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(Abridged) We report results from a comprehensive study of the nearby M dwarf Proxima Centauri with the XMM-Newton satellite. We find strongly variable coronal X-ray emission, with flares ranging over a factor of 100 in peak flux. The…

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We report multi-wavelength observations of four solar flares on 2014 July 07. We firstly select these flares according to the soft X-ray (SXR) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emissions recorded by the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Dong Li , Alexander Warmuth , Lei Lu , Zongjun Ning

Analysis of RHESSI 3--10 keV spectra for 27 solar flares is reported. This energy range includes thermal free--free and free--bound continuum and two line features, at 6.7keV and 8keV, principally due to highly ionized iron (Fe). We used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 K. J. H. Phillips , C. Chifor , B. R. Dennis

The imaging spectroscopy capabilities of the Reuven Ramaty high energy solar spectroscopic imager (RHESSI) enable the examination of the accelerated electron distribution throughout a solar flare region. In particular, it has been revealed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Duncan J. Stackhouse , Eduard P. Kontar

The physical processes causing energy exchange between the Sun's hot corona and its cool lower atmosphere remain poorly understood. The chromosphere and transition region (TR) form an interface region between the surface and the corona that…

The Arches cluster is a young, densely packed massive star cluster in our Galaxy that shows a high level of star formation activity. The nature of the extended non-thermal X-ray emission around the cluster remains unclear. The observed…

Spatially-resolved X-ray observations are the key to understanding electron acceleration in solar flares. Currently, the underlying processes that efficiently energize solar flare particles are poorly constrained. Abundant flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-09 Morgan Stores , Natasha Jeffrey , Ewan Dickson , James McLaughlin , Eduard Kontar

A major open issue concerning the active Sun is the effectiveness with which magnetic reconnection accelerates electrons in flares. A paper published by {\em{Nature}} in 2022 used microwave observations to conclude that the Sun is an almost…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-10 Anna Volpara , Paolo Massa , Michele Piana , Anna Maria Massone , A Gordon Emslie

We have studied the relationship between the location of EUV nonthermal broadening and high-energy particles during the large flares by using EUV imaging spectrometer onboard {\it Hinode}, Nobeyama Radio Polarimeter, Nobeyama…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Tomoko Kawate , Shinsuke Imada

We analytically and numerically study the motion of electrons along a magnetic loop, to compare with the observation of the propagating feature of the non-thermal microwave source in the 1999 August 28 solar flare reported by Yokoyama et…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Minoshima , T. Yokoyama

We explore the temporal relationship between microwave/HXR emission and Doppler velocity during the impulsive phase of a solar flare on 2014 October 27 (SOL2014-10-27), which displays a pulse on the light curves in microwave (34 GHz) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 Dong Li , Zongjun Ning , Yu Huang , Qingmin Zhang

A multi-wavelength spatial and temporal analysis of solar high energy electrons is conducted using the August 20, 2002 flare of an unusually flat (gamma=1.8) hard X-ray spectrum. The flare is studied using RHESSI, Halpha, radio, TRACE, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Kasparova , M. Karlicky , E. P. Kontar , R. A. Schwartz , B. R. Dennis

To solve a number of problems in solar physics related to mechanisms of energy release in solar corona parameters of hot coronal plasma are required, such as energy distribution, emission measure, differential emission measure, and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-26 G. G. Motorina , E. P. Kontar

Most theoretical descriptions of the production of solar flare bremsstrahlung radiation assume the collision of dilute accelerated particles with a cold, dense target plasma, neglecting interactions of the fast particles with each other.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. K. Galloway , P. Helander , A. L. MacKinnon , J. C. Brown

We study non-thermal emissions from cool cores in galaxy clusters. We adopted a recent model, in which cosmic-rays (CRs) prevail in the cores and stably heat them through CR streaming. The non-thermal emissions come from the interaction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Yutaka Fujita , Yutaka Ohira

(Abridged) Sgr A$^\star$ is the electromagnetic counterpart of the accreting supermassive black hole in the Galactic center. Its emission is variable in the near-infrared (NIR) and X-ray wavelengths on short timescales. The physical origin…

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We present a new analytical technique, combining Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) high-resolution imaging and spectroscopic observations, to visualize solar flare emission as a function of spectral component…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-15 Amir Caspi , Albert Y. Shih , James M. McTiernan , Säm Krucker

We present detailed 3D modeling of a dense, coronal thick target X-ray flare using the GX Simulator tool, photospheric magnetic measurements, and microwave imaging and spectroscopy data. The developed model offers a remarkable agreement…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 Gregory D. Fleishman , Yan Xu , Gelu N. Nita , Dale E. Gary

Electron acceleration to non-thermal energies in low Mach number (M<5) shocks is revealed by radio and X-ray observations of galaxy clusters and solar flares, but the electron acceleration mechanism remains poorly understood. Diffusive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-14 Xinyi Guo , Lorenzo Sironi , Ramesh Narayan

We present the first results using the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, RHESSI, to observe solar X-ray emission not associated with active regions, sunspots or flares (the quiet Sun). Using a newly developed chopping…

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