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This work provides additional evidence on the involvement of exotic particles like axions and/or other WISPs, following recent measurements during the quietest Sun and flaring Sun. Thus, SPHINX mission observed a minimum basal soft X-rays…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-20 K. Zioutas , M. Tsagri , Y. Semertzidis , T. Papaevangelou , E. Georgiopoulou , A. Gardikiotis , T. Dafni

The hard X-ray (HXR) emission in solar flares comes almost exclusively from a very small part of the flaring region, the footpoints of magnetic loops. Using RHESSI observations of solar flare footpoints, we determine the radial positions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Marina Battaglia , Eduard P. Kontar

Context. The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-Rays (STIX) onboard Solar Orbiter was designed to observe solar flares in the X-ray range of 4-150 keV, providing spectral, temporal and spatial information. Besides 30 imaging detectors,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-12 Muriel Zoë Stiefel , Matej Kuhar , Olivier Limousin , Ewan C. M. Dickson , Anna Volpara , Gordon J. Hurford , Säm Krucker

The solar corona is full of dynamic phenomena, e.g., solar flares, micro flares in active regions, jets in coronal holes and in the polar regions, X-ray bright points in quiet regions, etc. They are accompanied by interesting physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-15 Noriyuki Narukage , Shin-nosuke Ishikawa , Tomoko Kawate , Shinsuke Imada , Taro Sakao

X-ray observations are a direct diagnostic of fast electrons produced in solar flares, energized during the energy release process and directed towards the Sun. Since the properties of accelerated electrons can be substantially changed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 Natasha Jeffrey , Eduard Kontar , Gordon Emslie , Nicolas Bian

The Sun's proximity offers us a unique opportunity to study in detail the physical processes on a star's surface; however, the highly dynamic nature of the stellar surface -- in particular, energetic eruptions such as flares and coronal…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-31 Haosheng Lin , Tetsu Anan , Gianna Cauzzi , Lyndsay Fletcher , Pei Huang , Adam Kowalski , Maxim Kramar , Jiong Qiu , Jenna Samra , Constance Spittler , Takashi Sukegawa , Gregory Wirth

Generally, large solar flares accelerate electrons to high energies more efficiently than microflares. However, some microflares, known as hard microflares (HMFs), also produce high-energy electrons, as indicated by their flat hard X-ray…

The Lyman-alpha (Ly{\alpha};1216 {\AA}) line is the brightest emission line in the quiescent solar spectrum and radiates a significant fraction of the available nonthermal energy during flares. Despite its importance, there is a lack of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Luke Majury , Ryan Milligan , Elizabeth Butler , Harry Greatorex , Maria Kazachenko

Solar Orbiter conducted a series of flare-optimised observing campaigns in 2024 utilising the Major Flare Solar Orbiter Observing Plan (SOOP). Dedicated observations were performed during two distinct perihelia intervals in March/April and…

We report high-resolution observations at mid-infrared wavelengths of a minor solar flare, SOL2014-09-24T17T17:50 (C7.0), using Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) cameras at an auxiliary of the McMath-Pierce telescope. The flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 M Penn , S Krucker , H Hudson , M Jhabvala , D Jennings , A Lunsford , P Kaufmann

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

We investigate the sequence of events leading to the solar X1 flare SOL2014-03-29T17:48. Because of the unprecedented joint observations of an X-flare with the ground-based Dunn Solar Telescope and the spacecraft IRIS, Hinode, RHESSI,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Lucia Kleint , Marina Battaglia , Kevin Reardon , Alberto Sainz Dalda , Peter R. Young , Säm Krucker

Even in the absence of resolved flares, the corona is heated to several million degrees. However, despite its importance for the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the solar atmosphere, the origin of this heating remains poorly…

The hard X-ray emission in a solar flare is typically characterized by a number of discrete sources, each with its own spectral, temporal, and spatial variability. Establishing the relationship amongst these sources is critical to determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-08 Federica Sciacchitano , Alberto Sorrentino , A Gordon Emslie , Anna Maria Massone , Michele Piana

Large solar flares occasionally trigger significant space-weather disturbances that affect the technological infrastructures of modern civilization, and therefore require further investigation. Although these solar flares have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-06 Keitarou Matsumoto , Satoshi Masuda , Masumi Shimojo , Hisashi Hayakawa

Solar and stellar flares are powerful events which produce intense radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Multiwavelength observations are highly important for understanding the nature of flares, because different flare-related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov

The chromospheric Lyman-alpha line of neutral hydrogen (\lya; 1216\AA) is the strongest emission line in the solar spectrum. Fluctuations in \lya\ are known to drive changes in planetary atmospheres, although few instruments have had the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Ryan O. Milligan , Hugh S. Hudson , Phillip C. Chamberlin , Iain G. Hannah , Laura A. Hayes

We report observations of white-light ejecta in the low corona, for two X-class flares on the 2013 May 13, using data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. At least two distinct kinds of sources…

In this paper, we use a highly sensitive telescope to characterize solar X-ray transients ranging from microflares in active regions down to weakly energetic brightenings in the quiet Sun. X-rays are closely linked to the initial energy…

Nanoflares are thought to be one of the prime candidates that can heat the solar corona to its multi-million kelvin temperature. Individual nanoflares are difficult to detect with the present generation instruments, however their presence…