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We report the detection of emission from a non-thermal electron distribution in a small solar microflare (GOES class A5.7) observed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), with supporting observation by the Reuven Ramaty High…

The study of the hard (E>10 keV) energy spectra of X-ray binary pulsars can give a wealth of information on the physical processes that occur close to the neutron star surface. Extreme matter regimes are probed, and precious information on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mauro Orlandini

The aim of this paper is to investigate the spatial structure of the impulsive phase hard X-ray emission from solar flares. This work is motivated by the YOHKOH and the forthcoming HESSI observations. Summarizing past results, it is shown…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vahe Petrosian , Timothy Q. Donaghy

We present an overview of solar flares and associated phenomena, drawing upon a wide range of observational data primarily from the RHESSI era. Following an introductory discussion and overview of the status of observational capabilities,…

Solar hard X-ray observations provide diagnostics of the hottest plasmas and of nonthermal electron populations present during solar flares and coronal mass ejections. HXR images of specific energy ranges often contain overlapping…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-14 Muriel Zoë Stiefel , Paolo Massa , Alessia Guidetti , Marina Battaglia , Säm Krucker

We present analyses of the spatial and spectral evolution of hard X-ray emission observed by {\it RHESSI} during the impulsive phase of an M1.7 flare on 2003 November 13. In general, as expected, the loop top (LT) source dominates at low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Wei Liu , Siming Liu , Yan Wei Jiang , Vahe' Petrosian

Regularized imaging spectroscopy was introduced for the construction of electron flux images at different energies from count visibilities recorded by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). In this work we seek…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-14 Anna Volpara , Paolo Massa , Sam Krucker , A Gordon Emslie , Michele Piana , Anna Maria Massone

A statistical study of the correlation between hard X-ray and white light emission in solar flares is performed in order to search for a link between flare-accelerated electrons and white light formation. We analyze 43 flares spanning GOES…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 Matej Kuhar , Säm Krucker , Juan Carlos Martínez Oliveros , Marina Battaglia , Lucia Kleint , Diego Casadei , Hugh S. Hudson

We analyzed changes in the height of the coronal hard X-ray (HXR) source for flares SOL2013-05-13T01:50 and SOL2013-05-13T15:51. Analysis of the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager data revealed the downward motion of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-13 Alexander N. Shabalin , Evgeniia P. Ovchinnikova , Yuri E. Charikov

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

Context: Solar flares release a large fraction of their energy into non-thermal electrons, but it is not clear where and how. Bremsstrahlung X-rays are observed from the corona and chromosphere. Aims: We aim to characterize the acceleration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Marina Battaglia , Arnold O. Benz

The 'standard solar' flare model collects all physical ingredients identified by multi-wavelength observations of our Sun: magnetic reconnection, fast particle acceleration and the resulting emission at various wavelengths, especially in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 Wenzhi Ruan , Chun Xia , Rony Keppens

We present data analysis and interpretation of a simple X-class flare observed with RHESSI on November 3, 2003. In contrast to other X-class flares observed previously, this flare shows a very simple morphology with well defined looptop…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Liu , Yan Wei Jiang , Siming Liu , Vahe' Petrosian

Aims: This work aims to identify the mechanism driving pulsations in hard X-ray (HXR) and microwave emission during solar flares. Here, by using combined HXR and microwave observations from Solar Orbiter/STIX and EOVSA we investigate an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 Hannah Collier , Laura A. Hayes , Sijie Yu , Andrea F. Battaglia , William Ashfield , Vanessa Polito , Louise K. Harra , Säm Krucker

The well-established notion of a "common population" of the accelerated electrons simultaneously producing the hard X-ray (HXR) and the microwave (MW) emission during the flare impulsive phase has been challenged by some studies reporting…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 Natsuha Kuroda , Dale E. Gary , Haimin Wang , Gregory Fleishman , Gelu M. Nita , Ju Jing

Kontar et al. (2004) have shown how to recover mean source electron spectra in solar flares through a physical constraint regularization analysis of the bremsstrahlung photon spectra that they produce. They emphasize the use of non-square…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. P. Kontar , A. G. Emslie , M. Piana , A. M. Massone , J. C. Brown

The rare phenomenon of ribbon-like hard X-ray (HXR) sources up to 100 keV found in the 2005 May 13 M8.0 flare observed with the \textit{Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager} provides detailed information on the spatial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chang Liu , Jeongwoo Lee , Ju Jing , Dale E. Gary , Haimin Wang

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a pivotal clinical diagnostic tool, yet its extended scanning times often compromise patient comfort and image quality, especially in volumetric, temporal and quantitative scans. This review elucidates…

Finite thermal velocity modifications to electron slowing-down rates may be important for the deduction of solar flare total electron energy. Here we treat both slowing-down and velocity diffusion of electrons in the corona at flare…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ross K. Galloway , Alexander L. MacKinnon , Eduard P. Kontar , Per Helander

To solve a number of problems in solar physics related to mechanisms of energy release in solar corona parameters of hot coronal plasma are required, such as energy distribution, emission measure, differential emission measure, and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-26 G. G. Motorina , E. P. Kontar
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