A circular white-light flare with impulsive and gradual white-light kernels

Q. Hao; K. Yang; X. Cheng; Y. Guo; C. Fang; M. D. Ding; P. F. Chen; Z. Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02343-0

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

A circular white-light flare with impulsive and gradual white-light kernels

Q. Hao,
K. Yang,
X. Cheng,
Y. Guo,
C. Fang,
M. D. Ding,
P. F. Chen,
Z. Li

Affiliations

Q. Hao: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
K. Yang: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
X. Cheng: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
Y. Guo: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
C. Fang: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
M. D. Ding: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
P. F. Chen: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University
Z. Li: School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02343-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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White-light flares are rare solar events entailing emission in the optical continuum. Here, the authors report a nearly circular white-light flare observed on March 10th 2015 that contains simultaneously both impulsive and gradual white-light kernels.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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