TRACE and Yohkoh Observations of a White-Light Flare

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Sep 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003apj...595..483m&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 595, Issue 1, pp. 483-492.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

55

Sun: Chromosphere, Sun: Flares, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays

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We present observations of a large solar white-light flare observed on 2001 August 25, using data from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) white-light channel and Yohkoh/HXT. These emissions are consistent with the classic type I white-light flare mechanism, and we find that the enhanced white-light emission observed by TRACE originates in the chromosphere and temperature minimum regions via nonequilibrium hydrogen ionization induced by direct collisions with the electron beam and by back-warming of the lower atmosphere. The three flare kernels observed in hard X-rays and white light are spatially associated with magnetic separatrices, and one of the kernels is observed to move along a magnetic separatrix at 400 km s-1. This is evidence in favor of particle acceleration models, which energize the electrons via magnetic reconnection at magnetic separators.

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