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Reconnection between pairs of solar magnetic flux elements, one open and the other a closed loop, is theorised to be a crucial process for both maintaining the structure of the corona and producing the solar wind. This 'interchange…

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Solar X-ray jets are evidently made by a burst of reconnection of closed magnetic field in a jet's base with ambient "open" field (1,2). In the widely-accepted version of the "emerging-flux" model, that reconnection occurs at a current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-10 Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore , David A. Falconer , Mitzi Adams

Non-thermal particle acceleration in the solar corona is evident from both remote hard X-ray (HXR) sources in the chromosphere and direct in-situ detection in the heliosphere. Correlation of spectral indices between remote and in-situ…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-27 Ross Pallister , Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Morgan Stores

The present spectroscopic study of the ultraviolet coronal emission in a polar hole, detected on April 6-9, 1996 with the Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer aboard the SOHO spacecraft, identifies the inter-plume lanes and background…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Giordano , E. Antonucci , G. Noci , M. Romoli , J. L. Kohl

The aim of the thesis is the study of properties of solar flares via reconstruction of energy distributions of accelerated/heated electrons, diagnostics of flare plasma based on EUV and X-ray observations, as well as the estimation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 Galina G. Motorina

Intense solar energetic particle (SEP) events data, associated with ground level enhancements (GLEs), occurred during 1989 to 2006 have been obtained from the spectrometers on board GOES spacecraft in the energy range 10-100 MeV. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 P. K. Manoharan , G. Agalya

Properties of the solar radio spectrum, as well as the temporal profiles of flare emission, indicate the thermal nature of the sub-terahertz (sub-THz) component observed as the growth of radio emission in the frequency range of 100-1000…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 G. G. Motorina , Yu. T. Tsap , V. V. Smirnova , A. S. Morgachev , A. D. Shramko , A. S. Motorin

We report a solar jet phenomenon associated with the C5.4 class flare on 2014 November 11. The data of jet was provided by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard Hinode, Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Takahito Sakaue , Akiko Tei , Ayumi Asai , Satoru Ueno , Kiyoshi Ichimoto , Kazunari Shibata

Particle acceleration in solar flares remains an outstanding problem in solar physics. It is yet unclear which of the acceleration mechanisms dominates and how exactly is the excessive magnetic energy transferred to the nonthermal and other…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Alexander T. Altyntsev , Nataliia S. Meshalkina , Alexandra L. Lysenko , Gregory D. Fleishman

Observations with {\em RHESSI} have enabled the detailed study of the structure of dense hard X-ray coronal sources in solar flares. The variation of source extent with electron energy has been discussed in the context of streaming of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Eduard P. Kontar , Nicolas H. Bian , A. Gordon Emslie

We investigate the sequence of events leading to the solar X1 flare SOL2014-03-29T17:48. Because of the unprecedented joint observations of an X-flare with the ground-based Dunn Solar Telescope and the spacecraft IRIS, Hinode, RHESSI,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Lucia Kleint , Marina Battaglia , Kevin Reardon , Alberto Sainz Dalda , Peter R. Young , Säm Krucker

Mini-filament eruptions are one of the most common small-scale transients in the solar atmosphere. However, their eruption mechanisms are still not understood thoroughly. Here, with a combination of 174 A images of high spatio-temporal…

We present the multi-point and multi-wavelength observation and analysis on a solar coronal jet and coronal mass ejection (CME) event in this paper. Employing the GCS model, we obtained the real (three-dimensional) heliocentric distance and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-20 Jiajia Liu , Yuming Wang , Chenglong Shen , Kai Liu , Zonghao Pan , S. Wang

We investigated in detail the M5.8 class solar flare that occurred on 2023-03-06. This flare was one of the first strong flares observed by the Siberian Radioheliograph in the microwave range and the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-30 Alexey Kuznetsov , Zhao Wu , Sergey Anfinogentov , Yang Su , Yao Chen

Solar flares are accompanied by an enhanced emission of electromagnetic waves from the radio up to the gamma-ray range. The associated hard X-ray (HXR) and microwave radiation is generated by energetic electrons, which carry a substantial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-19 G. Mann , A. M. Veronig , F. Schuller

Recent detection of superflares on solar-type stars by Kepler mission raised a possibility that they can be associated with energetic coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and energetic particle events (SEPs). These space weather events can impact…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 Shuai Fu , Yong Jiang , Vladimir Airapetian , Junxiang Hu , Gang Li , Gary Zank

Recent observations and simulations indicate that solar flares undergo extremely complex three-dimensional (3D) evolution, making 3D particle transport models essential for understanding electron acceleration and interpreting flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Xiaocan Li , Chengcai Shen , Xiaoyan Xie , Fan Guo , Bin Chen , Ivan Oparin , Yuqian Wei , Sijie Yu , Jeongbhin Seo

In order to study the acceleration and propagation of bremsstrahlung-producing electrons in solar flares, we analyze the evolution of the flare loop size with respect to energy at a variety of times. A GOES M3.7 loop-structured flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jingnan Guo , A. Gordon Emslie , Eduard P. Kontar , Federico Benvenuto , Anna Maria Massone , Michele Piana

Impulsive solar energetic electrons are often observed in the interplanetary space near the Earth and have an attractive diagnostic potential for poorly understood solar flare acceleration processes. We investigate the transport of solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. P. Kontar , H. A. S. Reid

We present an analysis of soft X-ray (SXR) and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) observations of solar flares with an approximate C8 GOES class. Our constraint on peak GOES SXR flux allows for the investigation of correlations between various flare…

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