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When several solar flares with comparable classes occur successively at the same location and exhibit similar morphological features, they are called homologous flares. During 2012 May 8-10, five M-class homologous circular-ribbon flares…

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During eruptive flares, vector magnetograms show increasing horizontal magnetic field and downward Lorentz force in the Sun's photosphere around the polarity-inversion line. Such behavior has often been associated with the implosion…

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We study the physical properties and behavior of the solar atmosphere during the GOES X1.6 solar flare on 2014 September 10. The steady plasma flows and the fast sausage MHD waves were analysed with the wavelet separation method. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Hana Meszarosova , Peter Gomory

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

In this Letter, we study the kinematic properties of ascending hot blobs associated with confined flares. Taking advantage of high-cadence extreme-ultraviolet images provided by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on board the Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Z. W. Huang , X. Cheng , M. D. Ding

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…

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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are major drivers of stellar space weather and can strongly influence the habitability of exoplanets. However, compared to the frequent occurrence of white-light flares, confirmed stellar CMEs remain extremely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-18 Yu Shi , Hong-Peng Lu , Li-Yun Zhang , Tian-Hao Su , Chao Tan

It is well established that magnetic free energy associated with electric currents powers solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from solar active regions (ARs). However, the conditions that determine whether an AR will produce an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-29 Ellis A. Avallone , Xudong Sun

We present simultaneous high-temporal and high-spectral resolution observations at optical and soft X-ray wavelengths of the nearby flare star CN Leo. During our observing campaign a major flare occurred, raising the star's instantaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. H. M. M. Schmitt , F. Reale , C. Liefke , U. Wolter , B. Fuhrmeister , A. Reiners , G. Peres

Magnetic imprints, the rapid and irreversible evolution of photospheric magnetic fields as a feedback from flares in the corona, have been confirmed by many previous studies. These studies showed that the horizontal field will permanently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-31 Zekun Lu , Weiguang Cao , Gaoxiang Jin , Yining Zhang , Mingde Ding , Yang Guo

We study the coronal magnetic field structure inside active regions and its temporal evolution. We attempt to compare the magnetic configuration of an active region in a very quiet period with that for the same region during a flare.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. K. Thalmann , T. Wiegelmann , N. -E. Raouafi

We present a statistical analysis of properties of Soft X-Ray (SXR) emission, plasma temperature (T), and emission measure (EM), derived from GOES observations of flares in 2002-2017. The temperature and emission measures are obtained using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Viacheslav M Sadykov , Alexander G Kosovichev , Irina N Kitiashvili , Alexander Frolov

The distribution of interval times between recurrent discrete events, such as Solar and stellar flares, reflects their underlying dynamics. Log-normal functions provide good fits to the interval time distributions of many recurrent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-07 J. I. Katz , M. Bharmal , M. Ju , N. Whitsett

The energy and spectral shape of radio bursts may help us understand the generation mechanism of solar eruptions, including solar flares, CMEs, eruptive filaments, and various scales of jets. The different kinds of flares may have different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Chengming Tan , Karl-Ludwig Klein , Yihua Yan , Satoshi Masuda , Baolin Tan , Jing Huang , Guowu Yuan

The study of the statistical distribution of short quiescent times ($\le$ 30 minutes) between solar flares has been investigated on a 1D MHD model. A power law behaviour is found which indicates the existence of sympathetic flaring. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Sebastien Galtier

According to the solar protons' data observed by Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and neutron monitors on the ground of the Earth, and near-relativistic electrons data measured by the ACE spacecraft, the onset times…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Ming-Xian Zhao , Gui-Ming Le , Yu-Tian Chi

In the implosion conjecture, coronal loops contract as the result of magnetic energy release in solar eruptions and flares. However, after almost two decades, observations of this phenomenon are still rare, and most of previous reports are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Juntao Wang , P. J. A. Simoes , L. Fletcher

The energy input into the lower solar corona by flare evaporation events has been modeled according to the available observations for quiet regions. The question is addressed whether such heating events can provide the observed average…

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Solar flares are generally believed to be powered by free magnetic energy stored in the corona, but the build up of coronal energy alone may be insufficient for the imminent flare occurrence. The flare onset mechanism is a critical but less…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-30 Haimin Wang , Chang Liu , Kwangsu Ahn , Yan Xu , Ju Jing , Na Deng , Nengyi Huang , Rui Liu , Kanya Kusano , Gregory D. Fleishman , Dale E. Gary , Wenda Cao