Electron power-law spectra in solar and space plasmas

M Oka, J Birn, M Battaglia, CC Chaston, SM Hatch… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies in solar and space plasma
environments. While energy spectra of accelerated electrons often exhibit a power law, it …

Global energetics of solar flares. V. Energy closure in flares and coronal mass ejections

MJ Aschwanden, A Caspi, CMS Cohen… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study we synthesize the results of four previous studies on the global energetics of
solar flares and associated coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which include magnetic …

How important are electron beams in driving chromospheric evaporation in the 2014 March 29 flare?

M Battaglia, L Kleint, S Krucker… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
HOW IMPORTANT ARE ELECTRON BEAMS IN DRIVING CHROMOSPHERIC
EVAPORATION IN THE 2014 MARCH 29 FLARE? - IOPscience Skip to content IOP …

Implications for electron acceleration and transport from non-thermal electron rates at looptop and footpoint sources in solar flares

PJA Simões, EP Kontar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013 - aanda.org
The interrelation of hard X-ray (HXR) emitting sources and the underlying physics of electron
acceleration and transport presents one of the major questions in high-energy solar flare …

RHESSI and SDO/AIA observations of the chromospheric and coronal plasma parameters during a solar flare

M Battaglia, EP Kontar - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations are an important diagnostic of
various plasma parameters of the solar atmosphere during solar flares. Soft X-ray and EUV …

Spatially resolved hard X-ray polarization in solar flares: effects of Compton scattering and bremsstrahlung

NLS Jeffrey, EP Kontar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011 - aanda.org
Aims. We study the polarization of hard X-ray (HXR) sources in the solar atmosphere,
including Compton backscattering of photons in the photosphere (the albedo effect) and the …

Effect of collisions and magnetic convergence on electron acceleration and transport in reconnecting twisted solar flare loops

M Gordovskyy, PK Browning, EP Kontar, NH Bian - Solar Physics, 2013 - Springer
We study a model of particle acceleration coupled with an MHD model of magnetic
reconnection in unstable twisted coronal loops. The kink instability leads to the formation of …

Determination of the acceleration region size in a loop-structured solar flare

J Guo, AG Emslie, EP Kontar, F Benvenuto… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Aims. To study the acceleration and propagation of bremsstrahlung-producing electrons in
solar flares, we analyze the evolution of the flare loop size with respect to energy at a variety …

Electron distribution functions in solar flares from combined X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet observations

M Battaglia, EP Kontar - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Simultaneous solar flare observations with SDO and RHESSI provide spatially resolved
information about hot plasma and energetic particles in flares. RHESSI allows the properties …

Height structure of X-ray, EUV, and white-light emission in a solar flare

M Battaglia, EP Kontar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. The bulk of solar flare emission originates from very compact sources located in the
lower solar atmosphere and observable at a broad range of wavelengths such as near …