The White-light Emissions in Two X-class Flares Observed by ASO-S and CHASE

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Main Authors: Li, Ying, Jing, Zhichen, Song, De-Chao, Li, Qiao, Tian, Jun, Liu, Xiaofeng, Wang, Ya, Ding, M. D., Battaglia, Andrea Francesco, Feng, Li, Li, Hui, Gan, Weiqun
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author Li, Ying
Jing, Zhichen
Song, De-Chao
Li, Qiao
Tian, Jun
Liu, Xiaofeng
Wang, Ya
Ding, M. D.
Battaglia, Andrea Francesco
Feng, Li
Li, Hui
Gan, Weiqun
author_facet Li, Ying
Jing, Zhichen
Song, De-Chao
Li, Qiao
Tian, Jun
Liu, Xiaofeng
Wang, Ya
Ding, M. D.
Battaglia, Andrea Francesco
Feng, Li
Li, Hui
Gan, Weiqun
contents The white-light continuum emissions in solar flares (i.e., white-light flares) are usually observed on the solar disk but, in a few cases, off the limb. Here we present on-disk as well as off-limb continuum emissions at 3600 Å (in the Balmer continuum) in an X2.1 flare (SOL2023-03-03T17:52) and an X1.5 flare (SOL2023-08-07T20:46), respectively, observed by the White-light Solar Telescope (WST) on the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S). These continuum emissions are seen at the ribbons for the X2.1 flare and on loops during the X1.5 event, in which the latter also appears in the decay phase. These emissions also show up in the pseudo-continuum images at Fe I λ6173 from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). In addition, the ribbon sources in the X2.1 flare exhibit significant enhancements in the Fe I line at 6569.2 Å and the nearby continuum observed by the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE). It is found that the on-disk continuum emissions in the X2.1 flare are related to a nonthermal electron-beam heating either directly or indirectly, while the off-limb emissions in the X1.5 flare are associated with thermal plasma cooling or due to Thomson scattering. These comprehensive continuum observations can provide good constraints on flare energy deposition models, which helps well understand the physical mechanism of white-light flares.
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spellingShingle The White-light Emissions in Two X-class Flares Observed by ASO-S and CHASE
Li, Ying
Jing, Zhichen
Song, De-Chao
Li, Qiao
Tian, Jun
Liu, Xiaofeng
Wang, Ya
Ding, M. D.
Battaglia, Andrea Francesco
Feng, Li
Li, Hui
Gan, Weiqun
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
The white-light continuum emissions in solar flares (i.e., white-light flares) are usually observed on the solar disk but, in a few cases, off the limb. Here we present on-disk as well as off-limb continuum emissions at 3600 Å (in the Balmer continuum) in an X2.1 flare (SOL2023-03-03T17:52) and an X1.5 flare (SOL2023-08-07T20:46), respectively, observed by the White-light Solar Telescope (WST) on the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S). These continuum emissions are seen at the ribbons for the X2.1 flare and on loops during the X1.5 event, in which the latter also appears in the decay phase. These emissions also show up in the pseudo-continuum images at Fe I λ6173 from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). In addition, the ribbon sources in the X2.1 flare exhibit significant enhancements in the Fe I line at 6569.2 Å and the nearby continuum observed by the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE). It is found that the on-disk continuum emissions in the X2.1 flare are related to a nonthermal electron-beam heating either directly or indirectly, while the off-limb emissions in the X1.5 flare are associated with thermal plasma cooling or due to Thomson scattering. These comprehensive continuum observations can provide good constraints on flare energy deposition models, which helps well understand the physical mechanism of white-light flares.
title The White-light Emissions in Two X-class Flares Observed by ASO-S and CHASE
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07374