Magnetic field diagnostics in the solar upper atmosphere

J Trujillo Bueno… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The magnetic field is the main driver of the activity in the solar upper atmosphere, but its
measurement is notoriously difficult. In order to determine the magnetic field in the …

Multi-scale variability of coronal loops set by thermal non-equilibrium and instability as a probe for coronal heating

P Antolin, C Froment - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Solar coronal loops are the building blocks of the solar corona. These dynamic structures
are shaped by the magnetic field that expands into the solar atmosphere. They can be …

Solar flare accelerates nearly all electrons in a large coronal volume

GD Fleishman, GM Nita, B Chen, S Yu, DE Gary - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Solar flares, driven by prompt release of free magnetic energy in the solar corona,, are
known to accelerate a substantial portion (ten per cent or more), of available electrons to …

Measurement of magnetic field and relativistic electrons along a solar flare current sheet

B Chen, C Shen, DE Gary, KK Reeves… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In the standard model of solar flares, a large-scale reconnection current sheet is postulated
to be the central engine for powering the flare energy release,–and accelerating particles …

Thermal instability and non-equilibrium in solar coronal loops: from coronal rain to long-period intensity pulsations

P Antolin - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The complex interaction of the magnetic field with matter is the key to some of the most
puzzling observed phenomena at multiple scales across the Universe, from tokamak plasma …

New Insights from Imaging Spectroscopy of Solar Radio Emission

DE Gary - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Newly available high-resolution imaging of solar radio emission at many closely spaced
frequencies and times provides new physical insight into the processes, structure, and …

Magnetic reconnection during the post-impulsive phase of a long-duration solar flare: bidirectional outflows as a cause of microwave and X-ray bursts

S Yu, B Chen, KK Reeves, DE Gary… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic reconnection plays a crucial role in powering solar flares, production of energetic
particles, and plasma heating. However, where the magnetic reconnections occur, how and …

Global maps of the magnetic field in the solar corona

Z Yang, C Bethge, H Tian, S Tomczyk, R Morton… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Understanding many physical processes in the solar atmosphere requires determination of
the magnetic field in each atmospheric layer. However, direct measurements of the magnetic …

Solar Flare Spectroscopy

L Fletcher - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This review covers the techniques, observations, and inferences of solar flare spectroscopy.
It is not a spectroscopist's view of solar flares but rather a solar flare physicist's view of …

Measurements of coronal magnetic field strengths in solar active region loops

DH Brooks, HP Warren, E Landi - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The characteristic electron densities, temperatures, and thermal distributions of 1 MK active
region loops are now fairly well established, but their coronal magnetic field strengths …