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In some flares the thermal component appears much earlier than the nonthermal component in X-ray range. Using sensitive microwave observations we revisit this finding made by Battaglia et al. (2009) based on RHESSI data analysis. We have…

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Using {\em RHESSI} hard X-ray imaging spectroscopy observations, we analyze electron flux maps for a number of extended coronal loop flares. For each event, we fit a collisional model with an extended acceleration region to the observed…

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

The physical scenario responsible for gamma-ray flaring activity and its location for Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars is still debated. The study of the statistical distribution of waiting-times between flares (the time intervals between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 Luigi Pacciani

The prompt emission of Gamma Ray Bursts extends from the early pulses observed in gamma-rays (>15 keV) to very late flares of X-ray photons (0.3-10 keV). The duration of prompt gamma-ray pulses is rather constant while the width of X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-01 A. Pescalli , M. Ronchi , G. Ghirlanda , G. Ghisellini

The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectrocopy Imager (RHESSI) $\gamma$-ray observations of the extraordinary GOES X25 flare SOL2003-10-28T11:10 are revisited to investigate previously reported conclusions that flare-accelerated electrons…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-05 Andrea Francesco Battaglia , Säm Krucker

The excess broadening of high-temperature spectral lines, long observed near the tops of flare arcades, is widely considered to result from magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. According to different theories, plasma turbulence is also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-18 William Ashfield , Vanessa Polito , Sijie Yu , Hannah Collier , Laura Hayes

We analyse the observational characteristics for a set of Long Duration Events (LDE) using Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). Excellent energy resolution (1 keV) of HXR images reconstructed with RHESSI allowed us…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Tomasz Mrozek , Zbigniew Koltun , Sylwester Kolomanski , Urszula Bak-Steslicka

Open-shutter RHESSI observations of 3-15 keV X-rays are found to exhibit active region transient brightenings and microflares at a rate of at least 10 per hour occurring even during the periods of lowest solar activity so far in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. O. Benz , P. Grigis

We report multi-wavelength observations of four solar flares on 2014 July 07. We firstly select these flares according to the soft X-ray (SXR) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) emissions recorded by the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Dong Li , Alexander Warmuth , Lei Lu , Zongjun Ning

Solar flares are powerful particle accelerators, and in the accepted standard flare model most of the flare energy is transported from a coronal energy-release region by accelerated electrons which stop collisionally in the chromosphere,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-18 Paulo J. A. Simões , Lyndsay Fletcher , Hugh S. Hudson , Graham S. Kerr , Matt Penn , Karla F. Lopez

A popular scenario for electron acceleration in solar flares is transit-time damping of low-frequency MHD waves excited by reconnection and its outflows. The scenario requires several processes in sequence to yield energetic electrons of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arnold O. Benz , Pascal Saint-Hilaire

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

The preflare phase of the flare SOL2011-08-09T03:52 is unique in its long duration, its coverage by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) and the Nobeyama Radioheliograph, and the presence of three well-developed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-18 A. O. Benz , M. Battaglia , M. Guedel

The spatial and spectral properties of three solar flare coronal X-ray loops are studied before, during and after the peak X-ray emission. Using observations from the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), we deduce the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Natasha L. S. Jeffrey , Eduard P. Kontar

Hard x-ray spectral breaks are explained in terms of a 1D model with a co-spatial return current. We study 19 flares observed by RHESSI (Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) with strong spectral breaks at energies around a few…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-08 Meriem Alaoui , Gordon Holman

We analyze and model an M8.0 flare on 2005 May 13 observed by TRACE and RHESSI to determine the energy release rate from magnetic reconnection that forms and heats numerous flare loops. The flare exhibits two ribbons in UV 1600 {\AA}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-25 Wen-Juan Liu , Jiong Qiu , Dana W. Longcope , Amir Caspi

We report on the $\gamma$-ray emission above 100~MeV from the GOES M3.3 flare SOL2012-06-03. The hard X-ray (HXR) and microwave emissions have typical time profiles with a fast rise to a well-defined peak followed by a slower decay. The…

Particle acceleration is one of the most significant features that are ubiquitous among space and cosmic plasmas. It is most prominent during flares in the case of the Sun, with which huge amount of electromagnetic radiation and high-energy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-15 Noriyuki Narukage , Masumi Shimojo , Taro Sakao

In this study we present the analysis of six solar flare events that occurred in 2022, using new data from the third-generation Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS), also known as the Dual-zone Aperture X-ray Solar Spectrometer…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 Anant Telikicherla , Thomas N. Woods , Bennet D. Schwab

Context: Solar flare hard X-rays (HXRs) are thought to be produced by nonthermal coronal electrons stopping in the chromosphere, or remaining trapped in the corona. The collisional thick target model (CTTM) predicts that sources produced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. O'Flannagain , P. Gallagher , J. Brown , R. Milligan , G. Holman