Investigating white-light flare mechanisms via the Paschen jump using high-resolution continuum observations from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope

Sascha Ornig, Luc Rouppe van der Voort, Mats Carlsson +4

The continuum is understood to contain a large portion of the energy emitted by a solar flare. The optical continuum, known as white light (WL), is particularly relevant since it m…