On the energy released in the extreme ultraviolet range by solar flares

Matthieu Kretzschmar (1)

1 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace

As the result of different physical processes taking place at various heights in the solar atmosphere, solar flares radiate energy at all wavelengths with different contrast and absolute energy. Because of the lack of simultaneous observations for many flares, the spectral distribution of the flare energy and its dependence on the flare magnitude are still poorly know. In this work, we perform a statistical analysis of many flares observed by the SDO/EVE instrument, which measures the Sun-as-a-star extreme-ultraviolet spectrum with unprecedented temporal and spectral resolution. In particular, we will estimate the energy released in various part sof the EUV spectrum and look at its dependance on the flare magnitude.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Matthieu Kretzschmar. On the energy released in the extreme ultraviolet range by solar flares. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Apr 2013, Vienne, Austria. pp.2013 - 12576. ⟨insu-01552653⟩