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Energetics and Dynamics of an Impulsive Flare on March 10, 2001.

Authors :
Chandra, Ramesh
Jain, Rajmal
Uddin, Wahab
Yoshimura, Keiji
Kosugi, Takeo
Sakao, Taro
Joshi, Anita
Deshpande, M. R.
Source :
Solar Physics. Dec2006, Vol. 239 Issue 1/2, p239-256. 18p. 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 11 Graphs.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

We present Hα observations from ARIES (Nainital) of a compact and impulsive solar flare that occurred on March 10, 2001 and which was associated with a CME. We have also analyzed HXT, SXT/ Yohkoh observations as well as radio observations from the Nobeyama Radio Observatory to derive the energetics and dynamics of this impulsive flare. We coalign the Hα, SXR, HXR, MW, and magnetogram images within the instrumental spatial-resolution limit. We detect a single HXR source in this flare, which is found spatially associated with one of the Hα bright kernels. The unusual feature of HXR and Hα sources, observed for the first time, is the rotation during the impulsive phase in a clockwise direction. We propose that the rotation may be due to asymmetric progress of the magnetic reconnection site or may be due to the change of the peak point of the electric field. In MW emission we found two sources. The main source is at the main flare site and another is in the southwest direction. It appears that the remote source is formed by the impact of accelerated energetic electrons from the main flare site. From the spatial correlation of multiwavelength images of the different sources, we conclude that this flare has a three-legged structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00380938
Volume :
239
Issue :
1/2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Solar Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
23355309
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-006-0098-1