1992年6月4日AR7186耀斑前相的磁重连

报道了由Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ软Ｘ射线望远镜（ＳＸＴ）和日本国立天台（ＮＡＯＪ）的太阳耀斑望远镜（ＳＦＴ）于１９９２年６月４日共同记录到的一次耀斑前相的磁重连过程。理论预言的重连所必需的磁力线携带进入电流片的入流运动。热等离子体从电流耗散区（重连区）被排出的出流运动,出流引起的蒸发流动和Ｈα耀斑核,以及磁力线开放等现象均在观测中得到证实。在分析观测事实的基础上,提出磁力线重连的唯象模型。     

1992年6月4日耀斑的磁重连和蒸发模型

报导了由Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ软Ｘ望远镜（ＳＸＴ）和日本国天文台（ＮＡＯＪ）的太阳耀斑望远镜（ＳＦＴ）于１９９２年６月４日共同记录到的一次磁重连和色球蒸发现象的直接而完整的过程,重连和蒸发的现象和过程可简述如下,Ｈα活动暗条上升并逐渐消失。跨越在此暗条上的二条相互交叉的日冕环的交界处增亮表明,电流片在此二冕环间相切的界面上形成,磁重连已开始。重连日冕环的上升标志了入流运动,而重连日冕环的足点增亮标志了出流运     

耀斑前兆相日冕环的色球足点增亮和兰移

报导了云南天文台精细结构望远镜观测到的耀斑前兆机的日冕环的色球足点增亮和兰移现象。两个日冕环的４个足点由Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ／ＨＸＨ／ＳＸＴ的观测研究所确认因光心斑前,色球上与日冕环足点相对应的,分立的点状亮谱斑,其偏带观测显示出兰移,表明它们是日冕环的色球足点,且表明存在着物质的预加热,以及物质从足点沿冕环上向上流动。观测还显示冕环所跨所跨越的暗条的激少达些现象清楚说明,物质沿磁力线的“蒸发”发生在耀斑     

耀斑前兆相日冕环的色球足点增亮和兰移

报导了云南天文台精细结构望远镜观测到的耀斑前兆相的日冕环的色球足点增亮和兰移现象。两个日冕环的４ 个足点由 Ｙｏｈｋｏｈ／ Ｈ Ｘ Ｈ／ Ｓ Ｘ Ｔ 的观测研究所确认。在耀斑前, 色球上与日冕环足点相对应的、分立的点状亮谱斑,其偏带观测显示出兰移, 表明它们是日冕环的色球足点, 且表明存在着物质的预加热, 以及物质从足点沿冕环向上流动。观测还显示冕环所跨越的暗条的激活。这些现象清楚说明, 物质沿磁力线的“蒸发”发生在耀斑前兆相, 而且,色球磁场的剧烈变化可能是引起色球蒸发的原因之一     

1966年3月24日耀斑的分析研究

本文用数据方法分析了紫金山天文台色球望远镜观测的１９９６年３月２４日３Ｂ级双带主资料，结果表明：由于新浮磁流改变背景磁场，光球剪切运动引起暗条圆柱轴向磁力线扭转而使暗条电流增加，致使暗条整体力学平衡破坏，驱动暗条向上运动。并对暗条上升运动与耀斑爆发的物理关系进行了分析讨论。     

1986年2月4日耀斑与电流环合并不稳定性

本文收集了１９８６年２月４日大耀斑的Ｈα、微波、Ｘ射线和γ射线全波段的观测资料。利用暗条电流环模型分析了该耀斑的物理过程，测量了活动暗条的上升运动，求解了动量方程和能量方程。结果表明：（１）１９８６年２月４日的３Ｂ／Ｘ３耀斑可能是由暗条电流环之间的合并不稳定性所致；（２）电阻撕裂摸不稳定性是一种有效的耀斑前预热机制；（３）耀斑的高能观测资料进一步表明了电流环合并不稳定性是引起该大耀斑期间所有高能粒     

太阳质子辐射和软X射线耀斑与射电爆发间的相关研究

统计分析了太阳质子事件与微波爆发和软Ｘ射线（ＳＸＲ）耀斑间的关系．结果表明：质子事件的峰值流量与微波爆发和ＳＸＲ耀斑的峰值流量、能通量间呈正的对数线性相关,相关系数０．７—０．８．根据这一统计结果和观测的微波爆发、ＳＸＲ耀斑的有关物理量,可以估算伴随的质子事件峰值流量．太阳质子辐射、ＳＸＲ耀斑和微波爆发三者间的共生关系,可以用磁环中耀斑产生的磁流体动力学过程来解释．大约３３％的质子事件没有对应的Ⅱ型爆发,这表明高能质子的加速有随机ＭＨＤ湍流加速（有Ⅱ型暴）和低频快磁声波湍动加速（无Ⅱ型暴,但有γ射线耀斑）２种不同的加速机制     

日珥磁场结构的Rayleigh-Tayler不稳定性和无黑子双带耀斑

本文根据无黑子双带耀斑发生前暗条周围色球纤维形态的观测特征,讨论了这类耀斑的储能过程。文中还讨论了这类日珥磁场结构的不稳定性问题。当宁静日珥中磁场梯度和顶部磁力线曲率超过一定的阈值时,会引起日珥磁场结构中的Rayleigh-Tayler不稳定性的发生,导致暗条突然消失,发生这种不稳定性时,日珥支撑磁场中会产生中性电流片,并能引起两边的磁流向中心部分集中。磁力线的快速重连导致双带耀斑的产生。     

SMM观测到的白光耀斑

本文收集了ＳＭＭ运行期间（１９８０．２－１９８９．１１）与地面观测相对应的太阳白光耀斑ＨＸＲＢＳ和ＧＲＳ观测资料，就白光耀斑与硬Ｘ－射线发射及伽玛射线发射之产的关系进行了初步的统计研究，结果表明：白光耀斑与伽玛射线发射之间不存在对应关系；白光耀斑也并非全具有强硬Ｘ－射线发射，对那些只具有对较弱的硬Ｘ－射线发射的白光耀斑，我们发现低能粒子具有足够的能量驱动连续发射，因而它们可能起源于色球，而对那些具     

ROSAT X射线源1057＋4316被证认为一个z＝0．32的类星体

根据北京天文台２．１６ｍ望远镜的有缝光谱观测，证认出位于１０ｈ５７ｍ４８．５ｓ＋４３°１６′１３″（１９５０．０）的一个ＲＯＳＡＴＸ射线源是一个ｚ＝０．３２的类星体。     

Is Pre-Eruptive Null Point Reconnection Required for Triggering Eruptions?

We study the magnetic field evolution and topology of the active region NOAA 10486 before the 3B/X1.2 flare of October 26, 2003, using observational data from the French–Italian THEMIS telescope, the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) onboard Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the Solar Magnetic Field Telescope (SMFT) at Huairou Solar Observation Station (HSOS), and the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE). Three dimensional (3D) extrapolation of photospheric magnetic field, assuming a potential field configuration, reveals the existence of two magnetic null points in the corona above the active region. We look at their role in the triggering of the main flare, by using the bright patches observed in TRACE 1600 Å images as tracers at the solar surface of energy release associated with magnetic reconnection at the null points. All the bright patches observed before the flare correspond to the low-altitude null point. They have no direct relationship with the X1.2 flare because the related separatrix is located far from the eruptive site. No bright patch corresponds to the high-altitude null point before the flare. We conclude that eruptions can be triggered without pre-eruptive coronal null point reconnection, and the presence of null points is not a sufficient condition for the occurrence of flares. We propose that this eruptive flare results from the loss of equilibrium due to persistent flux emergence, continuous photospheric motion and strong shear along the magnetic neutral line. The opening of the coronal field lines above the active region should be a byproduct of the large 3B/X1.2 flare rather than its trigger.     

2 1/2-Dimensional Reconnection Model and Energy Release in Solar Flares

We employ a 2 1/2-dimensional reconnection model to analyse different aspects of the energy release in two-ribbon flares. In particular, we investigate in which way the systematic change of inflow region variables, associated with the vertical elongation of current sheet, affects the flare evolution. It is assumed that as the transversal magnetic field decreases, the ambient plasma-to-magnetic pressure ratio increases, and the reconnection rate diminishes. As the transversal field decreases due to the arcade stretching, the energy release enhances and the temperature rises. Furthermore, the magnetosonic Mach number of the reconnection outflow increases, providing the formation of fast mode standing shocks above the flare loops and below the erupting flux rope. Eventually, in the limit of a very small transversal field the reconnection becomes turbulent due to a highly non-linear response of the system to small fluctuations of the transversal field. The turbulence results in the energy release fragmentation which increases the release efficiency, and is likely to be responsible for the impulsive phase of the flare. On the other hand, as the current sheet stretches to larger heights, the ambient plasma-to-magnetic pressure ratio increases which causes a gradual decrease of the reconnection rate, energy release rate, and temperature in the late phase of flare. The described magnetohydrodynamical changes affect also the electron distribution function in space and time. At large reconnection rates (impulsive phase of the flare) the ratio of the inflow-to-outflow magnetic field strength is much smaller than at lower reconnection rates (late phase of the flare), i.e., the corresponding loss-cone angle becomes narrower. Consequently, in the impulsive phase a larger fraction of energized electrons can escape from the current sheet downwards to the chromosphere and upwards into the corona – the dominant flare features are the foot-point hard X-ray sources and type III radio bursts. On the other hand, at low reconnection rates, more particles stay trapped in the outflow region, and the thermal conduction flux becomes strongly reduced. As a result, a superhot loop-top, and above-the-loop plasma appears, as sometimes observed, to be a dominant feature of the gradual phase.     

Motions of Flare Ribbons and Loops in Various Magnetic Configurations

Kopp–Pneuman-type magnetic configurations, which include a vertical current sheet, with various background fields are investigated. Dissipation of the current sheet as a result of magnetic reconnection produces bright flare ribbons on the solar disk and a growing flare loop system in the corona. In principle, the growth of flare loop system is governed by a reconnection process only, and the behavior of flare ribbons is also controlled by the background field. The flare ribbons may appear either separate or attached to one another at the onset of the flare depending on the background field distribution on the boundary surface. We calculate the decrease in height that magnetic field lines undergo after they have reconnected to form closed loops. Following previous practice, we refer to this decrease as field line shrinkage. Unlike the motions of flare ribbons, the shrinkage of flare loops depends weakly on the background field. Individual loops always shrink fastest at the moment it is produced by reconnection and just starts to leave the current sheet. The earlier the loop forms, the more and faster it shrinks. The relevant observations are explained on the basis of our calculations, and the aspects of the explanation that need improvement are also discussed.     

Spatial Characterization of a Flare Using Radio Observations and Magnetic Field Topology

Using magnetograms, EUV and Hα images, Owens Valley Solar Array microwave observations, and 212-GHz flux density derived from the Solar Submillimeter Telescope data, we determine the spatial characteristics of the 1B/M6.9 flare that occurred on November 28, 2001, starting at 16:26 UT in active region (AR) NOAA 9715. This flare is associated with a chromospheric mass ejection or surge observed at 16:42 UT in the Hα images. We compute the coronal magnetic field under the linear force-free field assumption, constrained by the photospheric data of the Michelson Doppler Imager and loops observed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope. The analysis of the magnetic field connectivity allows us to conclude that magnetic field reconnection between two different coronal/chromospheric sets of arches was at the origin of the flare and surge, respectively. The optically thick microwave spectrum at peak time shows a shape compatible with the emission from two different sites. Fitting gyrosynchrotron emission to the observed spectrum, we derive parameters for each source. Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

计算的磁拓扑界线与耀斑相关性

本文利用赣榆站所取得的色球精细结构资料，并采用了前苏联强磁场资料，逐日计算了１９９０年１０月１３日至１６日复合活动区ＮＯＡＡ６３０９在色球层的磁拓扑界线，并与色球精细结构资料作了比照，发现：亮谱斑或亮耀斑核均是位于界线上，或紧邻它．这个结果支持“重联是耀斑在释放能量时的主要过程，而重联发生在磁场的拓扑界面上”的观点．     

Fast magnetic reconnection with Cowling’s conductivity

The aim of the present paper is to explore the mechanism of fast Sweet–Parker’s magnetic reconnection with the Cowling’s conductivity. Cowling derived the resistivity of plasma with three components: electrons, ions and neutral particles in magnetic field theoretically after Spitzer. The resistivity is much larger than the Spitzer’s. According to the idea of partially ionized plasmas ejected into the corona as the trigger of flares, we adopt Cowling’s Conductivity to Sweet–Parker’s reconnection model in this paper. The result shows that the reconnection rate can be improved a lot in solar corona and approaches the timescale of solar flare in the absence of anomalous resistivity.     

Criticism of reconnection models of the magnetosphere

Reconnection involves singular lines called X-lines on the day and night sides of the magnetosphere, and the reconnection rate is proportional to the component of the electric field along the X-line. Although there is some indirect support for this model, nevertheless direct support is totally lacking. However, there are two distinct pieces of clearly contradictory observational evidence on the dayside. First is the failure to account for the implied energy dissipation by the magnetopause current, over 10¹¹ W, which should be easily observable as heating or enhanced flow of the plasma near the magnetopause. In marked contrast to this prediction, HEOS-2 satellite data reveal a plasma with decreased energy density and reduced flow. Second, the boundary of closed magnetic field lines is in the wrong location. In the reconnection process the plasma outflow would cut across open field lines toward higher latitudes; there should be a band of open field lines equatorward of the cleft. Observations of trapped energetic particles indicate closed field lines within the entry layer and cleft. Either one of these pieces of evidence is sufficient by itself to require drastic revision, even rejection, of the reconnection model. There is also contradictory evidence on the night side. The last closed field line capable of trapping energetic particles is poleward of auroral arcs. The implication is that the X-line is at the distant magnetopause, and not in the plasma sheet. Consequently, even if the reconnection process were operative at the nightside X-line, it would be isolated from steady state plasma sheet and auroral processes. On the other hand, substorm phenomena, in which stored magnetic energy is converted into particle kinetic energy, necessarily involve an induced electric field; that is excluded in theories of the reconnection process in which it is assumed that curl E = 0. Nevertheless, the observed easy access of energetic solar flare particles to the polar caps, and especially the preservation of interplanetary anisotropies as differences between the two polar caps, argues strongly for an open magnetosphere, with interconnection between geomagnetic and inter-planetary magnetic field lines. It is suggested that the resolution of this apparent paradox involves electric fields parallel to the magnetic field lines somewhere on the dawn and dusk sides of the magnetosphere, with an equipotential dayside magnetopause.     

FLARE MULTI-LINE 2D-SPECTROSCOPY

A small flare was observed at the Teide Observatory on October 5, 1994. Simultaneous data were obtained at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) with the MSDP spectrograph providing high-resolution imaging spectroscopy in two chromospheric lines, and the Gregory Coudé Telescope (GCT) providing information about the magnetic field. Basic flare characteristics are:The area of the flare kernel ( 2 x 2 arc sec) is similar in H and Caii 8542 Å.The early phase of the flare is characterized by a blue asymmetry in H and a red one in Caii 8542 Å line.The evolutions of line profiles are different; the red asymmetry observed in the Caii line is detected a few seconds later in H.The maximum asymmetry of the Caii line does not coincide with the maximum brightness.The flare occurs in a region of a strong horizontal gradient of the line-of-sight component of the magnetic field.Brightness and asymmetry in H and Caii are discussed in the context of standard flare models and velocity fields. Our observations suggest that a magnetic reconnection could occur at low levels of the solar atmosphere.     

Evidence of two-stage magnetic reconnection in the 2005 January 15 X2.6 flare

We analyze in detail the X2.6 flare that occurred on 2005 January 15 in the NOAA AR 10720 using multiwavelength observations. There are several interesting properties of the flare that reveal possible two-stage magnetic reconnection similar to that in the physical picture of tether-cutting, where the magnetic fields of two separate loop systems reconnect at the flare core region, and subsequently a large flux rope forms, erupts, and breaks open the overlying arcade fields. The observed manifestations include: (1) remote Hα brightenings appear minutes before the main phase of the flare; (2) separation of the flare ribbons has a slow and a fast phase, and the flare hard X-ray emission appears in the later fast phase; (3) rapid transverse field enhancement near the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL) is found to be associated with the flare. We conclude that the flare occurrence fits the tether-cutting reconnection picture in a special way, in which there are three flare ribbons outlining the sigmoid configuration. We also discuss this event in the context of what was predicted by Hudson et al. (2008), where the Lorentz force near the flaring PIL drops after the flare and consequently the magnetic field lines there turn to be more horizontal as we observed.     

A statistical study on property of spatial magnetic field for solar active region

Magnetic fields dominate most solar activities, there exist direct relations between solar flare and the distributions of magnetic field, and also its corresponding magnetic energy. In this paper, the statistical results about the relationships between the spatial magnetic field and solar flare are given basing on vector magnetic field observed by the Solar Magnetic Field Telescope (SMFT) at Huairou Solar Observing Station (HSOS). The spatial magnetic fields are obtained by extrapolated photosphere vector magnetic field observed by SMFT. There are 23 active regions with flare eruption are chosen as data samples, which were observed from 1997 to 2007. The results are as follows: 1. Magnetic field lines become lower after flare for 16 (69 %) active regions; 2. The free energy are decreased after flare for 17 (74 %) active regions. It can conclude that for most active regions the changes of magnetic field after solar flare re coincident with the previous observations and studies.