Soft X-ray observations of large-scale coronal active region brightenings

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Oct 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977soph...54..403r&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, vol. 54, Oct. 1977, p. 403-417.

Physics

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Solar Activity, Solar Corona, Solar X-Rays, H Alpha Line, Magnetohydrodynamics

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One hundred fifty-six large-scale enhancements of X-ray emission from solar active regions were studied on full-disk filterheliograms to determine characteristic morphology and expansion rates for heated coronal plasma. The X-ray photographs were compared with H-alpha observations of flares, sudden filament disappearances, sprays, and loop prominence systems (LPS). Eighty-one percent of the X-ray events were correlated with H-alpha filament activity, but only 44% were correlated with reported H-alpha flares. The X-ray enhancements took the form of loops or arcades of loops ranging in length from 60,000 km to 520,000 km and averaging 15,000 km in width. Lifetimes ranged from at least 3 hr to more than 24 hr. The event frequency was approximately 1.4 per day. X-ray loop arcades evolved from sharp-edged clouds in cavities vacated by rising H-alpha filaments. Expansion velocities of the loops were about 50 km/s immediately after excitation and 1-10 km/s several hours later. These long-lived loop arcades are identified with LPS, and it is suggested that the loops outlined magnetic fields which were reconnecting after filament eruptions. Another class of X-ray-enhanced loops stretched outside active regions and accompanied sprays or lateral filament ejections. It is suggested that these loops outlined closed magnetic fields guiding slow-mode shocks from flares and filament eruptions.

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