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We present temporal variations of the Si IV line profiles at the flare ribbons in three solar flares observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). In the M1.1 flare on 2014 September 6 and the X1.6 flare on 2014 September…

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We report on the spectral features of the Si IV 1402.77 \AA, C II 1334.53 \AA, and Mg II h or k lines, formed in the layers from the transition region to the chromosphere, in three two-ribbon flares (with X-, M-, and C-class) observed with…

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Recent high-cadence flare campaigns by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have offered new opportunities to study rapid processes characteristic of flare energy release, transport, and deposition. Here, we examine high-cadence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-16 Juraj Lörinčík , Vanessa Polito , Graham S. Kerr , Laura A. Hayes , Alexander J. B. Russell

Solar spectra of ultraviolet bursts and flare ribbons from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) have suggested high electron densities of $>10^{12}$ cm$^{-3}$ at transition region temperatures of 0.1 MK, based on large intensity…

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On April 18, 2014 (SOL2014-04-18T13:03) an M-class flare was observed by IRIS. The associated flare ribbon contained a quasi-periodic sawtooth pattern that was observed to propagate along the ribbon, perpendicular to the IRIS spectral slit,…

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Here we present the study of a compact emission source during an X1.3 flare on 2022-March-30. Within a $\sim41$~s period (17:34:48 UT to 17:35:29 UT), IRIS observations show spectral lines of Mg II, C II and Si IV with extremely broadened,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Yan Xu , Graham S. Kerr , Vanessa Polito , Nengyi Huang , Ju Jing , Haimin Wang

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…

We present multi-wavelength observations of an M-class flare (M3.9) that occurred on 2014 June 11. Our observations were conducted with the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST), adaptive optics, the multi-camera system ROSA (Rapid Oscillations in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 Damian J. Christian , David Kuridze , David B. Jess , Menoa Yousefi , Mihalis Mathioudakis

We present imaging and spectroscopic observations from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) of the evolution of the flare ribbon in the SOL2014-04-18T13:03 M-class flare event, at high spatial resolution and time cadence. These…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 S. R. Brannon , D. W. Longcope , J. Qiu

The flare ribbon and an associated filament eruption are diagnosed using O iv 1401.16 A, Si iv 1402.77 A, and Mg ii k 2796.35 A spectral lines provided by IRIS. The flare ribbons have downflow (redshifts) in all these lines, and this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-06 B. Suresh Babu , Pradeep Kayshap , Sharad C Tripathi

We present observations of distinct UV spectral properties at different locations during an atypical X-shaped flare (SOL2014-11-09T15:32) observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). In this flare, four chromospheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 Y. Li , M. Kelly , M. D. Ding , J. Qiu , X. S. Zhu , W. Q. Gan

Dynamics of hot chromospheric plasma of solar flares is a key to understanding of mechanisms of flare energy release and particle acceleration. A moderate M1.0 class flare of 12 June, 2014 (SOL2014-06-12T21:12) was simultaneously observed…

Context. QPPs are usually detected as spatial displacements of coronal loops in imaging observations or as periodic shifts of line properties in spectroscopic observations. They are often applied for remote diagnostics of magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-26 D. Li , D. Yuan , Y. N. Su , Q. M. Zhang , W. Su , Z. J. Ning

The bulk of the radiative output of a solar flare is emitted from the chromosphere, which produces enhancements in the optical and UV continuum, and in many lines, both optically thick and thin. We have, until very recently, lacked…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 Graham S. Kerr , Paulo J. A. Simões , Jiong Qiu , Lyndsay Fletcher

Using a new type of oscillation map, made from the radio spectra by the wavelet technique, we study the 18 April 2014 M7.3 flare (SOL2014-04-18T13:03:00L245C017). We find a quasi-periodic character of this flare with periods in the range…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 M. Karlicky , J. Rybak , C. Monstein

We have carried out the first comprehensive investigation of enhanced line emission from molecular hydrogen, H$_{2}$ at 1333.79 {\AA}, observed at flare ribbons in SOL2014-04-18T13:03. The cool H$_{2}$ emission is known to be fluorescently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 Sargam M. Mulay , Lyndsay Fletcher

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

We present the study of the X2-class flare which occurred on the 27 October 2014 and was observed with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode satellite. Thanks to the high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 V. Polito , J. W. Reep , K. K. Reeves , P. J. A. Simões , J. Dudík , G. Del Zanna , H. E. Mason , L. Golub

We explore the Quasi-Periodic Pulsations (QPPs) in a solar flare observed by Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

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