Ultra-high-resolution observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the solar corona

X Cheng, ER Priest, HT Li, J Chen, G Aulanier… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection is a key mechanism involved in solar eruptions and is also a prime
possibility to heat the low corona to millions of degrees. Here, we present ultra-high …

Escape of flare-accelerated particles in solar eruptive events

S Masson, SK Antiochos… - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Impulsive solar energetic particle events are widely believed to be due to the prompt escape
into the interplanetary medium of flare-accelerated particles produced by solar eruptive …

Circular-ribbon flares and the related activities

Q Zhang - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2024 - Springer
Solar flares are an impulsive increase of emissions as a result of impetuous release of
magnetic free energy. This paper will present the recent progress on circular-ribbon flares …

Comparison of magnetic energy and helicity in coronal jet simulations

E Pariat, PF Wyper, L Linan - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. While non-potential (free) magnetic energy is a necessary element of any active
phenomenon in the solar corona, its role as a marker of the trigger of the eruptive process …

Two episodes of magnetic reconnections during a confined circular-ribbon flare

T Li, S Yang, Q Zhang, Y Hou… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze a unique event with an M1. 8 confined circular-ribbon flare on 2016 February
13, with successive formations of two circular ribbons at the same location. The flare had two …

[HTML][HTML] A secondary fan-spine magnetic structure in active region 11897

Y Hou, T Li, S Yang, J Zhang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Fan-spine is a special topology in solar atmosphere and is closely related to magnetic null
point, as well as circular-ribbon flares, which can provide important information for …

Observations and 3D magnetohydrodynamic modeling of a confined helical jet launched by a filament eruption

L Doyle, PF Wyper, E Scullion… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed analysis of a confined filament eruption and jet associated with a C1.
5 class solar flare. Multi-wavelength observations from the Global Oscillations Network …

Spatially separated electron and proton beams in a simulated solar coronal jet

R Pallister, PF Wyper, DI Pontin… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection is widely accepted to be a major contributor to nonthermal particle
acceleration in the solar atmosphere. In this paper we investigate particle acceleration …

Transition from circular-ribbon to parallel-ribbon flares associated with a bifurcated magnetic flux rope

Z Zhong, Y Guo, MD Ding, C Fang… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic flux ropes play a key role in triggering solar flares in the solar atmosphere. In this
paper, we investigate the evolution of NOAA Active Region 12268 within 36 hr from 2015 …

Magnetic connectivity in the corona as a source of structure in the solar wind

BL Burkholder, A Otto, PA Delamere… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Five decades of satellite data confirm that the solar wind contains many boundaries
separating flow with distinct magnetic and plasma properties. Some speculate the …