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Magnetic reconnection is a universal process that powers explosive energy release events such as solar flares, geomagnetic substorms, and some astrophysical jets. A characteristic feature of magnetic reconnection is the production of fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-15 Chengcai Shen , Bin Chen , Katharine K. Reeves , Sijie Yu , Vanessa Polito , Xiaoyan Xie

Perhaps the most compelling evidence for the role of magnetic reconnection in solar flares comes from the supra-arcade downflows that have been observed above many post-flare loop arcades. These downflows are thought to be related to highly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Harry P. Warren , Casey M. O'Brien , Neil R. Sheeley

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) and supra-arcade downflowing loops (SADLs) descending from reconnection regions toward solar post-flare arcades seem to be two different observational signatures of retracting, isolated reconnected flux tubes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-09 Silvina E. Guidoni

This paper investigates the temporal evolution of temperature, emission measure, energy loss and velocity in a C-class solar flare from both an observational and theoretical perspective. The properties of the flare were derived by following…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Claire L. Raftery , Peter T. Gallagher , Ryan O. Milligan , James A. Klimchuk

Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are sunward, generally dark, plasma density depletions originated above posteruption flare arcades. In this paper using 3D MHD simulations we investigate if the SAD cavities can be produced by a direct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 M. Cécere , E. Zurbriggen , A. Costa , M. Schneiter

Stellar flares are characterized by sudden enhancement of electromagnetic radiation from the atmospheres of stars. Compared to their solar counterparts, our knowledge on the coronal plasma dynamics of stellar flares and their connection to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Hechao Chen , Hui Tian , Hao Li , Jianguo Wang , Hongpeng Lu , Yu Xu , Zhenyong Hou , Yuchuan Wu

Solar flare above-the-loop-top (ALT) regions are vital for understanding solar eruptions and fundamental processes in plasma physics. Recent advances in 3D MHD simulations have revealed unprecedented details on turbulent flows and MHD…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 Xiaoyan Xie , Chengcai Shen , Katharine Reeves , Bin Chen , Xiaocan Li , Fan Guo , Sijie Yu , Yuqian Wei , Chuanfei Dong

After recent AIA observations by Savage, McKenzie and Reeves we revisit the scenario proposed by us in previous papers. We have shown that sunward, generally dark plasma features originated above posteruption flare arcades are consistent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Cécere , M. Schneiter , A. Costa , S. Elaskar , S. Maglione

In this paper, we analyze the high-resolution UV spectra for a C1.7 solar flare (SOL2017-09-09T06:51) observed by the \textit{Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph} (\textit{IRIS}). {We focus on the spectroscopic observations at the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Yi-An Zhou , Y. Li , M. D. Ding , Jie Hong , Ke Yu

The origin of the slow solar wind is still an open issue. It has been suggested that upflows at the edge of active regions (AR) can contribute to the slow solar wind. Here, we compared the upflow region and the AR core and studied how the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Krzysztof Barczynski , Louise Harra , Lucia Kleint , Brandon Panos , David H. Brooks

We detect rapid downflows of 150-217 km/s in IRIS Si IV 1402.77 nm measurements of an X9-class solar flare on 2024 October 3rd. The fast redshift values persist for over 15 minutes from flare onset, and can be split into two distinct stages…

Observations of solar flares at sub-THz frequencies (mm and sub-mm wavelengths) over the last two decades often show a spectral component rising with frequency. Unlike a typical gyrosynchrotron spectrum decreasing with frequency, or a weak…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-05 E. P. Kontar , G. G. Motorina , N. L. S. Jeffrey , Y. T. Tsap , G. D. Fleishman , A. V. Stepanov

Solar flares are widely accepted to be powered by magnetic reconnection that involves complex dynamics in various scales. The flare supra-arcade and loop-top region, directly impacted by fast reconnection downflows, contains a wealth of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Tingyu Gou , Katharine K. Reeves

Solar flares are 3D phenomenon but modelling a flare in 3D, including many of the important processes in the chromosphere, is a computational challenge. Accurately modelling the chromosphere is important, even if the transition region and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Graham S. Kerr , Joel C. Allred , Vanessa Polito

In the standard model, magnetic reconnection at a vertical current sheet above the flare arcade is key to explaining many aspects of solar eruptions. The supra-arcade region is where the vertical current sheet is supposedly located, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Hanya Pan , Astrid M. Veronig , Rui Liu

The energy that heats the magnetically closed solar corona originates in the complex motions of the massive photosphere. Turbulent photospheric convection slowly displaces the footpoints of coronal field lines, causing them to become…

Solar flares result from the rapid conversion of stored magnetic energy within the Sun's corona. These energy releases are associated with coronal magnetic loops, which are rooted in dense photospheric plasma and are passively transported…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-28 M. Berretti , S. Mestici , L. Giovannelli , D. Del Moro , M. Stangalini , F. Giannattasio , F. Berrilli

Solar flare ribbon fronts appear ahead of the bright structures that normally characterise solar flares, and can persist for an extended period of time in spatially localised patches before transitioning to `regular' bright ribbons. They…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 Graham S. Kerr , Vanessa Polito , Yan Xu , Joel C. Allred

Solar flares are one of the main forces behind space weather events. However the mechanism that drives such energetic phenomena is not fully understood. The standard eruptive flare model predicts that magnetic reconnection occurs high in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Imada , K. Aoki , H. Hara , T. Watanabe , L. K. Harra , T. Shimizu

Upflows and downflows at active region (AR) boundaries have been frequently observed with spectroscopic observations at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) passbands. In this paper, we report the coexistence of upflows and downflows at the AR…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Yuchuan Wu , Zhenyong Hou , Wenxian Li , Xianyong Bai , Yongliang Song , Xiao Yang , Ziyao Hu , Yuanyong Deng , Kaifan Ji