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One of the major discoveries of Hinode's Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) is the presence of upflows at the edges of active regions. As active regions are magnetically connected to the large-scale field of the corona, these…

The rapid, irreversible change of the photospheric magnetic field has been recognized as an important element of the solar flare process. This Letter reports such a rapid change of magnetic fields during the 2011 February 13 M6.6 flare in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Chang Liu , Na Deng , Rui Liu , Jeongwoo Lee , Thomas Wiegelmann , Ju Jing , Yan Xu , Shuo Wang , Haimin Wang

Solar flare emissions in the chromosphere often appear as elongated ribbons on both sides of the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL), which has been regarded as evidence of a typical configuration of magnetic reconnection. However,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Haimin Wang , Chang Liu

Magnetic reconnection at small spatial scales is a fundamental driver of energy release and plasma dynamics in the lower solar atmosphere. We present observations of a brightening in an active region, captured in high-resolution data from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-14 J. M. da Silva Santos , E. Dunnington , R. Jarolim , S. Danilovic , S. Criscuoli

Particle acceleration is one of the most significant features that are ubiquitous among space and cosmic plasmas. It is most prominent during flares in the case of the Sun, with which huge amount of electromagnetic radiation and high-energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-15 Noriyuki Narukage , Masumi Shimojo , Taro Sakao

We present an unprecedented high-resolution \ha\ imaging spectroscopic observation of a C4.1 flare taken with IBIS on 2011 October 22. The flare consists of a main circular ribbon that occurred in a parasitic magnetic configuration and a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Na Deng , Alexandra Tritschler , Ju Jing , Xin Chen , Chang Liu , Kevin Reardon , Carsten Denker , Yan Xu , Haimin Wang

The dynamic properties of flare ribbons and the often associated filament eruptions can provide crucial information on the flaring coronal magnetic field. This Letter analyzes the GOES-class X1.0 flare on 2014 March 29…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Chang Liu , Na Deng , Rui Liu , Jeongwoo Lee , Etienne Pariat , Thomas Wiegelmann , Yang Liu , Lucia Kleint , Haimin Wang

Understaning the filament rising process is crucial for unveiling the triggering mechanisms of the coronal mass ejections and forecasting the space weather. In this paper, we present a detailed study on the filament initial eruption under a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-09 Haitang Li , Ke Yu , Chang Zhou , Qiang Liu , Xin Cheng , Jinhan Guo , Feiyang Sha , Ye Qiu , Yu Liu

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 observations of a white-light solar flare (SOL2010-06-12T00:57, M2.0) observed by the Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. C. Martinez Oliveros , S. Couvidat , J. Schou , S. Krucker , C. Lindsey , H. S. Hudson , P. Scherrer

With the recent launch of the Hinode satellite our view of the nature and evolution of quiet-Sun regions has been improved. In light of the new high resolution observations, we revisit the study of the quiet Sun's topological nature.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Regnier , C. E. Parnell , A. L. Haynes

Solar jets are collimated plasma ejections along magnetic field lines observed in hot (EUV jets) and cool (chromospheric surges) temperature diagnostics. Their trigger mechanisms and the relationship between hot and cool jets are still not…

The elongated bright structures above solar flare loops are suggested to be current sheets, where magnetic reconnection takes place. Observations have revealed various characteristics of the current sheet; however, their physical origin…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-21 Zining Ren , Yulei Wang , Xin Cheng , Mingde Ding

We report a failed solar filament eruption that involves external magnetic reconnection in a quadrupolar magnetic configuration. The evolution exhibits three kinematic evolution phases: a slow-rise phase, an acceleration phase, and a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-30 Yuehong Chen , Xin Cheng , Jun Chen , Yu Dai , Mingde Ding

A broad variety of observational methods allows us to see the effect of magnetic reconnection in high-temperature strongly-magnetized plasma of the solar corona. Some specific features of the large-scale reconnection in large solar flares…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-23 B. V. Somov , S. I. Bezrodnykh , L. S. Ledentsov

We analyse multiwavelength observations of a western limb flare (C3.9) occurred in AR NOAA 111465 on 30 April 2012. The high resolution images recorded by SDO/AIA 304, 1600 \AA\ and Hinode/SOT H$\alpha$ show the activation of a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-03 Pankaj Kumar , Kyung-Suk Cho

We present direct evidence for the detection of the main energy release site in a non-eruptive solar flare, SOL2013-11-09T06:38UT. This GOES C2.7 event was characterised by two flaring ribbons and a compact, bright coronal source located…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-06 Paulo J. A. Simões , David R. Graham , Lyndsay Fletcher

Microflares, one of small-scale solar activities, are believed to be caused by magnetic reconnection. Nevertheless, their three-dimensional (3D) magnetic structures, thermodynamic structures, and physical links to the reconnection have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Z. F. Li , X. Cheng , F. Chen , J. Chen , M. D. Ding

The cause of excess spectral line broadening (non-thermal velocity) is not definitively known, but given its rise before and during flaring, the causal processes hold clues to understanding the triggers for the onset of reconnection and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 James McKevitt , Robert Jarolim , Sarah Matthews , Deborah Baker , Manuela Temmer , Astrid Veronig , Hamish Reid , Lucie Green

We performed a detailed analysis of the magnetic structure and asymmetric eruption of a large (about 500 Mm) inverse S-shaped filament partially located in AR 13229 on February 24, 2023. We linked the filament's pre-eruptive magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 Stefan Purkhart , Astrid M. Veronig , Robert Jarolim , Karin Dissauer , Julia K. Thalmann