Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007a%26a...475..685k&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 475, Issue 2, November IV 2007, pp.685-693
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Sun: Corona, Sun: Flares, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sun: Radio Radiation
Scientific paper
Aims:We study the interaction between a downward moving plasmoid and a loop-top kernel recognized in the 30 November 2000 flare. Such an interaction is predicted by some numerical models of solar flares. Methods: Using X-ray observations from Yohkoh and GOES, EUV observations from SOHO, and radio observations from Ondřejov, we perform multi-wavelength analysis of this interaction. Results: The Yohkoh/SXT and SOHO/EIT images indicate that the growing flare loop with the loop-top kernel and the above-lying plasmoid were formed as a result of the interaction of two extended arcade-loops. While the flare loop was growing upwards, the plasmoid moved downwards with the velocity of about 16 km s-1 and interacted with the loop-top kernel. Many details of this interaction are found, e.g., an increase of the X-ray and decimetric radio fluxes and an increase of the plasma temperature at the interaction site. Just after the coalescence of the plasmoid with the loop-top kernel, the 1-2 GHz pulsating radio structure and hard X-ray source above the coalescence site were observed. The analyzed temperature maps indicate flows of heated plasma around the plasmoid to the location of the X-ray and radio source. These observations are in agreement with predictions from numerical modelling.
Karlicky Marian
Kołomański S.
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