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We discuss first the development of the coronal arch-shaped structure of ∼ 57000 km length which was born at or before 08:00 UT on 6 November, 1980 and became the site of 13 quasi-periodic brightenings in hard X-rays from 10:00 to 14:30 UT. The same structure became the site of a series of 17 flaring arches between 15:30 and 24:00 UT on that day. The periodicity of ∼ 19 min, defined well for the quasi-periodic variations, seems to be partly retained during the occurrence of the flaring arches.
The flaring arch studied in Paper I (called SB arch) was the brightest event of this set of events. This paper presents its extended analysis and also an analysis of three other flaring arches that occurred in this configuration. All these events exhibit similar characteristics and thus demonstrate that the ‘flaring arch’ is a distinct solar phenomenon with specific characteristic properties.
A comparison of Hα, Ov, and X-ray data for the SB arch essentially confirmed, in a quantitative way, the qualitative interpretation of the flow of emitting plasma through the arch proposed in Paper I. In particular, these data show: (1) a hot conduction front producing X-rays in the least dense plasma ahead, a decelerating more dense plasma bulk seen next in Ov, and still more decelerating very dense plasma eventually visible in emission in Hα; (2) a gradient of densities from the primary towards the secondary footpoint, by factor 3 in X-rays, one order of magnitude in Ov, and probably more in the densest loops emitting in Hα; (3) the secondary footpoint with hard X-ray spectrum, predominantly excited by particle streams.
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Švestka, Z.F., Fárník, F., Fontenla, J.M. et al. Flaring arches. Sol Phys 123, 317–341 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149109
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