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In this paper, multiwavelength observations of remote coronal dimmings related to an M1.1 circular-ribbon flare (CRF) in active region (AR) 12434 are reported. The confined flare without a CME was observed by AIA and HMI on board SDO on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 Q. M. Zhang , R. S. Zheng

We analyze sunspots rotation and magnetic transients in NOAA AR 11429 during two X-class (X5.4 and X1.3) flares using the data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the \emph{Solar Dynamics Observatory}. A large leading sunspot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 Jianchuan Zheng , Zhiliang Yang , Jianpeng Guo , Kaiming Guo , Hui Huang , Xuan Song , Weixing Wan

Using a recently suggested magneto-morphological classification (MMC, Abramenko, 2021, MNRAS Vol 507) of solar active regions (ARs), we explored 3048 ARs, observed from12 May 1996 to 27 December 2021. Magnetograms were acquired with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Anastasiya Zhukova , Valentina Abramenko

The solar magnetic field is responsible for all aspects of solar activity. Sunspots are the main manifestation of the ensuing solar activity. Combining high-resolution and synoptic observations has the ambition to provide a comprehensive…

Using the data on magnetic field maps and continuum intensity for Solar Cycles 23 and 24, we explored 100 active regions (ARs) that produced M5.0 or stronger flares. We focus on the presence/absence of the emergence of magnetic flux in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Alexander S. Kutsenko , Valentina I. Abramenko , Andrei A. Plotnikov

Plasma upflows with a Doppler shift exceeding -10 km/s at active region (AR) boundaries are considered potential sources of the nascent slow solar wind. We investigate the driving mechanisms of a pair of coronal upflow regions on the…

Solar active regions (ARs) are crucial for understanding the long-term evolution of solar activities and predicting eruptive phenomena, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections. However, the cycle-dependent properties in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Yuxia Liu , Tingting Xu , Miao Wan , Linhua Deng , Xinhua Zhao , Shiyang Qi , Nanbin Xiang , Weihong Zhou

During the rising phase of Solar Cycle 24 tremendous activity occurred on the Sun with fast and compact emergence of magnetic flux leading to bursts of flares (C to M and even X-class). We investigate the violent events occurring in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 C. H. Mandrini , B. Schmieder , P. Démoulin , Y. Guo , G. D. Cristiani

We analyzed temporal and periodic behavior of sunspot counts (SSCs) in flaring (C, M, or X class flares), and non-flaring active regions (ARs) for the almost two solar cycles (1996 through 2016). Our main findings are as follows: i) The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 A. Kilcik , V. Yurchyshyn , B. Donmez , V. N. Obridko , A. Ozguc , J. P. Rozelot

In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of the evolutionary phases of a major M6.6 long duration event (LDE) with special emphasize on its pre-flare phase. The event occurred in NOAA 12371 on 2015 June 22. A remarkable aspect of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Suraj Sahu , Bhuwan Joshi , Prabir K. Mitra , Astrid M. Veronig , V. Yurchyshyn

We present a comprehensive study of a series of recurrent jets that occurred at the periphery of the NOAA active region 12114 on 2014 July 7. These jets were found to share the same source region and exhibited rotational motions as they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Lei Lu , Li Feng , Ying Li , Dong Li , Zongjun Ning , Weiqun Gan

It has been previously observed that narrow lanes of transverse and longitudinal magnetic field with opposite polarity are the site of large solar flares. We performed a comprehensive examination of the stokes asymmetries of active region…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 Gordon A. MacDonald , Kemal A. Yassin , Debi Prasad Choudhary

Magnetic flux ropes play a key role in triggering solar flares in the solar atmosphere. In this paper, we investigate the evolution of active region NOAA 12268 within 36 hours from 2015 January 29 to 30, during which a flux rope was formed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Z. Zhong , Y. Guo , M. D. Ding , C. Fang , Q. Hao

During Solar Cycle 23, some active regions(ARs) produced extremely energetic flares and CMEs. These ARs are expected to be characteristically distinct as compared to dormant ARs and quiet regions (QRs). It would be interesting to identify…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 R. A. Maurya , A. Ambastha

Upflows and downflows at active region (AR) boundaries have been frequently observed with spectroscopic observations at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) passbands. In this paper, we report the coexistence of upflows and downflows at the AR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Yuchuan Wu , Zhenyong Hou , Wenxian Li , Xianyong Bai , Yongliang Song , Xiao Yang , Ziyao Hu , Yuanyong Deng , Kaifan Ji

We study the active region NOAA 10960, which produces two flare events (B5.0, M8.9) on 04 June 2007. We find the observational signature of right handed helical twists in the loop system associated with this active region. The first B5.0…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 A. K. Srivastava , Pankaj Kumar , T. V. Zaqarashvili , B. P. Filippov , M. L. Khodachenko , Wahab Uddin

Using magnetographic data provided by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory, we analyzed the structure of magnetic fields and vertical electric currents in six active regions (ARs) with different level…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Yuriy A. Fursyak , Alexander S. Kutsenko , Valentina I. Abramenko

Active regions (ARs) are the main sources of variety in solar dynamic events. Automated detection and identification tools need to be developed for solar features for a deeper understanding of the solar cycle. Of particular interest here…

The evolution of photospheric flow and magnetic fields before and after flares can provide important information regarding the flare triggering and back reaction processes. However, such studies on the flow field are rare due to the paucity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 Jiasheng Wang , Chang Liu , Na deng , Haimin Wang

We investigated the initiation and the evolution of an X7.1-class solar flare observed in solar active region NOAA 13842 on October 1, 2024, based on a data-constrained magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. The nonlinear force-free field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-12 Keitarou Matsumoto , Satoshi Inoue , Nian Liu , Keiji Hayashi , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang