Search Results - "Reep, Jeffrey W"
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Tracking X-Ray Source Movement in a Retracting Flux Tube
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2023)“…Abstract Solar flares produce sources of localized, enhanced X-ray emission, thought to be due to the acceleration of nonthermal electrons and the transport of…”
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Spectroscopic Observations of Current Sheet Formation and Evolution
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2018)“…We report on the structure and evolution of a current sheet that formed in the wake of an eruptive X8.3 flare observed at the west limb of the Sun on 2017…”
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Understanding the Duration of Solar and Stellar Flares at Various Wavelengths
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2023)“…Abstract Recent irradiance measurements from numerous heliophysics and astrophysics missions including Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), GOES, Kepler, TESS,…”
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The Direct Relation between the Duration of Magnetic Reconnection and the Evolution of GOES Light Curves in Solar Flares
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2017)“…GOES soft X-ray light curves are used to measure the timing and duration of solar flare emission. The timing and duration of the magnetic reconnection and…”
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Modeling Time-variable Elemental Abundances in Coronal Loop Simulations
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-08-2024)“…Abstract Numerous recent X-ray observations of coronal loops in both active regions and solar flares have shown clearly that elemental abundances vary with…”
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Mass Flows in Expanding Coronal Loops
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract An expansion of the cross-sectional area directly impacts the mass flow along a coronal loop and significantly alters the radiative and hydrodynamic…”
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Spectroscopic Observations of Coronal Rain Formation and Evolution Following an X2 Solar Flare
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract A significant impediment to solving the coronal heating problem is that we currently only observe active region loops in their cooling phase. Previous…”
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A Hydrodynamic Model of Alfvénic Wave Heating in a Coronal Loop and Its Chromospheric Footpoints
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2018)“…Alfvénic waves have been proposed as an important energy transport mechanism in coronal loops, capable of delivering energy to both the corona and chromosphere…”
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TRANSITION REGION AND CHROMOSPHERIC SIGNATURES OF IMPULSIVE HEATING EVENTS. I. OBSERVATIONS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2016)“…ABSTRACT We exploit the high spatial resolution and high cadence of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) to investigate the response of the…”
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TRANSITION REGION AND CHROMOSPHERIC SIGNATURES OF IMPULSIVE HEATING EVENTS. II. MODELING
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-08-2016)“…ABSTRACT Results from the Solar Maximum Mission showed a close connection between the hard X-ray (HXR) and transition region (TR) emission in solar flares…”
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Magnetic diffusion in solar atmosphere produces measurable electric fields
Published in Nature communications (11-10-2024)“…The efficient release of magnetic energy in astrophysical plasmas, such as during solar flares, can in principle be achieved through magnetic diffusion, at a…”
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A Solar Magnetic-fan Flaring Arch Heated by Nonthermal Particles and Hot Plasma from an X-Ray Jet Eruption
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2020)“…We have investigated an M1.3 limb flare, which develops as a magnetic loop/arch that fans out from an X-ray jet. Using Hinode/EIS, we found that the…”
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What Determines the X-Ray Intensity and Duration of a Solar Flare?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2019)“…Solar flares are observed and classified according to their intensity measured with the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) X-ray Sensors…”
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Electron Beams Cannot Directly Produce Coronal Rain
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2020)“…Coronal rain is ubiquitous in flare loops, forming shortly after the onset of the solar flare. Rain is thought to be caused by a thermal instability, a…”
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Solar Flare Irradiance: Observations and Physical Modeling
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2022)“…Abstract We examine Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/EUV Variability Experiment (EVE) data to better understand solar flare irradiance, and how that irradiance…”
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The Duration of Energy Deposition on Unresolved Flaring Loops in the Solar Corona
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2018)“…Solar flares form and release energy across a large number of magnetic loops. The global parameters of flares, such as the total energy released, duration,…”
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Delayed Development of Cool Plasmas in X-Ray Flares from the Young Sun-like Star κ1 Ceti
Published in The Astrophysical journal (22-02-2023)“…The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray observatory observed two powerful X-ray flares equivalent to superflares from the nearby young…”
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Efficient Calculation of Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Effects in Multithreaded Hydrodynamic Simulations of Solar Flares
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2019)“…Understanding the dynamics of the chromosphere is crucial to understanding energy transport across the solar atmosphere. The chromosphere is optically thick at…”
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Geometric Assumptions in Hydrodynamic Modeling of Coronal and Flaring Loops
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2022)“…Abstract In coronal loop modeling, it is commonly assumed that the loops are semicircular with a uniform cross-sectional area. However, observed loops are…”
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Delayed Development of Cool Plasmas in X-Ray Flares from the Young Sun-like Star κ 1 Ceti
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray observatory observed two powerful X-ray flares equivalent to superflares from the nearby…”
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