yohkoh/SXT (soft X-rays (SXR)), TRACE (extreme ultra-violet (EUV)), SoHO/LASCO (white light), SoHO/SUMER (EUV spectra), and Hinode/XRT (SXR). Characteristics such as low emissivity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Sabrina L. Savage , David E. McKenzie , Katharine K. Reeves , Terry G. Forbes , Dana W. Longcope

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark, teardrop-shaped features descending upon flare arcades. They are thought to be the results of magnetic reconnection, but the detailed formation mechanism of SADs and their relationship to flare energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Jianchao Xue , Yang Su , Hui Li , Xiaozhou Zhao

A model of supra-arcade downflows (SADs), dark low density regions also known as tadpoles that propagate sunward during solar flares, is presented. It is argued that the regions of low density are flow channels carved by sunward-directed…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 P. A. Cassak , J. F. Drake , J. T. Gosling , T. -D. Phan , M. A. Shay , L. S. Shepherd

Supra-arcade downflows (hereafter referred to as SADs) are low-emission, elongated, finger-like features usually observed in active-region coronae above post-eruption flare arcades. Observations exhibit downward moving SADs intertwined with…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 L. -J. Guo , A. Bhattacharjee , Y. -M. Huang , Davina E. Innes

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are infrequent, wiggly opaque structures observed to descend through the solar corona, mostly in EUV and soft X-ray frequencies. From their physical characteristics, SADs have been interpreted as voided…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-04 Ernesto Zurbriggen , C. Guillermo Giménez de Castro , Andrea Costa , Mariana Cécere , Caius L. Selhorst

Perhaps the most compelling evidence for the role of magnetic reconnection in solar flares comes from the supra-arcade downflows that have been observed above many post-flare loop arcades. These downflows are thought to be related to highly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Harry P. Warren , Casey M. O'Brien , Neil R. Sheeley

Despite their somewhat-frequent appearance in EUV imaging of off-limb flares, the origins of Supra-Arcade Downflows (SADs) remain a mystery. Appearing as dark, tendril-like downflows above growing flare loop arcades, SADs themselves are yet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-29 Ryan J. French , Maria D. Kazachenko , Teodora Mihailescu , Katharine K. Reeves

Supra-arcade fans are bright, irregular regions of emission that develop during eruptive flares, above flare arcades. The underlying flare arcades are thought to be a consequence of magnetic reconnection along a current sheet in the corona.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Davina Innes , Lijia Guo , Amitava Bhattacharjee , Yi-Min Huang , Don Schmit

Context. Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) have been frequently observed during the gradual phase of solar flares near the limb. In coronal emission lines sensitive to flaring plasmas, they appear as tadpole-like dark voids against the diffuse…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 Xin Chen , Rui Liu , Na Deng , Haimin Wang

Solar flares are rapid energy release phenomena that appear as bright ribbons in the chromosphere and high-temperature loops in the corona, respectively. Supra-arcade Downflows (SADs) are plasma voids that first come out above the flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-21 Z. F. Li , X. Cheng , M. D. Ding , Katharine K. Reeves , DeOndre Kittrell , Mark Weber , David E. McKenzie

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are sunward, generally dark, plasma density depletions originated above posteruption flare arcades. In this paper using 3D MHD simulations we investigate if the SAD cavities can be produced by a direct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 M. Cécere , E. Zurbriggen , A. Costa , M. Schneiter

After recent AIA observations by Savage, McKenzie and Reeves we revisit the scenario proposed by us in previous papers. We have shown that sunward, generally dark plasma features originated above posteruption flare arcades are consistent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Cécere , M. Schneiter , A. Costa , S. Elaskar , S. Maglione

Certain solar flares exhibit a distinctive candle-flame or cusp-shaped feature above the bright flare arcade visible in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray channels sensitive to high-temperature plasma. The presence of a cusp-like structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Ivan Oparin , Sabastian Fernandes , Bin Chen , Chengcai Shen , Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Sijie Yu

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) and supra-arcade downflowing loops (SADLs) descending from reconnection regions toward solar post-flare arcades seem to be two different observational signatures of retracting, isolated reconnected flux tubes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-09 Silvina E. Guidoni
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