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Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process converting magnetic energy into not only plasma energy but also particle energy in various astrophysical phenomena. In this letter, we show a unique dataset of a solar flare where…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-12 Lei Lu , Li Feng , Alexander Warmuth , Astrid M. Veronig , Jing Huang , Siming Liu , Weiqun Gan , Zongjun Ning , Beili Ying , Guannan Gao

In the paper by B\'arta et al. (arXive:astro-ph:/1011.4035, 2010) the authors addressed some open questions of the CSHKP scenario of solar flares by means of high-resolution MHD simulations. They focused, in particular, on the problem of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-17 Miroslav Bárta , Jörg Büchner , Marian Karlický , Pavel Kotrc

Solar flares occur due to the sudden release of energy stored in active-region magnetic fields. To date, the pre-cursors to flaring are still not fully understood, although there is evidence that flaring is related to changes in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Sophie A. Murray , D. Shaun Bloomfield , Peter T. Gallagher

We attempt to model magnetic reconnection during the two-ribbon flare in the gravitationally stratified solar atmosphere with the Lundquist number of $S=10^6$ using 2D simulations. We found that the tearing mode instability leads to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 Yining Zhang , Jing Ye , Zhixing Mei , Yan Li , Jun Lin

We present new results from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph showing the dynamic evolution of chromospheric evaporation and condensation in a flare ribbon, with the highest temporal and spatial resolution to date. IRIS observed the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 D. R. Graham , G. Cauzzi

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plasma turbulence is believed to play a vital role in the production of energetic electrons during solar flares and the non-thermal broadening of spectral lines is a key sign of this turbulence. Here, we determine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Morgan Stores , Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Eduard P. Kontar

Flare ribbons serve as chromospheric footprints of energy deposition resulting from particle acceleration during magnetic reconnection. Their fine-scale structure provides a valuable tool for probing the dynamics of the flare reconnection…

In this paper we study the scaling relations for the triggering of the fast, or "ideal", tearing instability starting from equilibrium configurations relevant to astrophysical as well as laboratory plasmas that differ from the simple Harris…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 Fulvia Pucci , Marco Velli , Anna Tenerani , Daniele Del Sarto

We develop the impulsiveness index, a new classification system for solar flares using the SDO/EVE 304 {\AA} Sun-as-a-star light curves. Impulsiveness classifies events based on the duration and intensity of the initial high-energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-06 Cole A Tamburri , Maria D Kazachenko , Adam F Kowalski

We investigate the influence of background shear flow on linear resistive tearing instabilities with Joule heating for two compressible plasma slab configurations: a Harris current sheet and a force-free, shearing magnetic field that varies…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Jordi De Jonghe , Rony Keppens

Current sheet is a common structure involved in solar eruptions. However, it is observed in minority of the events and the physical properties of its fine structures during a solar eruption are rarely investigated. Here, we report an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-30 Zhenyong Hou , Hui Tian , Maria S. Madjarska , Hechao Chen , Tanmoy Samanta , Xianyong Bai , Zhentong Li , Yang Su , Wei Chen , Yuanyong Deng

In this article, we measure the mean magnetic shear from the morphological evolution of flare ribbons, and examine the evolution of flare thermal and non-thermal X-ray emissions during the progress of flare reconnection. We analyze three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Jiong Qiu , Jianxia Cheng

The recent observations of Singh et al. (2012) have shown multiple plasma ejections and the intermittent nature of magnetic reconnection in the solar chromosphere, highlighting the need for fast reconnection to occur in highly collisional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 K. A. P. Singh , Andrew Hillier , H. Isobe , K. Shibata

In this paper, we investigate the possibility of transient growth in the linear perturbation of current sheets. The resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) operator for a background field consisting of a current sheet is non-normal, meaning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 David MacTaggart , Peter Stewart

Combined tearing-thermal evolution plays an important role in the disruption of current sheets, and formation of cool condensations within the solar atmosphere. However, this has received limited attention to date. We numerically explore a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-18 Samrat Sen , Jack Jenkins , Rony Keppens

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…

Context. Since the mechanism of energy release from solar flares is still not fully understood, the study of fine-scale features developing during flares becomes important for progressing towards a consistent picture of the essential…

It is well known that the nonlinear evolution of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence generates current sheets. In the solar wind turbulence, current sheets are frequently observed and they are believed to be an important pathway for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-19 Chen Shi , Marco Velli , Nikos Sioulas , Zijin Zhang

We report a detailed examination of the fine structure inside flare ribbons and the temporal evolution of this fine structure during the X2.5 solar flare that occurred on 2004 November 10. We examine elementary bursts of the C IV…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-29 N. Nishizuka , A. Asai , H. Takasaki , H. Kurokawa , K. Shibata