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We present an explanation for the well-known observation that complexity of the solar magnetic field is a necessary ingredient for strong activity such as large eruptive flares. Our model starts with the standard picture for the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Spiro K. Antiochos

The solar magnetic field in a flare-producing active region (AR) is much more complicated than theoretical models, which assume a very simple magnetic field structure. The X1.0 flare, which occurred in AR 12192 on 2014 October 25, showed a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-05 Yumi Bamba , Satoshi Inoue , Kanya Kusano , Daikou Shiota

Context. Data-constrained models incorporate observed photospheric magnetic fields. However, due to the lack of magnetic field information in the rest of the solar atmosphere, models rely on extrapolations that, in most cases, neglect the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 M. V. Sieyra , A. Strugarek , A. Prasad , A. Wagner , P. Démoulin , F. Moreno-Insertis , A. J. Finley , R. Joshi , A. Blaise , A. S. Brun , E. Buchlin

We calculated the time evolution of the free magnetic energy during the 2014-Mar-29 flare (SOL2014-03-29T17:48), the first X-class flare detected by IRIS. The free energy was calculated from the difference between the nonpotential field,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Markus J. Aschwanden

Context. In September 2017 the largest X-class flare of Solar Cycle 24 occurred from the most active region (AR) of this cycle, AR 12673. The AR attracted much interest because of its unique morphological and evolution characteristics.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 K. Moraitis , X. Sun , E. Pariat , L. Linan

During 2017, when the Sun was moving toward the minimum phase of solar cycle 24, an exceptionally eruptive active region (AR) NOAA 12673 emerged on the Sun during August 28-September 10. During the highest activity level, the AR turned into…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-22 Bhuwan Joshi , Prabir K. Mitra

Solar flares fall into two types with eruptive ones associated with coronal mass ejection (CME) and confined ones without CME. To explore whether there are pre-flare conditions in terms of magnetic energy and helicity that can effectively…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 Aiying Duan , Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng

The structure of the coronal magnetic field prior to eruptive processes and the conditions for the onset of eruption are important issues that can be addressed through studying the magnetohydrodynamic stability and evolution of nonlinear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 B. Kliem , Y. N. Su , A. A. van Ballegooijen , E. E. DeLuca

To better understand a preferred magnetic field configuration and its evolution during Coronal Mass Ejection events, we investigated the spatial and temporal evolution of photospheric magnetic fields in the active region NOAA 9236 that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Sung-Hong Park , Kanya Kusano , Kyung-Suk Cho , Jongchul Chae , Su-Chan Bong , Pankaj Kumar , So-Young Park , Yeon-Han Kim , Young-Deuk Park

To study the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field topology and its long-term evolution associated with the X3.4 flare of 2006 December 13, we investigate the coronal relative magnetic helicity in the flaring active region (AR) NOAA 10930…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sung-Hong Park , Jongchul Chae , Ju Jing , Changyi Tan , Haimin Wang

Significant photospheric magnetic field changes during major solar eruptions -- interpreted as coronal feedback from eruptions to the photosphere -- are well-observed. However, analogous short-time scale field changes preceding eruptions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Lijuan Liu , Hanzhao Yang

We present an investigation of partial filament eruption on 2012 June 17 in the active region NOAA 11504. For the first time, we observed the vertical splitting process during the partial eruption with high resolution narrow band images at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 Jun Dai , Zhentong Li , Ya Wang , Zhe Xu , Yanjie Zhang , Leping Li , Qingmin Zhang , Yingna Su , Haisheng Ji

Solar energetic events are caused by the release of magnetic energy accumulated in the solar atmosphere. To understand their initiating physical mechanisms, the dynamics of the coronal magnetic fields must be studied. Unfortunately, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-14 Yeongmin Kang , Takafumi Kaneko , K. D. Leka , Kanya Kusano

We present RHESSI and TRACE observations of multiple flare activity that occurred in the active region NOAA 10656 over the period of two hours on 2004 August 18. Out of four successive flares, there were three events of class C while the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Bhuwan Joshi , Upendra Kushwaha , K. -S. Cho , Astrid M. Veronig

Flux emergence is crucial for the formation of solar active regions and triggering of various eruptions. However, the detailed mechanisms by which flux emergence drives these eruptions remain unclear and require numerical investigation.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 Xiaohong Li , Yuhao Zhou , Rony Keppens

Magnetic flux ropes play a key role in triggering solar flares in the solar atmosphere. In this paper, we investigate the evolution of active region NOAA 12268 within 36 hours from 2015 January 29 to 30, during which a flux rope was formed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Z. Zhong , Y. Guo , M. D. Ding , C. Fang , Q. Hao

An isolated and fast decayed active region (NOAA 9729) was observed when passing through solar disk. There is only one CME related with it that give us a good opportunity to investigate the whole process of the CME. Filament in this active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Shangbin Yang , Wenbin Xie , Jihong Liu

We have recently developed the capability to make solar vector (Stokes IQUV) magnetograms using the infrared line of MgI at 12.32 microns. On 24 April 2001, we obtained a vector magnetic map of solar active region NOAA 9433, fortuitously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Donald E. Jennings , Drake Deming , George McCabe , Pedro Sada , Thomas Moran

Solar active region 11283 produced an X2.1 flare associated with a solar eruption on September 6, 2011. Observations revealed a preflare sigmoidal structure and a circular flare ribbon surrounding the typical two ribbon structure, along…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Arpita Roddanavar , Satoshi Inoue , Keiji Hayashi , Ju Jing , Wenda Cao , Haimin Wang

We investigate the restructuring of the magnetic field in sunspots associated with two flares: the X6.5 flare on 6 December 2006 and the X2.2 flare on 15 February 2011. The observed changes were evaluated with respect to the so-called…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Olga Burtseva , Sanjay Gosain , Alexei A. Pevtsov