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Magnetic fields dominate most solar activities, there exist direct relations between solar flare and the distributions of magnetic field, and also its corresponding magnetic energy. In this paper, the statistical results about the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-03 Suo Liu

We examine two successive flare eruptions (X5.4 and X1.3) on 2012 March 7 in the NOAA active region 11429 and investigate the magnetic field reconfiguration associated with the two eruptions. Using an advanced non-linear force-free field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-22 Rui Wang , Ying D. Liu , Zhongwei Yang , Huidong Hu

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

We present the evolution of magnetic nonpotentiality associated with an X-class flare in AR 6919 using a set of MSO (Mees Solar Observatory) magnetograms. The magnetogram data were obtained before and after the flare, using the Haleakala…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Y. -J. Moon , H. S. Yun , G. S. Choe , Y. D. Park , D. L. Mickey

In this study, the non-potential magnetic field parameters of active region NOAA 9077 are investigated; this AR experienced a super-strong X5.7 solar flare. Using advanced extrapolation techniques, the 3D magnetic field structure from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 Liu Suo , Shahid Idrees , Liu Dian , Zeng Shuguang

The dynamics of magnetic fields in the Sun's active regions plays a key role in triggering solar eruptions. Studies have shown that changes in the photosphere's magnetic field can destabilize large-scale structure of the corona, leading to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-25 Partha Chowdhury , Belur Ravindra , Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari

We report the evolution of magnetic field and its energy in NOAA active region 11158 over 5 days based on a vector magnetogram series from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO). Fast flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-30 Xudong Sun , J. Todd Hoeksema , Yang Liu , Thomas Wiegelmann , Keiji Hayashi , Qingrong Chen , Julia Thalmann

Until now, how the magnetic fields in M/X-class flaring active regions (ARs) differ from C-class flaring ARs remains unclear. Here, we calculate the key magnetic field parameters within the area of high photospheric free energy density (HED…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-01 Ting Li , Yanfang Zheng , Xuefeng Li , Yijun Hou , Xuebao Li , Yining Zhang , Anqin Chen

Solar flares are powered by energy stored in the coronal magnetic field, a portion of which is released when the field reconfigures into a lower energy state. Investigation of sunspot magnetic field topology during flare activity is useful…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-10 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

Solar flare simulations are commonly initialised using non-linear force free field (NLFF) extrapolations derived from photospheric vector magnetograms. However, the force free assumption neglects plasma forces and may limit the available…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 W. Bate , M. Gordovskyy , A. Prasad , A. S. Brun , A. Strugarek , M. V. Sieyra , P. Browning , S. Inoue , K. Matsumoto , A. Roddanavar

Since the launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in 2010 and throughout the solar cycle 24, the Sun has produced few tens of xclass flares, which are the most energetic solar events. Those flares are produced in regions where the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-23 R. L. Edgar , S. Regnier

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

Magnetic twist of the active region has been measured over a decade using photospheric vector field data, chromospheric H_alpha data, and coronal loop data. The twist and tilt of the active regions have been measured at the photospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 B. Ravindra , P. Venkatakrishnan , Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari

We perform a statistical study of permanent changes in longitudinal fields associated with solar flares by tracking magnetic features. The YAFTA feature tracking algorithm is applied to GONG++ one-minute magnetograms for 77 X-class and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-18 Olga Burtseva , Gordon Petrie

Some types of solar flares are observed in X-shaped quadrupolar field configuration. To understand the magnetic energy storage in such a region, we studied non-potential field formation in an X-shaped quadrupolar field region formed in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-22 Yusuke Kawabata , Satoshi Inoue , Toshifumi Shimizu

With the aim of understanding how the magnetic properties of active regions (ARs) control the eruptive character of solar flares, we analyze 719 flares of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) class $\geq$C5.0 during…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-01 Ting Li , Anqin Chen , Yijun Hou , Astrid M. Veronig , Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang

Sunspots are regions of decreased brightness on the visible surface of the Sun (photosphere) that are associated with strong magnetic fields. They have been found to be locations associated with solar flares, which occur when energy stored…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-24 Sophie A. Murray

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

We present the photospheric energy density of magnetic fields in two solar active regions inferred from observational vector magnetograms, and compare it with the possible different defined energy parameters of magnetic fields in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-12 Hongqi Zhang
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