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The RT-2 Experiment, a low energy gamma-ray telescope, onboard CORONAS-PHOTON satellite is designed to study the temporal, spectral and spatial properties of the hard X-ray solar flares mainly in the energy range of 15 - 100 keV, which is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-21 D. Debnath , A. Nandi , S. K. Chakrabarti , T. B. Katoch , A. R. Rao

Spatially-resolved X-ray observations are the key to understanding electron acceleration in solar flares. Currently, the underlying processes that efficiently energize solar flare particles are poorly constrained. Abundant flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Morgan Stores , Natasha Jeffrey , Ewan Dickson , James McLaughlin , Eduard Kontar

We analyzed the soft X-ray light curves from the {\sl Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)} over the last 37 years (1975-2011) and measured with an automated flare detection algorithm over 300,000 solar flare events…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-18 Markus J. Aschwanden , Samuel L. Freeland

Space Weather is the study of the conditions in the solar wind that can affect life on the surface of the Earth, particularly the increasingly technologically sophisticated devices that are part of modern life. Solar radio observations are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-03 Stephen M. White

We investigate the spatial, temporal, and spectral properties of 10 microflares from AR12721 on 2018 September 9 and 10 observed in X-rays using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR) and the Solar Dynamic Observatory's…

The study of soft X-ray emission of 38 X-ray selected galaxy clusters observed by ROSAT PSPC indicates that the soft excess phenomenon may be a common occurrence in galaxy clusters. Excess soft X-ray radiation, above the contribution from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Bonamente , R. Lieu , M. K. Joy , J. H. Nevalainen

Much evidence suggests that the solar corona is heated impulsively, meaning that nanoflares may be ubiquitous in quiet and active regions (ARs). Hard X-ray (HXR) observations with unprecedented sensitivity $>$3~keV are now enabled by…

Solar flares and CMEs have a broad range of magnitudes. This review discusses the possibility of "extreme events," defined as those with magnitudes greater than have been seen in the existing historical record. For most quantitative…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Hugh S. Hudson

We present simultaneous high-temporal and high-spectral resolution observations at optical and soft X-ray wavelengths of the nearby flare star CN Leo. During our observing campaign a major flare occurred, raising the star's instantaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. H. M. M. Schmitt , F. Reale , C. Liefke , U. Wolter , B. Fuhrmeister , A. Reiners , G. Peres

The powerlaw X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei at moderate to high accretion rates normally appear softer when they brighten, for which the underlying mechanisms are yet unclear. Utilizing XMM-Newton observations and excluding photons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-29 Yun-Jing Wu , Jun-Xian Wang , Zhen-Yi Cai , Jia-Lai Kang , Teng Liu , Zheng Cai

The solar corona is orders of magnitude hotter than the underlying photosphere, but how the corona attains such high temperatures is still not understood. Soft X-ray (SXR) emission provides important diagnostics for thermal processes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-15 Amir Caspi , Thomas N. Woods , Harry P. Warren

Quantitative constraints on the wind clumping of massive stars can be obtained from the study of the hard X-ray variability of SFXTs. In these systems, a large fraction of the hard X-ray emission is emitted in the form of flares with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. Walter , J. Zurita-Heras

We present X-ray imaging and spectral analysis of all microflares the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) observed between March 2002 and March 2007, a total of 25,705 events. These microflares are small flares,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-28 I. G. Hannah , S. Christe , S. Krucker , G. J. Hurford , H. S. Hudson , R. P. Lin

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 content of coronal material in the quiet Sun is not constant as soft X-ray and high-temperature EUV line observations have shown. New material, probably heated and evaporated from the chromosphere is occasionally injected even in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arnold O. Benz , Sam Krucker

Low-temperature plasma ejected in solar eruptions can screen active regions as well as quiet solar areas. Absorption phenomena can be observed in microwaves as 'negative bursts' and in different spectral domains. We analyze two very…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 V. Grechnev , I. Kuzmenko , A. Uralov , I. Chertok , A. Kochanov

Solar flares (SFs) are sudden brightening observed over the Sun surface which is associated with a large energy release. Flares with burst of Xray emission are normally followed by a mass ejection of electrons and ions from the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-03 Kamsali Nagaraja , Praveen Kumar Basuvaraj , S. C. Chakravarty

Radio and optical observations of the evolution of flare-associated phenomena have shown an initial and rapid burst at 0.4 THz only followed subsequently by a localized chromospheric heating producing an H{\alpha} brightening with later…

We have used ROSAT PSPC and HRI to study the properties of the soft X-ray emission in a sample of colliding starburst galaxies. Together with data from other spectral ranges (optical, radio and FIR) we investigate the emergence of soft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. J. Fricke , P. Papaderos