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The thick-target model predicts that in flare foot points, we should observe lowering of HXR sources' altitude with increasing energy. The foot point of HXR sources result from the direct interaction of non-thermal electron beams with…

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During solar flares, magnetic energy can be converted into electromagnetic radiation from radio waves to $\gamma$ rays. Enhancements in the continuum at visible wavelengths give rise to white-light flares, as well as continuum enhancements…

We investigate the effects of acceleration during non-linear electron-beam relaxation in magnetized plasma in the case of electron transport in solar flares. The evolution of electron distribution functions is computed using a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Karlicky , E. P. Kontar

We analyzed changes in the height of the coronal hard X-ray (HXR) source for flares SOL2013-05-13T01:50 and SOL2013-05-13T15:51. Analysis of the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager data revealed the downward motion of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Alexander N. Shabalin , Evgeniia P. Ovchinnikova , Yuri E. Charikov

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

Investigate the spatial and spectral evolution of hard X-ray (HXR) emission from flare accelerated electron beams subject to collisional transport and wave-particle interactions in the solar atmosphere. We numerically follow the propagation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 I. G. Hannah , E. P. Kontar

We investigate quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) of high-energy nonthermal emissions from an X9.3 flare (SOL2017-Sep-06T11:53), the most powerful flare since the beginning of solar cycle 24. The QPPs are identified as a series of regular and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 D. Li , D. Y. Kolotkov , V. M. Nakariakov , L. Lu , Z. J. Ning

The 2014 March 29 X1 solar flare (SOL20140329T17:48) produced bright continuum emission in the far- and near-ultraviolet (NUV) and highly asymmetric chromospheric emission lines, providing long-sought constraints on the heating mechanisms…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-17 Adam F. Kowalski , Joel C. Allred , Adrian N. Daw , Gianna Cauzzi , Mats Carlsson

We consider electron acceleration by obliquely propagating fast mode waves in magnetically dominated accretion disk coronae. For low coronal plasma densities, acceleration can exceed Coulomb drag at lower energies and energize electrons out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Hui Li , James A. Miller

Double coronal hard X-ray (HXR) sources are believed to be critical observational evidence of bi-directional energy release through magnetic reconnection in a large-scale current sheet in solar ares. Here we present a study on double…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-05 Yao Chen , Zhao Wu , Wei Liu , Richard A. Schwartz , Di Zhao , Bing Wang , Guohui Du

We study the evolution of chromospheric line and continuum emission during the impulsive phase of the X-class SOL2014-09-10T17:45 solar flare. We extend previous analyses of this flare to multiple chromospheric lines of Fe I, Fe II, Mg II,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 David R. Graham , Gianna Cauzzi , Luca Zangrilli , Adam Kowalski , Paulo Simões , Joel Allred

The hard X-ray (HXR) emission in solar flares comes almost exclusively from a very small part of the flaring region, the footpoints of magnetic loops. Using RHESSI observations of solar flare footpoints, we determine the radial positions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Marina Battaglia , Eduard P. Kontar

The collisional thick target model (CTTM) of solar hard X-ray (HXR) bursts has become an almost 'Standard Model' of flare impulsive phase energy transport and radiation. However, it faces various problems in the light of recent data,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. C. Brown , R. Turkmani , E. P. Kontar , A. L. MacKinnon , L. Vlahos

Solar flares are explosions in the solar atmosphere that release intense bursts of short-wavelength radiation and are capable of producing severe space-weather consequences. Flares release free energy built up in coronal fields, which are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Shamik Bhattacharjee , Rasha Alshehhi , Dattaraj B. Dhuri , Shravan M. Hanasoge

White-light flares are explosive phenomena accompanied by brightening of continuum from near-ultraviolet to optical, which occur on the Sun and stars. In order to investigate the mechanism of white-light flares, we carried out simultaneous…

Plasma turbulence is thought to be associated with various physical processes involved in solar flares, including magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration and transport. Using Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager ({\it RHESSI})…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 E. P. Kontar , I. G. Hannah , N. H. Bian

Solar flares release magnetic energy through reconnection, accelerating electrons into nonthermal velocity distributions, including crescent-shaped electron populations. These energetic electron distributions are crucial in driving…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 Mehdi Yousefzadeh

We investigate the role of non-thermal electrons in the formation regions of Halpha, Hbeta, and Hgamma lines in order to unfold their influence on the formation of these lines. We concentrate on pulse-beam heating varying on a subsecond…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Kasparova , M. Varady , P. Heinzel , M. Karlicky , Z. Moravec

The X8.2-class limb flare on September 10, 2017 is among the best studied solar flare events owing to its great similarity to the standard flare model and the broad coverage by multiple spacecraft and ground-based observations. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Bin Chen , Chengcai Shen , Lindsay Glesener

Hinode's observations revealed a very dynamic and complex chromosphere. This require revisiting the assumption that the chromospheric footpoints of solar flares are areas where accelerated particles only lose energy due to collisions.…

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