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most citedWhat determines the X-ray intensity and duration of a solar flare?

40 citations · 88 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

astro-ph.SR2022

Observational Signatures of Coronal Heating in MHD Simulations Without Radiation or a Lower Atmosphere

James A. Klimchuk, Kalman J. Knizhnik, Vadim M. Uritsky

It is extremely difficult to simulate the details of coronal heating and also make meaningful predictions of the emitted radiation. Thus, testing realistic models with observations…

astro-ph.SR20225 cited

Characterizing the Umbral Magnetic Knots of -Sunspots

A. A. Norton, P. J. Levens, K. J. Knizhnik +2

Delta ()-spots are active regions (ARs) in which positive and negative umbrae share a penumbra. They are known to be the source of strong flares. We introduce a new quantity, th…

astro-ph.SR20217 cited

The Rise and Emergence of Untwisted Toroidal Flux Ropes on the Sun

Kalman J. Knizhnik, James E. Leake, Mark G. Linton +1

Magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) rising buoyantly through the Sun's convection zone are thought to be subject to viscous forces preventing them from rising coherently. Numerous studies h…

astro-ph.SR20208 cited

Nanoflare Diagnostics from Magnetohydrodynamic Heating Profiles

Kalman J. Knizhnik, Will T. Barnes, Jeffrey W. Reep +1

The nanoflare paradigm of coronal heating has proven extremely promising for explaining the presence of hot, multi-million degree loops in the solar corona. In this paradigm, local…

astro-ph.SR201940 cited

What determines the X-ray intensity and duration of a solar flare?

Jeffrey W. Reep, Kalman J. Knizhnik

Solar flares are observed and classified according to their intensity measured with the GOES X-ray Sensors. We show that the duration of a flare, as measured by the full width at h…

astro-ph.SR2018

The Role of Twist in Kinked Flux Rope Emergence and Delta-Spot Formation

Kalman J. Knizhnik, Mark G. Linton, C. Richard DeVore

It has been observationally well established that the magnetic configurations most favorable for producing energetic flaring events reside in delta-spots, a class of sunspots defin…