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Solar flares are due to the catastrophic release of magnetic energy in the Sun's corona, resulting in plasma heating, mass motions, particle acceleration, and radiation emitted from radio to $\gamma$-ray wavelengths. They are associated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-16 Dale E. Gary , Timothy S. Bastian , Bin Chen , Gregory D. Fleishman , Lindsay Glesener

An eruption event launched from solar active region (AR) NOAA 11719 is investigated based on coronal EUV observations and photospheric magnetic field measurements obtained from Solar Dynamic Observatory. The AR consists of a filament…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 P. Vemareddy , J. Zhang

We analyze two flare events which occurred in active region NOAA 501 on November 20, 2003. The H-alpha and magnetogram measurements show interaction between two filaments which produced a slowly rising flare event, corresponding to two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Kumar , P. K. Manoharan , W. Uddin

We present the multi-wavelength observations of a flux rope that was trying to erupt from NOAA AR 11045 and the associated M-class solar flare on 12 February 2010 using space and ground based observations from TRACE, STEREO, SOHO/MDI,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Pankaj Kumar , A. K. Srivastava , B. Filippov , R. Erdelyi , Wahab Uddin

To better understand the formation and decay of sunspot penumbra, we studied the evolution of sunspots in the three regions of the active-region NOAA 12673 in detail. The evolution of sunspots in the three regions were all involved in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Qiaoling Li , Xiaoli Yan , Jincheng Wang , Defang Kong , Zhike Xue , Liheng Yang

A solar type-I noise storm is produced by accelerated particle beams generated at active regions undergoing magnetic field restructuring. Their intensity varies by orders of magnitude within sub-second and sub-MHz scales. But, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-04 Atul Mohan

Solar flares are intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation, which occur due to a rapid destabilization and reconnection of the magnetic field. While pre-flare signatures and trends have been investigated from magnetic observations prior…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 Kara L. Kniezewski , Emily I. Mason , Daniel J. Emmons , Kyle E. Fitch , Seth H. Garland

Doppler shifts in chromospheric and transition-region lines during solar flares are often interpreted as chromospheric condensation or evaporation. However, alternative sources of Doppler-shifted emission have been suggested, such as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-08 Luke H. Majury , Ryan O. Milligan

An X3.4 solar flare and a fast halo coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred on 2006 December 13, accompanied by a high flux of energetic particles recorded both in near-Earth space and at ground level. Our purpose is to provide evidence of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 C. Li , Y. Dai , J. -C. Vial , C. J. Owen , S. A. Matthews , Y. H. Tang , C. Fang , A. N. Fazakerley

We present the study of three homologous solar eruptions from NOAA active region (AR) 11429 over four days. This large and complex AR divided into two relatively simple sub-regions: northeast (NE) and southwest (SW). Recurrent eruptions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Suman K. Dhakal , Jie Zhang , Panditi Vemareddy , Nishu Karna

Decimetric radio observations of the impulsive solar flare on October 5, 1992, 09:25 UT show a long series of quasi-periodic pulsations deeply modulating a continuum in the 0.6-2 GHz range that is slowly drifting toward lower frequencies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Kliem , M. Karlicky , A. O. Benz

The abrupt and permanent changes of photospheric magnetic field in the localized regions of active regions during solar flares called magnetic imprints (MIs), have been observed for the past nearly three decades. The well known "coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 N. Vasantharaju , P. Vemareddy , B. Ravindra , V. H. Doddamani

We present for the first time the evolution of the photospheric electric currents during an eruptive X-class flare, accurately predicted by the standard 3D flare model. We analyze this evolution for the February 15, 2011 flare using HMI/SDO…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Miho Janvier , G. Aulanier , V. Bommier , B. Schmieder , P. Démoulin , E. Pariat

We analyze high-cadence vector magnetograms (135~s) and flare-ribbon observations of 37 flares from the Solar Dynamics Observatory to understand the spatial and temporal properties of changes in the photospheric vector magnetic field and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-08 Rahul Yadav , Maria D. Kazachenko

We present a clear case study on the occurrence of two successive X-class flares including a decade-class flare (X9.3) and two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) triggered by shearing motion and sunspot rotation in active region NOAA 12673 on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 X. L. Yan , J. C. Wang , G. M. Pan , D. F. Kong , Z. K. Xue , L. H. Yang , Q. L. Li , X. S. Feng

The GOES X1 flare SOL2014-10-25T17:08:00 was a three-ribbon solar flare observed with IRIS in the near and far ultraviolet. One of the flare ribbons crossed a sunspot umbra, producing a dramatic, $\sim1000$% increase in the near-ultraviolet…

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

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

We study the dynamics and evolution of a C2.3 two-ribbon flare, developed on 2002 August 11, during the impulsive and the long gradual phase. To this end we obtained multiwavelength observations using the CDS spectrometer aboard SOHO,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-03 L. Teriaca , A. Falchi , R. Falciani , G. Cauzzi , L. Maltagliati

We calculated the time evolution of the free magnetic energy during the 2014-Mar-29 flare (SOL2014-03-29T17:48), the first X-class flare detected by IRIS. The free energy was calculated from the difference between the nonpotential field,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Markus J. Aschwanden