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Solar flares are known to release a large amount of energy into accelerating electrons. Studying small timescale ($\leq$ 2s) fluctuations in nonthermal X-ray flux offers the opportunity to probe the nature of those acceleration mechanisms.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Trevor Knuth , Lindsay Glesener

We investigate spectral evolution in 37 bright, long gamma-ray bursts observed with the BATSE Spectroscopy Detectors. High resolution spectra are characterized by the energy of the peak of \nfn~and the evolution of this quantity is examined…

The Mg II k \& h line intensity ratios can be used to probe the characteristics of the plasma in the solar atmosphere. In this study, using the observations recorded by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), we study the…

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The statistical characteristic of stellar flares at optical bands has received an extensive study, but it remains to be studied at soft X-ray bands, in particular for solar-type stars. Here, we present a statistical study of soft X-ray…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-19 Zhanhao Zhao , Ziqian Hua , Xin Cheng , Zhiyuan Li , Mingde Ding

It is well known among the scientific community that solar flare activity often begins well before the main impulsive energy release. Our aim is to investigate the earliest phase of four distinct flares observed by Solar Orbiter/STIX and…

Employing a sample presented by Kaneko et al. (2006) and Kocevski et al. (2003), we select 42 individual tracking pulses (here we defined tracking as the cases in which the hardness follows the same pattern as the flux or count rate time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Z. Y. Peng , L. Ma , R. J. Lu , L. M. Fang , Y. Y. Bao , Y. Yin

We analyze here variations of the position and the vertical extent of the energy deposition layer (EDL) inthe C1.6 GOES-class solar flare observed at 10:20 UT on 2012 September 10. The variations of the EDL arecontrasted with the variations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 Krzysztof Radziszewski , Robert Falewicz , Pawel Rudawy

We study the evolution of chromospheric line and continuum emission during the impulsive phase of the X-class SOL2014-09-10T17:45 solar flare. We extend previous analyses of this flare to multiple chromospheric lines of Fe I, Fe II, Mg II,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 David R. Graham , Gianna Cauzzi , Luca Zangrilli , Adam Kowalski , Paulo Simões , Joel Allred

The large (X-ray class > M1) and very large (X-ray class >X1) flares (according to the observations of GOES-15 and Preliminary data from Current Catalog of Flare Events) in solar activity cycle 24 were analyzed. The monthly average values…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 E. A. Bruevich , T. V. Kazachevskaya , G. V. Yakunina

There are relatively few observations of UV emission during the impulsive phases of solar flares, so the nature of that emission is poorly known. Photons produced by solar flares can resonantly scatter off atoms and ions in the corona.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 H. Johnson , J. C. Raymond , N. A. Murphy , S. Giordano , Y. -K. Ko , A. Ciaravella , R. Suleiman

In this paper, we discuss the temperature distribution and evolution of a microflare, simultaneously observed by Hinode XRT, EIS, and SDO AIA. We find using EIS lines that during peak emission the distribution is nearly isothermal and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Urmila Mitra-Kraev , Giulio Del Zanna

A multi-wavelength spatial and temporal analysis of solar high energy electrons is conducted using the August 20, 2002 flare of an unusually flat (gamma=1.8) hard X-ray spectrum. The flare is studied using RHESSI, Halpha, radio, TRACE, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Kasparova , M. Karlicky , E. P. Kontar , R. A. Schwartz , B. R. Dennis

We probe the spectral hardening of solar flares emission in view of associated solar proton events (SEPs) at earth and coronal mass ejection (CME) acceleration as a consequence. In this investigation we undertake 60 SEPs of the Solar Cycle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-22 Sharad C Tripathi , Parvaiz A Khan , Aslam A M , A K Gwal , P K Purohit , Rajmal Jain

In this paper, we analyze hard X-ray spikes observed by RHESSI to understand their temporal, spectral, and spatial properties. A recently developed demodulation code was applied to hard X-ray light curves in several energy bands observed by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. Qiu , J. X. Cheng , G. J. Hurford , Y. Xu , H. Wang

Solar flare hard X-ray spectra from RHESSI are normally interpreted in terms of purely collisional electron beam propagation, ignoring spatial evolution and collective effects. In this paper we present self-consistent numerical simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 I. G. Hannah , E. P. Kontar , O. K. Sirenko

Solar flares are widely accepted to be powered by magnetic reconnection that involves complex dynamics in various scales. The flare supra-arcade and loop-top region, directly impacted by fast reconnection downflows, contains a wealth of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Tingyu Gou , Katharine K. Reeves

The GOES X1.5 class flare that occurred on August 30,2002 at 1327:30 UT is one of the few events detected so far at submillimeter wavelengths. We present a detailed analysis of this flare combining radio observations from 1.5 to 212 GHz (an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 C. G. Gimenez de Castro , G. Trottet , A. Silva-Valio , S. Krucker , J. E. R. Costa , P. Kaufmann , E. Correia , H. Levato

We present X-ray imaging and spectral analysis of all microflares the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) observed between March 2002 and March 2007, a total of 25,705 events. These microflares are small flares,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-28 I. G. Hannah , S. Christe , S. Krucker , G. J. Hurford , H. S. Hudson , R. P. Lin

Here we present the results of the study of the north-south (N-S) distribution and asymmetry of GOES soft X-ray (SXR) flares during solar cycle 24. The period of study includes ascending, maximum and descending phases of the cycle. During…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-15 Anita Joshi , Ramesh Chandra

Microflares are energetically smaller versions of solar flares, demonstrating the same processes of plasma heating and particle acceleration. However, it remains unclear down to what energy scales this impulsive energy release continues,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Kristopher Cooper , Iain G. Hannah , Lindsay Glesener , Brian W. Grefenstette