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From vector measurements of the photospheric magnetic field with the SDO/HMI instrument, we studied the field variations within the 2011 June 7 eruptive event related to the filament eruption (FE), flare, and coronal mass ejection (CME). We…

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Flare emissions in X-ray and EUV wavelengths have previously been modeled as the plasma response to impulsive heating from magnetic reconnection. Some flares exhibit gradually evolving X-ray and EUV light curves, which are believed to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Jiong Qiu , Dana W. Longcope

Radiative magnetohydrodynamic simulation includes sufficiently realistic physics to allow for the synthesis of remote sensing observables that can be quantitatively compared with observations. We analyze the largest flare in a simulation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Feng Chen , Matthias Rempel , Yuhong Fan

The combination of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation and multi-wavelength observations is an effective way to study mechanisms of magnetic flux rope eruption. We develop a data-driven MHD model using the zero-$\beta$ approximation. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Yang Guo , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens , M. D. Ding , P. F. Chen

Solar flare ribbons provide an important clue to the magnetic reconnection process and associated magnetic field topology in the solar corona. We detected a large-scale secondary flare ribbon of a circular shape that developed in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 Eun-Kyung Lim , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Pankaj Kumar , Kyuhyoun Cho , Chaowei Jiang , Sujin Kim , Heesu Yang , Jongchul Chae , Kyung-Suk Cho , Jeongwoo Lee

Solar flares are one of the main forces behind space weather events. However the mechanism that drives such energetic phenomena is not fully understood. The standard eruptive flare model predicts that magnetic reconnection occurs high in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Imada , K. Aoki , H. Hara , T. Watanabe , L. K. Harra , T. Shimizu

We present an X-ray imaging and spectroscopic study of a partially occulted C7.7 flare on 2003 April 24 observed by RHESSI that accompanied a prominence eruption observed by TRACE. (1) The activation and rise of the prominence occurs during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Wei Liu , Tong-Jiang Wang , Brian R. Dennis , Gordon D. Holman

Context. We investigate the statistics of the spatial and temporal distribution of the coronal heating in a three-dimensional magneto- hydrodynamical (3D MHD) model. The model describes the temporal evolution of the corona above an observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Sven Bingert , Hardi Peter

It is expected that energetic solar flares releasing large amount of energy at the photosphere may be able to excite the acoustic ($p$-) modes of oscillations. We have determined the characteristic properties of mode parameters by applying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 R. A. Maurya , A. Ambastha , S. C. Tripathy

Filament eruptions and coronal mass ejections are physical phenomena related to magnetic flux ropes carrying electric current. A magnetic flux rope is a key structure for solar eruptions, and when it carries a southward magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-14 Brigitte Schmieder , Jinhan Guo , Stefaan Poedts

There are still debates whether particle acceleration in solar flares may occur due to interruption of electric currents flowing along magnetic loops. To contribute to this problem, we performed the first statistical study of relationships…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 I. V. Zimovets , I. N. Sharykin , W. Q. Gan

Energetic electrons accelerated at coronal reconnection sites during solar flares precipitate into the lower solar atmosphere, generating nonthermal emissions and regulating energy deposition. However, how their transport and precipitation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 Feiyu Yu , Xiangliang Kong , Ze Zhong , Zhentong Li , Zelong Jiang , Yingli Cui , Zhao Wu , Yao Chen , Gang Li

I report on the high resolution spectra of the remarkable X9 solar flare of 2024 Oct 03 (SOL2024-10-03T12:08) and evaluate the extent to which nonthermal electron beams that generate dense chromospheric condensations can power very bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-18 Adam F. Kowalski

Coronal jets are the captivating eruptions which are often found in the solar atmosphere, and primarily formed due to magnetic reconnection. Despite their short-lived nature and lower energy compared to many other eruptive events, e.g.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-06 Sushree S Nayak , Samrat Sen , Arpit Kumar Shrivastav , R. Bhattacharyya , P. S. Athiray

The aim of this paper is to look at the magnetic helicity structure of an emerging active region and show that both emergence and flaring signatures are consistent with a same sign for magnetic helicity. We present a multi-wavelength…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. Chandra , B. Schmieder , G. Aulanier , J. M. Malherbe

We investigate the footpoints of four erupted magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) that appear as sigmoidal hot channels prior to the eruptions in the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly high temperaure passbands. The simultaneous Helioseismic and Magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 X. Cheng , M. D. Ding

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plasma turbulence is believed to play a vital role in the production of energetic electrons during solar flares and the non-thermal broadening of spectral lines is a key sign of this turbulence. Here, we determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Morgan Stores , Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Eduard P. Kontar

We present observations of a B7.9-class flare that occurred on the 24th January, 2015, using the Atmopsheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) and the X-Ray Telescope of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 Giuseppe Nisticò , Vanessa Polito , Valery M. Nakariakov , Giulio del Zanna

Aiming to capture the formation and eruption of flux ropes (FRs) in the source active regions (ARs), we simulate the coronal magnetic field evolution of the AR 11429 employing the time-dependent magneto-friction model (TMF). The initial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-24 P. Vemareddy

Solar eruptions are the most powerful drivers of space weather. To understand their cause and nature, it is crucial to know how the coronal magnetic field evolves before eruption. Here we study the formation process of a relatively…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Wen He , Chaowei Jiang , Peng Zou , Aiying Duan , Xueshang Feng , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang