High velocity Doppler shift observations of 10 MK flare plasma

Davina Innes, Tongjiang Wang

With the SUMER spectrometer on SOHO, we have observed Doppler shifts in 10 MK flare lines. The shifts have been associated with (i) a fast outward moving coronal shock wave seen at flare onset in high time cadence coronagraph data, (ii) the top of a post flare supra-arcade at the time of hard X-ray emission and X-ray downflows and (iii) oscillating post flare loops. All these observations were made in sit-and-stare in the corona above flare sites. This poster presents a summary of the SUMER observations, discusses the limitations of SOHO-SUMER observations and the hugh advantages offered by the Solar-B observatory.

Correspondence

Davina Innes (innes@mps.mpg.de), Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung

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