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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 475, Issue 2, Pages 685-693Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078356
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sun : f corona; sun : flares; sun : X-rays; gamma rays; sun : magnetic fields; sun : radio radiation
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Aims. We study the interaction between a downward moving plasmoid and a loop-top kernel recognized in the 30 November 2000 flare. Such an interaction is predicted by some numerica1 models of solar flares. Methods. Using X-ray observations from Yohkoh and GOES, EUV observations from SOHO, and radio observations from Ondrejov, we perform multi-wavelength analysis of this interaction. Results. The Yohkoh/SXT and SOHO/EIT images indicate that the growing flare loop with the loop-top kernel and the above-lying plasmoid were formed as a result of the interaction of two extended arcade-loops. While the flare loop was growing upwards, the plasmoid moved downwards with the velocity of about 16 km s(-1) and interacted with the loop-top kernel. Many details of this interaction are found, e.g., an increase of the X-ray and decimetric radio fluxes and an increase of the plasma temperature at the interaction site. Just after the coalescence of the plasmoid with the loop-top kernel, the 1-2 GHz pulsating radio structure and hard X-ray source above the coalescence site were observed. The analyzed temperature maps indicate flows of heated plasma around the plasmoid to the location of the X-ray and radio source. These observations are in agreement with predictions from numerical modelling.
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