Production of High-Temperature Plasmas During the Early Phases of a C9.7 Flare. II. Bi-directional Flows Suggestive of Reconnection in a Pre-flare Brightening Region
Hara, H.; Watanabe, T.; Harra, L. K.; Sterling, A. C.
Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Abstract
The 6 June 2007 16:55 UT flare was well observed with high time-cadence sparse raster scans by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode spacecraft. The observation covers an active region area of 240 arcsec × 240 arcsec with the 1 arcsec slit in about 160 seconds.