Flare observations

AO Benz - Living reviews in solar physics, 2017 - Springer
Solar flares are observed at all wavelengths from decameter radio waves to gamma-rays
beyond 1 GeV. This review focuses on recent observations in EUV, soft and hard X-rays …

Deducing electron properties from hard X-ray observations

EP Kontar, JC Brown, AG Emslie, W Hajdas… - Space science …, 2011 - Springer
X-radiation from energetic electrons is the prime diagnostic of flare-accelerated electrons.
The observed X-ray flux (and polarization state) is fundamentally a convolution of the cross …

Physics of the Neupert effect: estimates of the effects of source energy, mass transport, and geometry using RHESSI and GOES data

AM Veronig, JC Brown, BR Dennis… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The" empirical Neupert effect"(ENE) is the observed temporal correlation of the hard X-ray
(HXR) flux F HXR (t) with the time derivative of the soft X-ray (SXR) flux dot F SXR (t) in many …

Chromospheric evaporation by particle beams in multi-dimensional flare models

MK Druett, W Ruan, R Keppens - Solar Physics, 2023 - Springer
Evaporation of chromospheric plasma by particle beams has been a standard feature of
models of solar flares for many decades, supported both by observations of strong hard X …

Particle acceleration asymmetry in a reconnecting nonneutral current sheet

VV Zharkova, M Gordovskyy - The Astrophysical Journal, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
The acceleration of electrons and protons caused by a super-Dreicer electric field directed
along the longitudinal component B y of the magnetic field is investigated. The three …

The effect of the electric field induced by precipitating electron beams on hard X-ray photon and mean electron spectra

VV Zharkova, M Gordovskyy - The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of a self-induced electric field is investigated analytically and numerically on
differential and mean electron spectra produced by beam electrons during their precipitation …

Exploring self-consistent 2.5 D flare simulations with MPI-AMRVAC

M Druett, W Ruan, R Keppens - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Multidimensional solar flare simulations have not yet included a detailed analysis of
the lower atmospheric responses, such as downflowing chromospheric compressions and …

Diagnostics of energetic electrons with anisotropic distributions in solar flares-I. Hard X-rays bremsstrahlung emission

VV Zharkova, AA Kuznetsov, TV Siversky - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 - aanda.org
Aims. The paper aims are to simulate steady-state distributions of electrons beams
precipitating in collisional and Ohmic losses with pitch angle anisotropy into a flaring …

Combined modeling of acceleration, transport, and hydrodynamic response in solar flares. I. The numerical model

W Liu, V Petrosian, JT Mariska - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Acceleration and transport of high-energy particles and fluid dynamics of atmospheric
plasma are interrelated aspects of solar flares, but for convenience and simplicity they were …

Solar Microwave Bursts and Injection Pitch-AngleDistribution of FlareElectrons

J Lee, DE Gary - The Astrophysical Journal, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
We calculate the time variation of the energy and pitch angle of high-energy electrons
injected into a magnetic loop and subsequently trapped there because of magnetic …