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Solar flares are major space weather events that result from the explosive conversion of stored magnetic energy into bulk motion, plasma heating, and particle acceleration. While the standard flare model has proven highly successful in…

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Apparent slipping motions of flare ribbon kernels and the formation of hard X-ray (HXR) footpoints are important signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar flares. Ultraviolet (UV) and HXR ribbon emission can show quasi-periodic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Juraj Lorincik , Hannah Collier , Vanessa Polito , Laura A. Hayes , William H. Ashfield , Nabil Freij

Current sheet is believed to be the region of energy dissipation via magnetic reconnection in solar flares. However, its properties, for example, the dynamic process, have not been fully understood. Here we report a current sheet in a solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 Y. Li , J. C. Xue , M. D. Ding , X. Cheng , Y. Su , L. Feng , J. Hong , H. Li , W. Q. Gan

We report the intriguing large-scale dynamic phenomena associated with the M6.5 flare~(SOL2015-06-22T18:23) in NOAA active region 12371, observed by RHESSI, Fermi, and the Atmospheric Image Assembly (AIA) and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Ju Jing , Rui Liu , Mark C. M. Cheung , Jeongwoo Lee , Yan Xu , Chang Liu , Chunming Zhu , Haimin Wang

We present a detailed multi-wavelength analysis and interpretation of the evolution of an M7.6 flare on October 24, 2003. The X-ray observations of the flare taken from the RHESSI spacecraft reveal two phases of the flare evolution. The…

Solar flares often display pulsating and oscillatory signatures in the emission, known as quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP). QPP are typically identified during the impulsive phase of flares, yet in some cases, their presence is detected late…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Laura A. Hayes , Peter T. Gallagher , Brian R. Dennis , Jack Ireland , Andrew Inglis , Diana E. Morosan

We investigate the plasma and magnetic environment of active region NOAA 11261 on 2 August 2011 around a GOES M1.4 flare/CME (SOL2011-08-02T06:19). We compare coronal emission at (extreme) ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, using SDO AIA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Julia K. Thalmann , Astrid M. Veronig , Yang Su

We study flare processes in the solar atmosphere using observational data for a M1-class flare of June 12, 2014, obtained by New Solar Telescope (NST/BBSO) and Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI/SDO). The main goal is to understand triggers…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 I. N. Sharykin , V. M. Sadykov , A. G. Kosovichev , S. Vargas-Dominguez , I. V. Zimovets

The solar flare on July 30, 2011 was of a modest X-ray class (M9.3), but it made a strong photospheric impact and produced a "sunquake," observed with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 I. N. Sharykin , A. G. Kosovichev

Where particle acceleration and plasma heating take place in relation to magnetic reconnection is a fundamental question for solar flares. We report analysis of an M7.7 flare on 2012 July 19 observed by SDO/AIA and RHESSI. Bi-directional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-04 Wei Liu , Qingrong Chen , Vahe' Petrosian

Solar filaments are cool and dense plasma structures suspended in the solar corona against gravity. We present observations of a quiescent filament eruption that occurs on 13 July 2015. The eruption is associated with a two-ribbon GOES B8.9…

The evolution of an X2.7 solar flare, that occurred in a complex $\beta\gamma\delta$ magnetic configuration region on 2003 November 3 is discussed utilizing a multi-wavelength data set. The very first signature of pre-flare coronal activity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bhuwan Joshi , P. K. Manoharan , Astrid M. Veronig , P. Pant , Kavita Pandey

This study on plasma heating considers the time-dependent ionization process during a large solar flare on September 10, 2017, observed by Hinode/EIS. The observed FeXXIV / FeXXIII ratios increase downstream of the reconnection outflow, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 S. Imada

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental mechanism through which energy stored in magnetic fields is released explosively on a massive scale, they could be presented as eruptive or confined flares, depending on their association with coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-21 Kanniah Balamuralikrishna , John Y. H. Soo , Norhaslinda Mohamed Tahrin , Abdul Halim Abdul Aziz

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 study the energy-release process in the confined X1.6 flare that occurred on 22 October 2014 in AR 12192. Magnetic-reconnection rates and reconnection fluxes are derived from three different data sets: space-based data from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-04 A. M. Veronig , W. Polanec

The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in a macroscale system are presented. Consistent with solar flare observations the spectra of energetic electrons take the form of power-laws that…

Recent observations in extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths reveal an EUV late phase in some solar flares, which is characterized by a second peak in the warm coronal emissions (about 3 MK) occurring several tens of minutes to a few hours…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Yuehong Chen , Yu Dai , Mingde Ding

We investigated the initiation and the evolution of an X7.1-class solar flare observed in solar active region NOAA 13842 on October 1, 2024, based on a data-constrained magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation. The nonlinear force-free field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-12 Keitarou Matsumoto , Satoshi Inoue , Nian Liu , Keiji Hayashi , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang

We study flare processes in the lower solar atmosphere using observational data for a M1-class flare of June 12, 2014, obtained by New Solar Telescope (NST/BBSO) and Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI/SDO). The main goal is to understand…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 I. N. Sharykin , V. M. Sadykov , A. G. Kosovichev , S. Vargas-Dominguez , I. V. Zimovets