Dynamic coupling of the chromospheric and photospheric flaring plasma

K. Brcekova (1), A. Hanslmeier (2), A. Kucera (1), J. Rybák (1), H. Wöhl (3)

1 - Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-05960 Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
2 - Institut for Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology, Universitätsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria
3 - Kiepenheuer-Institute für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

The relaxing phase of the subflare observed in the core of chromospheric Ca II K line and in two photospheric Fe I 522.5 nm and Fe I 557.6 nm lines was investigated. The temporal evolution of asymmetry in Ca II K line and the mean bisectors positions of the Fe I line profiles as well as their correlations are presented. It is documented that the chromospheric down-flow caused by the subflare strongly affects the upper layers of the photosphere. As a consequence of relaxation of the photospheric layers strong down-flows and up-fows were measured at the end of the subflare relaxing phase.


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