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In this study we present the analysis of six solar flare events that occurred in 2022, using new data from the third-generation Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS), also known as the Dual-zone Aperture X-ray Solar Spectrometer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 Anant Telikicherla , Thomas N. Woods , Bennet D. Schwab

Coronal dimmings, localized regions of reduced emission in the EUV and soft X-rays, are interpreted as density depletions due to mass loss during the CME expansion. They contain crucial information on the early evolution of CMEs low in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Karin Dissauer , Astrid M. Veronig , Manuela Temmer , Tatiana Podladchikova , Kamalam Vanninathan

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the eruption of a hot coronal channel associated with an X1.0 flare (SOL2013-10-28T02:03) from the active region NOAA 11875 by combining observations from AIA/SDO, HMI/SDO, RHESSI, and HiRAS. EUV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Prabir K. Mitra , Bhuwan Joshi

Strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections, here defined not only as the bursts of electromagnetic radiation but as the entire process in which magnetic energy is released through magnetic reconnection and plasma instability, emanate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Shin Toriumi , Haimin Wang

The content of hot material in the corona is not constant. Soft X-ray and high-temperature EUV line observations show that new material, apparently heated and evaporated from the chromosphere, is frequently injected into the corona both in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Arnold O. Benz , Paolo C. Grigis

Filaments, the dense cooler plasma floating in the solar corona supported by magnetic fields, generally exhibit certain activations before they erupt. In our previous study (Seki et al. 2017 ), we observed that the standard deviation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Daikichi Seki , Kenichi Otsuji , Hiroaki Isobe , Takako T. Ishii , Kiyoshi Ichimoto , Kazunari Shibata

The aim of the present investigation is to study the spatio-temporal distribution of precursor flares during the 24-hour interval preceding M- and X-class major flares and the evolution of follower flares. Information on associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-18 N. Gyenge , I. Ballai , T. Baranyi

This paper is an attempt to understand the physical processes occurring in different layers of solar atmosphere during a solar flare. For a complete understanding of the flare we must analyze multi-wavelength datasets, as emission at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Shirsh Lata Soni , Radhe Shyam Gupta , Adya Prasad Mishra

In this article, we study the origin of precursor flare activity and investigate its role towards triggering the eruption of a flux rope which resulted into a dual-peak M-class flare (SOL2015-06-21T02:36) in the active region NOAA 12371.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Prabir K. Mitra , Bhuwan Joshi , Avijeet Prasad

Solar flares are the most powerful explosions occurring in the solar system, which may lead to disastrous space weather events and impact various aspects of our Earth. So far, it is still a big challenge in modern astrophysics to understand…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-28 Baolin Tan , Zhiqiang Yu , Jing Huang , Chengming Tan , Yin Zhang

Large-scale solar eruptions often include ejection of a filament, a solar flare, and expulsion of a coronal mass ejection (CME). Unravelling the magnetic processes that build up the free energy for these eruptions and trigger that energy's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-03 Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore , Navdeep K. Panesar

We present a study of the temporal evolution of coronal loops in active regions and its implications for the dynamics in coronal loops. We analyzed images of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-09 S. Kamio , H. Peter , W. Curdt , S. K. Solanki

Emerging active regions are associated with convective flows on the spatial scale and lifetimes of supergranules. To understand how these flows are involved in the formation of active regions, we aim to identify where active regions emerge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-17 Hannah Schunker , William Roland-Batty , Aaron C. Birch , Douglas C. Braun , Robert H. Cameron , L. Gizon

Context: Many previous studies have shown that the magnetic precursor of a coronal mass ejection (CME) takes the form of a magnetic flux rope, and a subset of them have become known as `hot flux ropes' due to their emission signatures in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-04 Alexander W James , Lucie M Green , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi , Gherardo Valori

We present a detailed multi-wavelength study of the M6.2 flare which was associated with a confined eruption of a prominence using TRACE, RHESSI, and NoRH observations. The pre-flare phase of this event is characterized by spectacular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 Upendra Kushwaha , Bhuwan Joshi , Astrid M. Veronig , Yong-Jae Moon

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

The question of the nature of precursors of solar flares, as well as their relationship with subsequent flares, still has no unambiguous answer. This is due, in particular, to the lack of systematic statistical work, the relative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 G. G. Motorina , I. N. Sharykin , I. V. Zimovets , A. S. Motorin

We analyse the evolution of a sigmoidal (S shaped) active region toward eruption, which includes a coronal mass ejection (CME) but leaves part of the filament in place. The X-ray sigmoid is found to trace out three different magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 L. M. Green , B. Kliem

We report multi-wavelength and multi-viewpoint observations of a solar eruptive event which involves loop-loop interactions. During a C2.0 flare, motions associated with inflowing and outflowing plasma provide evidence for ongoing magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Chunming Zhu , Rui Liu , David Alexander , R. T. James McAteer

On the 29 March 2014 NOAA active region (AR) 12017 produced an X1 flare which was simultaneously observed by an unprecedented number of observatories. We have investigated the pre-flare period of this flare from 14:00 UT until 19:00 UT…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 M. M. Woods , L. K. Harra , S. A. Matthews , D. H. Mackay , S. Dacie , D. M. Long