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We analyzed high-cadence sit-and-stare observations acquired with the Hinode/EIS spectrometer and HXR measurements acquired with RHESSI during an M-class flare. During the flare impulsive phase, we observe no significant flows in the cooler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 P. Gömöry , A. M. Veronig , Y. Su , M. Temmer , J. K. Thalmann

In this study, we investigate motions in the hot plasma above the flare loops during the 2017 September 10 X8.2 flare event. We examine the region to the south of the main flare arcade, where there is data from the Interface Region Imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Katharine K. Reeves , Vanessa Polito , Bin Chen , Giselle Galan , Sijie Yu , Wei Liu , Gang Li

We present the study of the X2-class flare which occurred on the 27 October 2014 and was observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode satellite. Thanks to the high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 V. Polito , J. W. Reep , K. K. Reeves , P. J. A. Simões , J. Dudík , G. Del Zanna , H. E. Mason , L. Golub

In some flares the thermal component appears much earlier than the nonthermal component in X-ray range. Using sensitive microwave observations we revisit this finding made by Battaglia et al. (2009) based on RHESSI data analysis. We have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Alexander A. Altyntsev , Gregory D. Fleishman , Sergey V. Lesovoi , Natalia S. Meshalkina

We present temporal variations of the Si IV line profiles at the flare ribbons in three solar flares observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). In the M1.1 flare on 2014 September 6 and the X1.6 flare on 2014 September…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Ke Yu , Y. Li , M. D. Ding , D. Li , Yi-An Zhou , Jie Hong

Recent high-cadence flare campaigns by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have offered new opportunities to study rapid processes characteristic of flare energy release, transport, and deposition. Here, we examine high-cadence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Juraj Lörinčík , Vanessa Polito , Graham S. Kerr , Laura A. Hayes , Alexander J. B. Russell

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

The sites of chromospheric excitation during solar flares are marked by extended extreme ultraviolet ribbons and hard X-ray footpoints. The standard interpretation is that these are the result of heating and bremsstrahlung emission from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-28 L. Fletcher , I. G. Hannah , H. S. Hudson , D. E. Innes

We study the temporal, spatial and spectral evolution of the M1.8 flare, which occurred in NOAA AR 11195 (S17E31) on 22 April 2011, and explore the underlying physical processes during the precursors and their relation to the main phase.…

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS) is the first solar instrument to observe $\sim 10$ MK plasma at subarcsecond spatial resolution through imaging spectroscopy of the Fe XXI $\lambda$1354.1 forbidden line. IRIS observations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Peter Young , Hui Tian , Sarah Jaeggli

The timing of 503 solar flares observed simultaneously in hard X-rays, soft X-rays and H-alpha is analyzed. We investigated the start and the peak time differences in different wavelengths, as well as the differences between the end of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Veronig , B. Vrsnak , M. Temmer , A. Hanslmeier

We present a detailed study of explosive chromospheric evaporation during a microflare which occurred on 2007 December 7 as observed with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. We find temperature-dependent upflows for lines…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-10 F. Chen , M. D. Ding

Aims: This work aims to identify the mechanism driving pulsations in hard X-ray (HXR) and microwave emission during solar flares. Here, by using combined HXR and microwave observations from Solar Orbiter/STIX and EOVSA we investigate an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 Hannah Collier , Laura A. Hayes , Sijie Yu , Andrea F. Battaglia , William Ashfield , Vanessa Polito , Louise K. Harra , Säm Krucker

One of the key processes associated with the "standard" flare model is chromospheric evaporation, a process where plasma heated to high temperatures by energy deposition at the flare footpoints is driven upwards into the corona. Despite…

This paper presents a detailed study of chromospheric evaporation using the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode in conjunction with HXR observations from RHESSI. The advanced capabilities of EIS were used to measure Doppler shifts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Ryan O. Milligan , Brian R. Dennis

We explored simultaneous observations of chromospheric evaporation and condensation during the impulsive phase of a C6.7 flare on 9 May 2019. The solar flare was simultaneously observed by multiple instruments, i.e., the New Vacuum Solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Dong Li , Zhenxiang Hong , Zongjun Ning

Chromospheric activities prior to solar flares provide important clues to solar flare initiation, but are as yet poorly understood. We report a significant and rapid H$\alpha$ line broadening before the solar flare SOL2011-09-29T18:08, that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-14 Kyuhyoun Cho , Jeongwoo Lee , Jongchul Chae , Haimin Wang , Kwangsu Ahn , Heesu Yang , Eun-kyung Lim , Ram Ajor Maurya

An X1.6 flare occurred in AR 12192 on 2014 October 22 at 14:02 UT and was observed by Hinode, IRIS, SDO, and RHESSI. We analyze a bright kernel which produces a white light (WL) flare with continuum enhancement and a hard X-ray (HXR) peak.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Kyoung-Sun Lee , Shinsuke Imada , Kyoko Watanabe , Yumi Bamba , David H. Brooks

We investigate the chromospheric evaporation in the flare of 2007 January 16 using line profiles observed by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard Hinode. Three points at flare ribbons of different magnetic polarities are analyzed in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-18 Y. Li , M. D. Ding

We present a detailed investigation of the Doppler shift oscillations in a hot loop during an M7.1 flare on 2014 October 27 observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. The periodic oscillations are observed in the Doppler shift…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Dong Li , Zongjun Ning , Yu Huang , N. -H. Chen , Qingmin Zhang , Yingna Su , Wei Su