Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares

Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the solar-flare chromospheric emission very often lead to an excess of the line intensities when compared to observations. Various studies suggest that the flare loops have a certain intrinsic, multithread internal structure, which is still not resolved by curre...

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Main Authors: Michalina Litwicka, Petr Heinzel, Jana Kašparová
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc393
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description Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the solar-flare chromospheric emission very often lead to an excess of the line intensities when compared to observations. Various studies suggest that the flare loops have a certain intrinsic, multithread internal structure, which is still not resolved by current telescopes. Taking this into account, we want to test and compare two different approaches for flare simulations. The first approach is the commonly used one, based on a continuous flux of nonthermal electrons heating the chromosphere for a rather long time. In the second approach, we consider the heating by short beam pulses consecutively within spatially unresolved filaments. Superposition of these short-duration pulses gives us the same electron-beam flux as in the first approach, but we are showing that the filamentary heating generates lower intensities in both the H α and Mg ii k lines, as expected.
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spelling doaj-art-5d24a6a1ef7c4f17a42f971f06f6fed02025-08-20T02:17:28ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-01983215510.3847/1538-4357/adc393Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar FlaresMichalina Litwicka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5843-7473Petr Heinzel1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5778-2600Jana Kašparová2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-4136Center of Scientific Excellence—Solar and Stellar Activity, University of Wrocław , Joliot-Curie 12, 50-383 Wrocław, PolandCenter of Scientific Excellence—Solar and Stellar Activity, University of Wrocław , Joliot-Curie 12, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland; Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Fričova 298, 251 65 Ondřejov, Czech RepublicAstronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Fričova 298, 251 65 Ondřejov, Czech RepublicRadiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the solar-flare chromospheric emission very often lead to an excess of the line intensities when compared to observations. Various studies suggest that the flare loops have a certain intrinsic, multithread internal structure, which is still not resolved by current telescopes. Taking this into account, we want to test and compare two different approaches for flare simulations. The first approach is the commonly used one, based on a continuous flux of nonthermal electrons heating the chromosphere for a rather long time. In the second approach, we consider the heating by short beam pulses consecutively within spatially unresolved filaments. Superposition of these short-duration pulses gives us the same electron-beam flux as in the first approach, but we are showing that the filamentary heating generates lower intensities in both the H α and Mg ii k lines, as expected.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc393Solar chromosphereSolar flaresRadiative transfer simulationsHydrodynamical simulations
spellingShingle Michalina Litwicka
Petr Heinzel
Jana Kašparová
Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
The Astrophysical Journal
Solar chromosphere
Solar flares
Radiative transfer simulations
Hydrodynamical simulations
title Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
title_full Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
title_fullStr Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
title_full_unstemmed Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
title_short Filamentary Electron-beam Heating in Solar Flares
title_sort filamentary electron beam heating in solar flares
topic Solar chromosphere
Solar flares
Radiative transfer simulations
Hydrodynamical simulations
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc393
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