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X-ray observations are a direct diagnostic of fast electrons produced in solar flares, energized during the energy release process and directed towards the Sun. Since the properties of accelerated electrons can be substantially changed…

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We analyzed the soft X-ray light curves from the {\sl Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)} over the last 37 years (1975-2011) and measured with an automated flare detection algorithm over 300,000 solar flare events…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-18 Markus J. Aschwanden , Samuel L. Freeland

We compare time variations of the H$\alpha$ and X-ray emissions observed during the pre-impulsive and impulsive phases of the C1.1-class solar flare on 21 June 2013 with those of plasma parameters and synthesized X-ray emission from a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 R. Falewicz , K. Radziszewski , P. Rudawy , A. Berlicki

Based on a sample of 1114 flares observed simultaneously in hard X-rays (HXR) by the BATSE instrument and in soft X-rays (SXR) by GOES, we studied several aspects of the Neupert effect and its interpretation in the frame of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Veronig , B. Vrsnak , B. R. Dennis , M. Temmer , A. Hanslmeier , J. Magdalenic

We report the observation of an unusual cold, tenuous solar flare, which reveals itself via numerous and prominent non-thermal manifestations, while lacking any noticeable thermal emission signature. RHESSI hard X-rays and 0.1-18 GHz radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Gregory D. Fleishman , Eduard P. Kontar , Gelu M. Nita , Dale E. Gary

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

Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. In the case of solar flares, it has been established that magnetic reconnection…

We investigated the response of the solar atmosphere to non-thermal electron beam heating using the radiative transfer and hydrodynamics modelling code RADYN. The temporal evolution of the parameters that describe the non-thermal electron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Michael B. Kennedy , Ryan O. Milligan , Joel C. Allred , Mihalis Mathioudakis , Francis P. Keenan

Using RHESSI data, we have analyzed some 172 hard X-ray peaks during 53 solar flares which exhibited a double-footpoint structure. Fitting both footpoints with power-laws, we find that spectral index differences range mostly between 0 to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-25 Pascal Saint-Hilaire , Sam Krucker , Robert P. Lin

We investigate two microflares of GOES classes A9 and C1 (after background subtraction) observed by STIX onboard Solar Orbiter with exceptionally strong nonthermal emission. We complement the hard X-ray imaging and spectral analysis by STIX…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 Jonas Saqri , Astrid M. Veronig , Andrea Francesco Battaglia , Ewan C. M. Dickson , Dale E. Gary , Säm Krucker

Significant improvements in our understanding of nuclear $\gamma$-ray line production and instrument performance allow us to better characterize the continuum emission from electrons at energies $\gtrsim$ 300 keV during solar flares. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-25 Gerald H. Share , Ronald J. Murphy , Brian R. Dennis , Justin D. Finke

We investigate gamma-ray emission in the impulsive phase of solar flares and the detectability of non-thermal signatures from protostellar flares. Energetic solar flares emit high-energy gamma rays of GeV energies, but their production…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Shigeo S. Kimura , Shinsuke Takasao , Kengo Tomida

X-ray observations provide important and valuable insights into the acceleration and propagation of nonthermal electrons during solar flares. Improved X-ray spectral analysis requires a deeper understanding of the dynamics of energetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Yingjie Luo , Eduard P. Kontar , Debesh Bhattacharjee

Understanding nonthermal particle generation, transport, and escape in solar flares requires detailed quantification of the particle evolution in the realistic 3D domain where the flare takes place. Rather surprisingly, apart of standard…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Gregory D. Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Natsuha Kuroda , Sabina Jia , Kevin Tong , Richard R. Wen , Zhou Zhizhuo

Solar flares are sudden energy release events in the solar corona, resulting from magnetic reconnection, that accelerates particles and heats the ambient plasma. During a flare, there are often multiple, temporally and spatially separated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Rohit Sharma , Marina Battaglia , Yingjie Luo , Bin Chen , Sijie Yu

The black hole binary GS 2023+338 exhibited an unprecedently bright outburst on June 2015. Since June 17th, the high energy instruments on board INTEGRAL detected an extremely variable emission during both bright and low luminosity phases,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-08 Lorenzo Natalucci , Mariateresa Fiocchi , Angela Bazzano , Pietro Ubertini , Jean-Pierre Roques , Elisabeth Jourdain

The detailed knowledge of plasma heating and acceleration region properties presents a major observational challenge in solar flare physics. Using the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), the high temperature differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Natasha Jeffrey , Eduard Kontar , Brian Dennis

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 Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopy Imager (RHESSI) has obtained the first high-resolution measurements of nuclear de-excitation lines produced by energetic ions accelerated in a solar flare, a GOES X4.8 event occurring on 23…

The presence of flare related acoustic emission (sunquakes) in some flares represents a severe challenge to our current understanding of flare energy transport processes. We present a comparison of new spectral observations from Hinode's…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Sarah A. Matthews , Louise K. Harra , Sergei Zharkov , Lucie M. Green