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EUV irradiance observations from SDO/EVE as a diagnostic of solar flares

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Ryan O. Milligan
Ryan O. Milligan*
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics & Physics, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN email: r.milligan@qub.ac.uk Solar Physics Laboratory (Code 671), Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA Department of Physics, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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Abstract

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For the past six years, the EUV Variability Experiment (EVE) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory has been monitoring changes in the Sun's extreme ultraviolet output over a range of timescales. Its primary function is to provide measurements of the solar spectral irradiance that is responsible for driving fluctuations in Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere. However, despite its modest spectral resolution and lack of spatial information, the EVE spectral range contains many lines and continua that have become invaluable for diagnosing the response of the lower solar atmosphere itself to an injection of energy, particularly during a flare's impulsive phase. In addition, high temperature emission lines can also be used to track changes in temperature and density of flaring plasma in the corona. The high precision of EVE observations are therefore crucial in helping us understand particle acceleration and energy transport mechanisms during solar flares, as well as the origins of the Sun's most geoeffective emission.

Keywords

Sun: activitySun: flaresSun: UV radiation
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S320: Solar and Stellar Flares and their Effects on Planets , August 2015 , pp. 41 - 50
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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