Flare Expansion to a Magnetic Rope Accompanied by Rare Radio Bursts

Abstract

We present multispectral analysis (radio, Hα, ultraviolet (UV)/extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and hard X-ray) of a confined flare from 2015 March 12. This flare started within the active region NOAA 12 297 and then it expanded into a large preexisting magnetic rope embedded with a cold filament. The expansion started with several brightenings located along the rope. This process was accompanied by a group of slowly positively drifting bursts in the 0.8-2 GHz range. The frequency drift of these bursts was 45-100 MHz s^-1. One of the bursts had an S-like form. During the brightening of the rope we observed a unique bright EUV structure transverse to the rope axis. The structure was observed in a broad range of temperatures and it moved along the rope with the velocity of about 240 km s^-1. When the structure dissipated, we saw a plasma further following twisted threads in the rope. The observed slowly positively drifting bursts were interpreted considering particle beams and we show that one with the S-like form could be explained by the beam propagating through the helical structure of the magnetic rope. The bright structure transverse to the rope axis was interpreted considering line-of-sight effects and the dissipation-spreading process, which we found to be more likely.