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Solar flares, along with other sun-originated events such as Coronal Mass Ejections, fast solar wind streams, and solar energetic particles are among the most relevant events in Space Weather. Moreover, solar flares are the most energetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-21 Nicola Plutino , Francesco Berrilli , Dario Del Moro , Luca Giovannelli

Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) are oscillatory signatures commonly detected in the light curves of solar and stellar flares, offering valuable diagnostics of the underlying magnetic and plasma processes. This review compares the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 Fabio Reale

We investigate the solar flare of 20 October 2002. The flare was accompanied by quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) of both thermal and nonthermal hard X-ray emissions (HXR) observed by RHESSI in the 3-50 keV energy range. Analysis of the HXR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 I. V. Zimovets , A. B. Struminsky

Solar flare emission is detected in all EM bands and variations in flux density of solar energetic particles. Often the EM radiation generated in solar and stellar flares shows a pronounced oscillatory pattern, with characteristic periods…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-13 J. A. McLaughlin , V. M. Nakariakov , M. Dominique , P. Jelínek , S. Takasao

We investigate quasi-periodic coronal pulsations during the decay phase of an X 3.2 class flare on 14 May 2013, using soft X-ray data from the RHESSI satellite. Periodogram analyses of soft X-ray light curves show that 53 s and 72 s periods…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Partha Chowdhury , A. K. Srivastava , B. N. Dwivedi , Robert Sych , Y. -J. Moon

We explore the Quasi-Periodic Pulsations (QPPs) in a solar flare observed by Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Li , Z. J. Ning , Q. M. Zhang

The light curves of solar flares in the impulsive phase are complex in general, indicating that multiple physical processes are involved in. With the GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) observations, we find that there…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 HAN , Fei-ran , LIU , Si-ming

Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) are frequently detected in solar and stellar flares, but the underlying physical mechanisms are still to be ascertained. Here, we show microwave QPPs during a solar flare originating from quasi-periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-19 Yuankun Kou , Xin Cheng , Yulei Wang , Sijie Yu , Bin Chen , Eduard P. Kontar , Mingde Ding

Understanding the physical processes that trigger solar flares is paramount to help with forecasting space weather and mitigating the effects on our technological infrastructure. A previously unknown phenomenon was recently identified in…

The cause of quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) in solar flares remains the subject of debate. Recently, Nakariakov & Zimovets (2011) proposed a new model suggesting that, in two-ribbon flares, such pulsations could be explained by propagating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-27 A. R. Inglis , B. R. Dennis

We report quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) with double periods during three solar flares (viz. SOL2011-Feb-15T01:44, SOL2011-Sep-25T04:31, SOL2012-May-17T01:25). The flare QPPs were observed from light curves in Ly$\alpha$, hard X-ray (HXR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Lei Lu , Dong Li , Zongjun Ning , Li Feng , Weiqun Gan

We investigate the properties of a set of solar flares originating from a single active region (AR) that exhibit QPPs, and look for signs of the QPP periods relating to AR properties. The AR studied, best known as NOAA 12192, was unusually…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 C. E. Pugh , V. M. Nakariakov , A. -M. Broomhall , A. V. Bogomolov , I. N. Myagkova

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

Quasi-periodic pulsations (or QPPs) are periodic intensity variations in the flare emission, across all wavelength bands. In this paper, we review the observational and modelling achievements since the previous review on this topic by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-12 Tom Van Doorsselaere , Elena G. Kupriyanova , Ding Yuan

The solar soft X-ray observations from the GOES satellites provide one of the best quantitative records of solar activity, with nearly continuous flare records since 1975. We present a uniform analysis of the entire time series for 1975 to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-19 Hugh Hudson , Ed Cliver , Stephen White , Janet Machol , Courtney Peck , Kim Tolbert , Rodney Viereck , Dominic Zarro

A statistical analysis of almost 50000 soft X-ray (SXR) flares observed by GOES during the period 1976-2000 is presented. On the basis of this extensive data set, statistics on temporal properties of soft X-ray flares, such as duration,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Veronig , M. Temmer , A. Hanslmeier , W. Otruba , M. Messerotti

Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) are usually found in the light curves of solar and stellar flares, they carry the features of time characteristics and plasma emission of the flaring core, and could be used to diagnose the coronas of the Sun…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Ding Yuan , Song Feng , Dong Li , Zhongjun Ning , Baolin Tan

Understanding the relationship among different emission components plays an essential role in the study of particle acceleration and energy conversion in solar flares. In flares where gradual and impulsive emission components can be readily…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Siming Liu , Youping Li , Lyndsay Fletcher

Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs), which usually appear as temporal pulsations of the total flux, are frequently detected in the light curves of solar/stellar flares. In this study, we present the investigation of non-stationary QPPs with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-24 Dong Li , Mingyu Ge , Marie Dominique , Haisheng Zhao , Gang Li , Xiaobo Li , Shuangnan Zhang , Fangjun Lu , Weiqun Gan , Zongjun Ning

We explored the quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) at multiple periods during an X4.0 flare on 2024 May 10 (SOL2024-05-10T06:27), which occurred in the complex active region of NOAA 13664. The flare radiation reveals five prominent periods in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-14 Dong Li , Ding Yuan , Jingye Yan , Xinhua Zhao , Zhao Wu , Jincheng Wang , Zhenyong Hou , Chuan Li , Haisheng Zhao , Libo Fu , Lin Wu , Li Deng