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Exploring the Origin of Multi-Periodic Pulsations During a White-Light Flare

  • Dong Li*
  • , Ding Yuan
  • , Jingye Yan
  • , Xinhua Zhao
  • , Zhao Wu
  • , Jincheng Wang
  • , Zhenyong Hou
  • , Chuan Li
  • , Haisheng Zhao
  • , Libo Fu
  • , Lin Wu
  • , Li Deng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory
  • CAS - National Space Science Center
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Shandong University
  • Yunnan Key Laboratory of the Solar Physics and Space Science
  • CAS - National Astronomical Observatories
  • Peking University
  • Nanjing University
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics

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Abstract

We explored the quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) at multiple periods during an X4.0 flare on 2024 May 10 (SOL2024-05-10T06:27), which occurred in the complex active region of NOAA 13664. The flare radiation reveals five prominent periods in multiple wavelengths. A 8-min QPP is simultaneously detected in wavelengths of HXR, radio, UV/EUV, Ly (Formula presented.), and white light, which may be associated with nonthermal electrons periodically accelerated by intermittent magnetic reconnection that is modulated by the slow wave. A quasi-period at 14 min is observed in the SXR and high-temperature EUV wavebands, and it may be caused by repeatedly heated plasmas in hot flare loops. A quasi-period at about 18 min is only observed by STIX, with reconstructed SXR images suggesting that the 18-min period pulsations should be considered as different flares. Meanwhile, a 3-min QPP is simultaneously detected in wavelengths of HXR, radio, and UV/EUV, which is directly modulated by the slow magnetoacoustic wave leaking from sunspot umbrae. At last, a 2-min QPP is simultaneously detected in HXR and radio emissions during the pre-flare phase, which is possibly generated by a quasi-periodic regime of magnetic reconnection that is triggered by the kink wave.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2025JA033772
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volume130
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • solar X-ray emission
  • solar oscillations
  • solar radio emission
  • solar white-light flares

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