Open Astronomy (Dec 2021)

Analysis and modeling of the dynamics of the glow of calcium and hydrogen lines in solar and stellar flares

  • Kupryakov Yurij Alekseevich,
  • Bychkov Konstantin Veniaminovich,
  • Belova Oksana Mikhailovna,
  • Gorshkov Alexey Borisovich,
  • Heinzel Petr,
  • Kotrč Pavel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2021-0011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 91 – 95

Abstract

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We present intensity curves of solar flares obtained in the Hα hydrogen line and CaII H, CaIR 8542Å lines using multichannel spectrographs of Ondřejov Observatory (Czech Republic) for the period 2000–2012. The general behavior of observed intensity curves is practically the same for all flares and is consistent with temporal variations of X-ray emission. However, our results differ significantly from those obtained by other authors for selected flare stars, for example, AD Leo; EV Lac; YZ CMi. We tried to explain the difference in the behavior of Ca II and Hα radiation flux by appearance of a shock wave during a flare and slow heating of the plasma.

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