Non-Equilibrium Ionization Plasma During Large Solar Limb Flare Observed by Hinode/EIS
arXiv:2105.14660 · doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac063c
Abstract
This study on plasma heating considers the time-dependent ionization process during a large solar flare on September 10, 2017, observed by Hinode/EIS. The observed FeXXIV / FeXXIII ratios increase downstream of the reconnection outflow, and they are consistent with the time-dependent ionization effect at a constant electron temperature Te = 25 MK. Moreover, this study also shows that the non-thermal velocity, which can be related to the turbulent velocity, reduces significantly along the downstream of the reconnection outflow, even when considering the time-dependent ionization process.
13 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL