Understanding the white-light flare on 2012 March 9: evidence of a two-step magnetic reconnection

2012/08/01 by Q. Hao, Y. Guo, Y. Dai +4 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Coronal mass ejection #Flare #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Magnetic reconnection #Nanoflares #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar flare #Solar physics #Solar telescope #Telescope #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219941

published as A&A 544, L17 (2012) · 4 pages, 4 figures, published in A&A Letter

openalex publication_date 2012/08/01 · arxiv created 2012/11/08 · arxiv updated 2012/11/09 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Aims. We attempt to understand the white-light flare (WLF) that was observed on 2012 March 9 with a newly constructed multi-wavelength solar telescope called the Optical and Near-infrared Solar Eruption Tracer (ONSET).

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