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Using the multi-wavelength images and the photospheric magnetograms from the \emph{Solar Dynamics Observatory}, we study the flare which was associated by the only one coronal mass ejection (CME) in active region (AR) 12192. The eruption of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-06 Xiaohong Li , Shuhong Yang , Huadong Chen , Ting Li , Jun Zhang

We have studied a B-class solar flare and an associated filament eruption through multi-wavelength observations. The flare triggers at 16:24~UT on June 7$^{th}$, 2017 from an active region (AR) 12661, and it maximizes at 16:54~UT. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-27 B. Suresh Babu , Pradeep kayshap , Ashok Kumar Baral , Bhola N. Dwivedi

Certain solar flares exhibit a distinctive candle-flame or cusp-shaped feature above the bright flare arcade visible in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray channels sensitive to high-temperature plasma. The presence of a cusp-like structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 Ivan Oparin , Sabastian Fernandes , Bin Chen , Chengcai Shen , Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Sijie Yu

Where particle acceleration and plasma heating take place in relation to magnetic reconnection is a fundamental question for solar flares. We report analysis of an M7.7 flare on 2012 July 19 observed by SDO/AIA and RHESSI. Bi-directional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-04 Wei Liu , Qingrong Chen , Vahe' Petrosian

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are closely related to eruptive filaments and usually are the continuation of the same eruptive process into the upper corona. There are failed filament eruptions when a filament decelerates and stops at some…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 Boris Filippov

Solar flares are one of the main forces behind space weather events. However the mechanism that drives such energetic phenomena is not fully understood. The standard eruptive flare model predicts that magnetic reconnection occurs high in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Imada , K. Aoki , H. Hara , T. Watanabe , L. K. Harra , T. Shimizu

We present a detailed study of a confined circular flare dynamics associated with 3 UV late phases in order to understand more precisely which topological elements are present and how they constrain the dynamics of the flare. We perform a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 S. Masson , E. Pariat , G. Valori , N. Deng , C. Liu , H. Wang , H. Reid

Whereas penumbral models during the last 15 years have been successful in explaining Evershed flows and magnetic field inclination variations in terms of flux tubes, the lack of contact between these models and a convective process needed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. B. Scharmer

A current sheet, where magnetic energy is liberated through reconnection and is converted to other forms, is thought to play the central role in solar flares, the most intense explosions in the heliosphere. However, the evolution of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 L. P. Chitta , E. R. Priest , X. Cheng

Using the HMI/SDO vector magnetic field observations, we studied the relation of degree of magnetic non-potentiality with the observed flare/CME in active regions. From a sample of 77 flare/CME cases, we found a general relation that degree…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 N. Vasantharaju , P. Vemareddy , B. Ravindra , V. H. Doddamani

We study flare processes in the solar atmosphere using observational data for a M1-class flare of June 12, 2014, obtained by New Solar Telescope (NST/BBSO) and Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI/SDO). The main goal is to understand triggers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 I. N. Sharykin , V. M. Sadykov , A. G. Kosovichev , S. Vargas-Dominguez , I. V. Zimovets

The most probable initial magnetic configuration of a CME is a flux rope consisting of twisted field lines which fill the whole volume of a dark coronal cavity. The flux ropes can be in stable equilibrium in the coronal magnetic field for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Boris Filippov , Olesya Martsenyuk , Abhishek K. Srivastava , Wahab Uddin

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

Magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) are believed to be at the heart of solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs). A well-known example is the prominence cavity in the low corona that sometimes makes up a three-part white-light (WL) CME upon its eruption.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Bin Chen , Timothy S. Bastian , Dale E. Gary

Homologous flares are flares that occur repetitively in the same active region, with similar structure and morphology. A series of at least eight homologous flares occurred in active region NOAA 11237 over 16 - 17 June 2011. A nearby…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Navdeep K. Panesar , Alphonse C. Sterling , Davina E. Innes , Ronald L. Moore

In this paper, I will present the recent progress on circular-ribbon flares (CRFs) and their related activities, including coronal jets, filaments, CMEs, radio bursts, coronal dimmings, and coronal loop oscillations. Owing to the prevalence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Qingmin Zhang

We report on observations of conversion of bright filament strands into flare loops during 2012 August 31 filament eruption. Prior to the eruption, individual bright strands composing one of the legs of the filament were observed in the 171…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-20 Juraj Lorincik , Jaroslav Dudik , Guillaume Aulanier

Fast magnetic reconnection powers explosive events throughout the universe, from gamma-ray bursts to solar flares. Despite its importance, the onset of astrophysical fast reconnection is the subject of intense debate and remains an open…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-07 L. P. Chitta , A. Lazarian

Solar active region (AR) 11283 is a very magnetically complex region and it has produced many eruptions. However, there exists a non-eruptive filament in the plage region just next to an eruptive one in the AR, which gives us an opportunity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Chaowei Jiang , S. T. Wu , Xueshang Feng , Qiang Hu

Turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and shocks can be present in explosively unstable plasmas, forming a new electromagnetic environment, which we call here turbulent reconnection, and where spontaneous formation of current sheets takes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Loukas Vlahos , Heinz Isliker