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Bright Points and Subflares in Ultraviolet Lines and X-RaysWe have analyzed an active region which was observed in H.alpha (Multichannel Subtractive Double Pass Spectrograph), in UV lines (SMM/UVSP), and in X-rays (SMM/HXIS). In this active region there were only a few subflares and many small bright points visible in UV and in X-rays. Using an extrapolation based on the Fourier transform, we have computed magnetic field lines connecting different photospheric magnetic polarities from ground-based magnetograms. Along the magnetic inversion lines we find two different zones: (1) a high-shear region (> 70 deg) where subflares occur, and (2) a low-shear region along the magnetic inversion line where UV bright points are observed. In these latter regions the magnetic topology is complex with a mixture of polarities. According to the velocity field observed in the Si IV lamda.1402 line and the extrapolation of the magnetic field, we notice that each UV bright point is consistent with emission from low-rising loops with downflows at both ends. We notice some hard X-ray emissions above the bright-point regions with temperatures up to 8 x 10(exp 6) K, which suggests some induced reconnection due to continuous emergence of new flux. This reconnection is also enhanced by neighboring subflares.
Document ID
19990045714
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Rovira, M.
(Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Schmieder, B.
(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Demoulin, P.
(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Simnett, G. M.
(Birmingham Univ. United Kingdom)
Hagyard, M. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Reichmann, E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Reichmann, E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Tandberg-Hanssen, E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Volume: 510
Subject Category
Astronomy
Distribution Limits
Public
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