Invited Review: Short-term Variability with the Observations from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): Insights into Flare Magnetism

2022/05/01 by Maria D. Kazachenko, Marcel F. Albelo-Corchado, Marcel F. Corchado-Albelo +3 · 31 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Coronal mass ejection #Flare #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Magnetic field #Magnetic reconnection #Magnetism #Nanoflares #Observatory #Physics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar flare #Solar wind #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11207-022-01987-6

published in Solar Physics 297(5) (Springer Science+Business Media)

openalex publication_date 2022/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Abstract Continuous vector magnetic-field measurements by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) allow us to study magnetic-field properties of many flares. Here, we review new observational aspects of flare magnetism described using SDO data, including statistical properties of magnetic-reconnection fluxes and their rates, magnetic fluxes of flare dimmings, and magnetic-field changes during flares. We summarize how these results, along with statistical studies of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), have improved our understanding of flares and the flare/CME feedback relationship. Finally, we highlight future directions to improve the current state of understanding of solar-flare magnetism using observations.

Citations

• Theoretical model of flares and prominences
• Magnetic reconnection in the corona and the loop prominence phenomenon
• The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
• The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
• The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
• Statistical Properties of Ribbon Evolution and Reconnection Electric Fields in Eruptive and Confined Flares
• The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope – Observatory Overview

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• Current Helicity in Response to Coronal Mass Ejections
• Observations of a Twin Pair of Atypical Solar Flares and a Magnetic-reconnection Scenario
• Spectroscopic analysis and RHD modeling of the first Ca II H and H-epsilon flare spectra from DKIST/ViSP
• Coronal dimmings and what they tell us about solar and stellar coronal mass ejections. [europepmc]
• Spectroscopic Analysis and RHD Modeling of the First Ca II H and H ϵ Flare Spectra from DKIST/ViSP. [europepmc]

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