Extremely energetic 4B/X17.2 flare and associated phenomena |
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| Authors: | Wahab Uddin Ramesh Chandra Syed Salman Ali |
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| Institution: | (1) Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Manora Peak, 263 129 Nainital, India |
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| Abstract: | We observed 4B/X17.2 flare in Hα from super-active region NOAA 10486 at ARIES, Nainital. This is one of the largest flares
of current solar cycle 23, which occurred near the Sun’s center and produced extremely energetic emission almost at all wavelengths
from γ-ray to radio-waves. The flare is associated with a bright/fast full-halo earth directed CME, strong type II, type III
and type IV radio bursts, an intense proton event and GLE. This flare is well observed by SOHO, RHESSI and TRACE. Our Hα observations
show the stretching/de-twisting and eruption of helically twisted S shaped (sigmoid) filament in the south-west direction
of the active region with bright shock front followed by rapid increase in intensity and area of the gigantic flare. The flare
shows almost similar evolution in Hα, EUV and UV. We measure the speed of Hα ribbon separation and the mean value is ∼ 70
km s-1. This is used together with photospheric magnetic field to infer a magnetic reconnection rate at three HXR sources at the
flare maximum. In this paper, we also discuss the energetics of active region filament, flare and associated CME. |
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| Keywords: | Sun: Flares coronal mass ejections reconnection |
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