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We discuss a high resolution (FWHM~ 0.45 arcsec) image of the emissive polarization from warm dust in the minispiral in the Galactic Centre and discuss the implications for the magnetic field in the dusty filaments. The image was obtained…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-01 P. F. Roche , E. Lopez-Rodriguez , C. M. Telesco , R. Schodel , C. Packham

For the first time, we have used RHESSI's spatial and energy resolution to determine the combined chromospheric and coronal density profile of the flaring solar atmosphere in a statistical manner, using a dataset of 838 flares observable in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Pascal Saint-Hilaire , Sam Krucker , Robert P. Lin

We investigate the thermal properties of a solar flare by the observations of soft X-ray Telescope (XRT) on board Hinode and the Atmospheric Image Assembly on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA). Our analysis reveals a tenuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 Xiaoyan Xie , Anna Chen , Crisel Suarez , Katharine K. Reeves , Soumya Roy , Christopher S. Moore , Nishu Karna , Joy Velasquez

We analyze high cadence high resolution observations of a C3.2 flare obtained by AIA/SDO on August 1, 2010. The flare is a long duration event with soft X-ray and EUV radiation lasting for over four hours. Analysis suggests that magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Jiong Qiu , Wen-Juan Liu , Dana W. Longcope

In this study we report detailed observations of magnetic environment at four footpoints of two warm coronal loops observed on 5 May 2016 in NOAA AR 12542 (Loop I) and 17 Dec 2015 in NOAA AR 12470 (Loop II). These loops were connecting a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-29 Seray Şahin , Vasyl Yurchyshyn , Pankaj Kumar , Ali Kilcik , Kwangsu Ahn , Xu Yang

A detailed analysis of a coronal loop oscillation event is presented, using data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) for the first time. The loop oscillation event occurred on 2010 Oct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Markus J. Aschwanden , Carolus J. Schrijver

We present high-resolution observations of a C4.1-class solar flare (SOL2023-05-03T20:53) in AR 13293 from the ViSP and VBI instruments at the DKIST. The fast cadence, good resolution, and high polarimetric sensitivity of ViSP data provide…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-10 Rahul Yadav , Maria D. Kazachenko , Andrey N. Afanasyev , Gianna Cauzzi , Kevin Reardon

Post-flare loops are loop-like plasmas observed during the decay phase of solar flares, and they are expected to exist for stellar flares. However, it is unclear how post-flare loops are observed in stellar flares' cases. To clarify…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-13 Takato Otsu , Ayumi Asai , Kai Ikuta , Kazunari Shibata

Using the H$\alpha$ observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope at Fuxian Solar Observatory, we focus on the fine structures of three confined flares and the issue why all the three flares are confined instead of eruptive. All the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Shuhong Yang , Jun Zhang , Yongyuan Xiang

The diagnostics of stellar flaring coronal loops have been so far largely based on the analysis of the decay phase. We derive new diagnostics from the analysis of the rise and peak phase of stellar flares. We release the assumption of full…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Reale

From 2014 October 19 to 27, six X-class flares occurred in super active region (AR) 12192. They were all confined flares and were not followed by coronal mass ejections (CMEs). To examine the structures of the four flares close to the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Jun Zhang , Ting Li , Huadong Chen

In this letter, we present a spectacular eruptive flare (X8.2) associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) on 2017 September 10 at the west limb of the Sun. A flux rope eruption is followed by the inflow, the formation of a current sheet…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-14 X. L. Yan , L. H. Yang , Z. K. Xue , Z. X. Mei , D. F. Kong , J. C. Wang , Q. L. Li

We study five sequential solar flares (SOL2015-08-07) occurring in Active Region 12396 observed with the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) at the BBSO, complemented by IRIS and SDO observations. The main flaring region is an arch filament system…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-19 Yingna Su , Rui Liu , Shangwei Li , Wenda Cao , Kwangsu Ahn , Haisheng Ji

Observations from the NASA Solar Dynamic Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly were employed to investigate targeted physical properties of coronal active region structures across the entirety of Solar Cycle 24 (dates). This is the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-19 Daniel Gordon Gass , Robert William Walsh

In this Letter, we investigate the long-duration quasi-static evolution of 12 pre-eruptive filaments (4 active region and 8 quiescent filaments), mainly focusing on the evolution of the filament height in three dimension (3D) and the decay…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-02 Chen Xing , Haochuan Li , Bei Jiang , Xin Cheng , M. D. Ding

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

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand and model the basic physical processes that control the structure and dynamics of the Sun and its atmosphere. The first-light DKIST images,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Mark P. Rast , Nazaret Bello González , Luis Bellot Rubio , Wenda Cao , Gianna Cauzzi , Edward DeLuca , Bart De Pontieu , Lyndsay Fletcher , Sarah E. Gibson , Philip G. Judge , Yukio Katsukawa , Maria D. Kazachenko , Elena Khomenko , Enrico Landi , Valentin Martínez Pillet , Gordon J. D. Petrie , Jiong Qiu , Laurel A. Rachmeler , Matthias Rempel , Wolfgang Schmidt , Eamon Scullion , Xudong Sun , Brian T. Welsch , Vincenzo Andretta , Patrick Antolin , Thomas R. Ayres , K. S. Balasubramaniam , Istvan Ballai , Thomas E. Berger , Stephen J. Bradshaw , Mats Carlsson , Roberto Casini , Rebecca Centeno , Steven R. Cranmer , Craig DeForest , Yuanyong Deng , Robertus Erdélyi , Viktor Fedun , Catherine E. Fischer , Sergio J. González Manrique , Michael Hahn , Louise Harra , Vasco M. J. Henriques , Neal E. Hurlburt , Sarah Jaeggli , Shahin Jafarzadeh , Rekha Jain , Stuart M. Jefferies , Peter H. Keys , Adam F. Kowalski , Christoph Kuckein , Jeffrey R. Kuhn , Jiajia Liu , Wei Liu , Dana Longcope , R. T. James McAteer , Scott W. McIntosh , David E. McKenzie , Mari Paz Miralles , Richard J. Morton , Karin Muglach , Chris J. Nelson , Navdeep K. Panesar , Susanna Parenti , Clare E. Parnell , Bala Poduval , Kevin P. Reardon , Jeffrey W. Reep , Thomas A. Schad , Donald Schmit , Rahul Sharma , Hector Socas-Navarro , Abhishek K. Srivastava , Alphonse C. Sterling , Yoshinori Suematsu , Lucas A. Tarr , Sanjiv Tiwari , Alexandra Tritschler , Gary Verth , Angelos Vourlidas , Haimin Wang , Yi-Ming Wang , NSO , DKIST project , DKIST instrument scientists , the DKIST Science Working Group , the DKIST Critical Science Plan Community

Red-shifted components of chromospheric emission lines in the hard X-ray impulsive phase of solar flares have recently been studied through their 30 s evolution with the high resolution of IRIS. Radiative-hydrodynamic flare models show that…

We report observations of white-light ejecta in the low corona, for two X-class flares on the 2013 May 13, using data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. At least two distinct kinds of sources…

We present a detailed analysis of a C9.3 white-light flare using high-resolution observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope (NVST). The flare occurred near the eastern solar limb on September 11, 2023, within NOAA AR 13431, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Zhe Xu , Xiaoli Yan , Zhentong Li , Liheng Yang , Zhike Xue , Jincheng Wang , Yian Zhou