activity
20242026
collaborators

8 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Chromospheric dynamics and turbulence regulate the solar FIP effect

Andy S. H. To, J. Martin Laming, Jeffrey Reep +1

Elemental abundance variations in the solar corona, commonly characterised by First Ionisation Potential (FIP) bias, provide crucial diagnostics of chromospheric processes. The pon…

astro-ph.SR2026

Dynamic modeling of coronal abundances during flares on M-dwarf stars

David H. Brooks, Jeffrey W. Reep, Andy S. H. To +2

Solar atmospheric elemental abundances are now known to vary both in space and time. Dynamic modeling of these changes is therefore necessary to improve the accuracy of radiative h…

astro-ph.SR2025

A sudden fine-scale bright kernel captured by Hi-C Flare in 11 MK emission during an M1.6-class solar flare's post-maximum phase

Sanjiv K. Tiwari, Navdeep K. Panesar, Ronald L. Moore +17

On April 17, 2024, the third successful Hi-C sounding rocket flight, Hi-C Flare, recorded coronal images in Fe XXI 129 A emission from 11 MK plasma during the post-maximum phase of…

astro-ph.SR2025

Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of FIP fractionation in solar flares

Jeffrey W. Reep, Luke Fushimi Benavitz, Andy S. H. To +5

Elemental abundances in solar flares are observed to vary both spatially and temporally, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. There is an interplay between advec…

astro-ph.SR2025

Systematic non-thermal velocity increase preceding soft X-ray flare onset: A large-scale Hinode/EIS study

Andy S. H. To, Abigail Burden, Deborah Baker +12

Non-thermal velocities, derived from spectral line broadening, can provide crucial insights into plasma dynamics before and during solar flares. To systematically study the pre-fla…

astro-ph.SR2025

Spatiotemporal Low FIP Abundance: A Catalyst for Coronal Condensation

Luke Fushimi Benavitz, Jeffrey W. Reep, Lucas A. Tarr +1

Radiative losses play a critical role in the cooling of plasmas. When chromospheric plasma is sufficiently heated, it can flow into coronal loops which subsequently cool down due t…