Particle Acceleration

Apr 27, 2020
by H. Arnold et al
Solar Flare CME Radio Astronomy Plasma Physics
Prof. Bin Chen
Prof. Bin Chen
Solar Astrophysicist
Professor of Physics

My research interests include radio astronomy and instrumentation, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, magnetic reconnection, shocks, and particle acceleration.

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The relation between the energy conversion rate and reconnection rate in Petschek-type reconnection—Implications for solar flares
The energy conversion rate in Petschek-type reconnection is modeled by parameterizing it with the reconnection rate and a dimensionless …
Matthew Goodbred, Yi-Hsin Liu, Bin Chen, Xiaocan Li
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Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
The first self-consistent simulations of electron acceleration during magnetic reconnection in a macroscale system are presented. …
H. Arnold, J. Drake, M. Swisdak, F. Guo, J. Dahlin, B. Chen, G. Fleishman, L. Glesener, E. Kontar, T. Phan, C. Shen
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Energetic Electron Distribution of the Coronal Acceleration Region: First Results from Joint Microwave and Hard X-Ray Imaging Spectroscopy
Nonthermal sources located above bright flare arcades, referred to as the above-the-loop-top'' sources, have been often suggested as …
Bin Chen, Marina Battaglia, Säm Krucker, Katharine K. Reeves, Lindsay Glesener
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Evolution of Flare-accelerated Electrons Quantified by Spatially Resolved Analysis
Nonthermal electrons accelerated in solar flares produce electromagnetic emission in two distinct, highly complementary …
Natsuha Kuroda, Gregory D. Fleishman, Dale E. Gary, Gelu M. Nita, Bin Chen, Sijie Yu
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Accelerated Electrons Observed Down to <7 keV in a NuSTAR Solar Microflare
We report the detection of emission from a nonthermal electron distribution in a small solar microflare (GOES class A5.7) observed by …
Lindsay Glesener, Säm Krucker, Jessie Duncan, Iain G. Hannah, Brian W. Grefenstette, Bin Chen, David M. Smith, Stephen M. White, Hugh Hudson
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Decay of the coronal magnetic field can release sufficient energy to power a solar flare
Solar flares are powered by a rapid release of energy in the solar corona, thought to be produced by the decay of the coronal magnetic …
Gregory D. Fleishman, Dale E. Gary, Bin Chen, Natsuha Kuroda, Sijie Yu, Gelu M. Nita
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Decay of the coronal magnetic field can release sufficient energy to power a solar flare
The Acceleration and Confinement of Energetic Electrons by a Termination Shock in a Magnetic Trap: An Explanation for Nonthermal Loop-top Sources during Solar Flares
Nonthermal loop-top sources in solar flares are the most prominent observational signatures that suggest energy release and particle …
Xiangliang Kong, Fan Guo, Chengcai Shen, Bin Chen, Yao Chen, Sophie Musset, Lindsay Glesener, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul, Joe Giacalone
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Magnetic Reconnection Null Points as the Origin of Semirelativistic Electron Beams in a Solar Jet
Magnetic reconnection, the central engine that powers explosive phenomena throughout the universe, is also perceived to be one of the …
Bin Chen, Sijie Yu, Marina Battaglia, Samaiyah Farid, Antonia Savcheva, Katharine K. Reeves, Säm Krucker, T.~S. Bastian, Fan Guo, Svetlin Tassev
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Broad Non-Gaussian Fe XXIV Line Profiles in the Impulsive Phase of the 2017 September 10 X8.3-class Flare Observed by Hinode/EIS
We analyze the spectra of high-temperature Fe XXIV lines observed by the Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) during …
Vanessa Polito, Jaroslav Dudı́k, Jana Kašparová, Elena Dzifčáková, Katharine K. Reeves, Paola Testa, Bin Chen
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Microwave and Hard X-Ray Observations of the 2017 September 10 Solar Limb Flare
We report the first science results from the newly completed Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA), which obtained excellent …
Dale E. Gary, Bin Chen, Brian R. Dennis, Gregory D. Fleishman, Gordon J. Hurford, Säm Krucker, James M. McTiernan, Gelu M. Nita, Albert Y. Shih, Stephen M. White, Sijie Yu
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