Dynamic Precursors of Flares in Active Region NOAA 10486

Journal of astrophysics and astronomy

N. Gyenge1¹  M. B. Korsós1 2¹  T. Baranyi¹  A. Ludmány¹ 

[1]Heliophysical Observatory, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, P.O. Box 30, H-4010, Hungary.$$

关键词: Flares—precursor—pre-flare—geostationary operational environmental satellite—Reuven Ramaty high energy solar spectroscopic imager—SOHO/MDI-Debrecen data.;   

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学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Four different methods are applied here to study the precursors of flare activity in the Active Region NOAA 10486. Two approaches track the temporal behaviour of suitably chosen features (one, the weighted horizontal gradient WGM, is the generalized form of the horizontal gradient of the magnetic field, GM; the other is the sum of the horizontal gradient of the magnetic field, GS, for all sunspot pairs). WGM is a photospheric indicator, that is a proxy measure of magnetic non-potentiality of a specific area of the active region, i.e., it captures the temporal variation of the weighted horizontal gradient of magnetic flux summed up for the region where opposite magnetic polarities are highly mixed. The third one, referred to as the separateness parameter, Sl−f, considers the overall morphology. Further, GS and Sl−f are photospheric, newly defined quick-look indicators of the polarity mix of the entire active region. The fourth method is tracking the temporal variation of small X-ray flares, their times of succession and their energies observed by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager instrument. All approaches yield specific pre-cursory signatures for the imminence of flares.

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