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Solar flares: observations vs simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2011

Fatima Rubio da Costa
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via S. Sofia, 78. 95123. Catania, Italy email: frdc@oact.inaf.it
Francesca Zuccarello
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Via S. Sofia, 78. 95123. Catania, Italy email: frdc@oact.inaf.it
Nicolas Labrosse
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Physics and AstronomyKelvin Building, University of Glasgow. G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK
Lyndsay Fletcher
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow, School of Physics and AstronomyKelvin Building, University of Glasgow. G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK
Tomáš Prosecký
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i.Fričova 298, 25165, Ondřejov, Czech Republic
Jana Kašparová
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i.Fričova 298, 25165, Ondřejov, Czech Republic
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Abstract

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In order to study the properties of faint, moderate and bright flares, we simulate the conditions of the solar atmosphere using a radiative hydrodynamic model (Abbett & Hawley, 1999). A constant beam of non-thermal electrons is injected at the apex of a 1D coronal loop and heating from thermal soft X-ray emission is included. We compare the results with some observational data in Ly-α (using TRACE 1216 and 1600 Å data and estimating the “pure” Ly-α emission) and in Hα (data taken with a Multichannel Flare Spectrograph, at the Ondrejov Observatory).

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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