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We report multi-wavelength study of a complex M-class solar eruptive flare that consists of three different sets of flare ribbons, viz. circular, parallel, and remote ribbons. Magnetic field modeling of source active region NOAA 12242…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-26 Navin Chandra Joshi , Bhuwan Joshi , Prabir K. Mitra

The magnetohydrodynamics of active region NOAA 11283 is simulated using an initial non-force-free magnetic field extrapolated from its photospheric vector magnetogram. We focus on the magnetic reconnections at a magnetic null point that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Avijeet Prasad , Karin Dissauer , Qiang Hu , R. Bhattacharyya , Astrid M. Veronig , Sanjay Kumar , Bhuwan Joshi

Apparent slipping motions of flare ribbon kernels and the formation of hard X-ray (HXR) footpoints are important signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar flares. Ultraviolet (UV) and HXR ribbon emission can show quasi-periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Juraj Lorincik , Hannah Collier , Vanessa Polito , Laura A. Hayes , William H. Ashfield , Nabil Freij

It has been found that photospheric magnetic fields can change in accordance with the three-dimensional magnetic field restructuring following solar eruptions. Previous studies mainly use vector magnetic field data taken for events near the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 Dandan Ye , Chang Liu , Haimin Wang

Emission of solar flares across the electromagnetic spectrum is often observed in the form of two expanding ribbons. The standard flare model explains the flare ribbons as footpoints of magnetic arcades, emitting due to interaction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 I. N. Sharykin , A. G. Kosovichev

In this paper we present a topological magnetic field investigation of seven two-ribbon flares in sigmoidal active regions observed with Hinode, STEREO, and SDO. We first derive the 3D coronal magnetic field structure of all regions using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 A. Savcheva , E. Pariat , S. McKillop , P. McCauley , E. Hanson , Y. Su , E. Werner , E. E. DeLuca

We report the intriguing large-scale dynamic phenomena associated with the M6.5 flare~(SOL2015-06-22T18:23) in NOAA active region 12371, observed by RHESSI, Fermi, and the Atmospheric Image Assembly (AIA) and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Ju Jing , Rui Liu , Mark C. M. Cheung , Jeongwoo Lee , Yan Xu , Chang Liu , Chunming Zhu , Haimin Wang

Flare ribbons with parallel and circular morphologies are typically associated with different magnetic reconnection models, and the simultaneous observation of both types in a single event remains rare. Using multi-wavelength observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-03 Ruifei Huang , Hao Ning , Ze Zhong , Ye Qiu , Zhenyong Hou , Yang Su , Chuan Li , Xiangliang Kong , Yao Chen

It is well known that the long-term evolution of the photospheric magnetic field plays an important role in building up free energy to power solar eruptions. Observations, despite being controversial, have also revealed a rapid and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-11 Shuo Wang , Chang Liu , Rui Liu , Na Deng , Yang Liu , Haimin Wang

Three-dimensional magnetic nulls are the points where magnetic field vanishes and are preferential sites for magnetic reconnection: a process which converts magnetic energy into heat and accelerates charged particles along with a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-19 Yogesh Kumar Maurya , Ramit Bhattacharyya , David I. Pontin

We study the quasi-static evolution of coronal magnetic fields constructed from the Non Linear Force Free Field (NLFFF) approximation aiming to understand the relation between the magnetic field topology and ribbon emission during an X1.5…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 P. Vemareddy , T. Wiegelmann

Using the multi-instrument observations, we make the first simultaneous imaging and spectral study on the null point of a fan-spine magnetic topology during a solar flare. When magnetic reconnection occurs at the null point, the fan-spine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Shuhong Yang , Qingmin Zhang , Zhi Xu , Jun Zhang , Ze Zhong , Yang Guo

Coronal magnetic null points exist in abundance as demonstrated by extrapolations of the coronal field, and have been inferred to be important for a broad range of energetic events. These null points and their associated separatrix and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 D. I. Pontin , K. Galsgaard , P. Demoulin

Magnetic-field reconnection is believed to play a fundamental role in magnetized plasma systems throughout the Universe1, including planetary magnetospheres, magnetars and accretion disks around black holes. This letter present extreme…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-06 Yang Su , Astrid M. Veronig , Gordon D. Holman , Brian R. Dennis , Tongjiang Wang , Manuela Temmer , Weiqun Gan

We present an extensive analysis of the X2.0-class confined flare on 2014 October 27 in the great active region AR 12192, observed by the \emph{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} and the \emph{Solar Dynamics Observatory}. The slipping…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Ting Li , Yijun Hou , Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang

Aims: Changes of the magnetic field and the line-of-sight velocities in the photosphere are being reported for an M-class flare that originated at a $\delta$-spot belonging to active region NOAA 11865. Methods: High-resolution ground-based…

Solar flares are driven by release of free magnetic energy and often associated with restructurization of the magnetic field topology. Yet, observations of evolving magnetic field in the flaring volume are limited to very few cases…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Gregory D. Fleishman , Tatyana Kaltman , Sijie Yu

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

The interaction between emerging magnetic flux and the pre-existing ambient field has become a "hot" topic for both numerical simulations and high-resolution observations of the solar atmosphere. The appearance of brightenings and surges…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. L. Guglielmino , L. R. Bellot Rubio , F. Zuccarello , G. Aulanier , S. Vargas Domínguez , S. Kamio

On April 17, 2024, the third successful Hi-C sounding rocket flight, Hi-C Flare, recorded coronal images in Fe XXI 129 A emission from 11 MK plasma during the post-maximum phase of an M1.6-class solar flare, achieving unprecedented spatial…