IRIS flare papers


This is a list of solar flare papers that make use of IRIS data. The IRIS team maintain a list of all flares observed by IRIS

UPDATE, 5-Jul-2023: this page is no longer being maintained.

List of IRIS papers with the word "flare" in the abstract.

Date Peak
Class Observation Paper Comment
2013-Oct-24
20:10,22:10
C3, C7
Raster (64-step)
D. Li et al. (2016, A&A, 587, A11)

2014-Feb-3
13:34
C6.5
Raster (8-step)
Polito et al. (2015, ApJ, 803, 84)

2014-Feb-16
06:46
C1.5
Raster (400-step)
Fleishman et al. (2021, ApJ, 913, 97)
Flare has single short-lived spike in hard X-rays (rare)
2014-Feb-13

M
Raster (8-step)
Kerr et al. (2015, A&A, 582, A50)
Study of Mg II.
2014-Mar-15
00:26
C3
Sit-and-stare
Brosius & Inglis (2017, ApJ, 848, 39)

2014-Mar-29
17:47
X1
Raster (8-step)
Heinzel & Kleint (2014, ApJ, 794, L23)
Young et al. (2015, ApJ, 799, 218)
Aschwanden (2015, ApJ, 804, 20)
Kleint et al. (2015, ApJ, 806, 9)
Y. Li et al. (2015, ApJ, 811, 7)
C. Liu et al. (2015, ApJL, 812, 19)
Matthews et al. (2015, ApJ, 812, 35)
Battaglia et al. (2015, ApJ 813, 113)
W. Liu et al. (2015, Sol. Phys., 290, 3525)
Kleint et al. (2016, ApJ, 816, 88)
Rubio da Costa et al. (2016, ApJ, 827, 38)
Woods et al. (2017, Sol. Phys., 292, 38)
Kowalski et al. (2017, ApJ, 836, 12)
Mikula et al. (2017, ApJ, 845, 30)
Polito et al. (2018, ApJ, 865, 161)
Y. Zhu et al. (2019, ApJ, 879, 19)
This is the "best-ever" flare observation, seen by many observatories (space and ground).
2014-Apr-18
13:03
M7
Sit-and-stare
X. Cheng et al. (2015, ApJ, 804, 82)
Brosius & Daw (2015, ApJ, 810, 45)
Brannon et al. (2015, ApJ, 810, 4)
Brosius et al. (2016, ApJ, 830, 101)
Naus et al. (2022, ApJ, 926, 218)
Y.-A. Zhou et al. (2022, ApJ, 926, 223)

2014-Apr-19
17:19
C2
Raster (64-step)
Tian et al. (2014, ApJ, 797, 14)

2014-May-1
01:35
?
Raster (4-step)
Reeves et al. (2015, ApJ, 807, 7)

2014-Jun-12
21:18, 22:51, 00:36 M1, C6?, C8
Raster (8-step)
Kumar et al. (2015, ApJ, 809, 83)
Sadykov et al. (2015, ApJ, 805, 167)
Sadykov et al. (2016, ApJ, 828, 4)
Woods et al. (2020, ApJ, 890, 84)
Three flares from AR 12087; an M3 flare from 12085 peaked at 22:15 during this time.
2014-Jul-7
14:12
C2
Sit-and-stare
L. Lu et al. (2019, ApJ, 887, 154)
Flare associated with jet at limb.
2014-Aug-1
18:15
M2
Raster (64-step)
Y. Xu et al. (2016, ApJ, 819, 89)

2014-Aug-24
05:02
C6
Raster (4-step)
Q. Zhang & L. Ni (2018, ApJ, 870, 113)
Only slitjaw data analyzed.
2014-Aug-29
15:51
C5
Raster (8-step)
H. Chen et al. (2016, ApJL, 818, 27)

2014-Sep-06
16:57
M1
Sit-and-stare
Tian et al. (2015, ApJ, 811, 139)
Y. Ke et al. (2020, ApJ, 896, 154)

2014-Sep-10
17:45
X1
Sit-and-stare
X. Cheng et al. (2015, ApJ, 804,82)
Graham & Cauzzi (2015, ApJL, 807, 22)
T. Li & J. Zhang (2015, ApJ, 804, L8)
D. Li et al. (2015, ApJ, 807, 72)
D. Li et al. (2015, ApJ, 813, 59)
Tian et al. (2015, ApJ, 811, 139)
Dudik et al. (2016, ApJ, 823, 41)
G. Zhou et al. (2016, ApJ, 823, 19)
J. Zhang et al. (2017, ApJ, 845, 54)
Polito et al. (2019, ApJ, 879, L17)
Aulanier & Dudik (2019, A&A, 621, 72)
Meszarosova & Gomory (2020, A&A, 643, A140)
Graham et al. (2020, ApJ, 895, 6)
Y. Ke et al. (2020, ApJ, 896, 154)
Famous flare with spectacular ribbon evolution in slitjaw images.
2014-Oct-22
14:28
X1
Raster (8-step)
D. Li et al. (2015, ApJ, 813, 59)
Lee et al. (2017, ApJ, 836, 150)
Bamba et al. (2017, ApJ, 840, 116)
J. Zhang et al. (2017, ApJ, 845, 54)
Sellers et al. (2022, ApJ, 936, 85)

2014-Oct-24
21:41
X3
Sit-and-stare
Young et al. (2018, ApJ, 857, 5)

2014-Oct-25
17:08
X1
Sit-and-stare
Kowalski et al. (2019, ApJ, 878, 135)
Ashfield et al. (2022, ApJ, 926, 164)

2014-Oct-26
10:56
X2
Sit-and-stare
J. Zhang et al. (2017, ApJ, 845, 54)
T. Li et al. (2019, ApJ, 881, 151)

2014-Oct-27 00:34
M7
Sit-and-stare
D. Li et al. (2017, ApJ, 841, L9)
D. Li et al. (2017, ApJ, 849, 113)
D. Li et al. (2018, ApJ, 854, 26)
Shows Fe XXI oscillations
2014-Oct-29 23:03
C3
Raster (8-step)
K. Yu et al. (2022, ApJ, 935, 8)

2014-Oct-30 01:35
M4
Raster (8-step)
K. Yu et al. (2022, ApJ, 935, 8)


14:30
X2
Raster (8-step)
Polito et al. (2016, ApJ, 816, 89)
T. Li et al. (2018, ApJ, 869, 172)
EIS data available
2014-Nov-7
12:06
C4
Raster (16-step)
Sobotka et al. (2016, A&A, 596, A1)
Only seen in SJI data
2014-Nov-7
16:10
C7
Raster (4-step)
Zuccarello et al. (2020, 889, 65)
2014-Nov-7
17:25
X2
Raster (4-step)
Yurchyshyn et al. (2015, ApJ, 812, 172)
Zuccarello et al. (2020, 889, 65)

2014-Nov-9
15:32
M2
Raster (4-step)
Y. Li et al. (2016, ApJL, 823, L13)
Y. Li et al. (2017, ApJ, 848, 118)

2014-Nov-11
00:01
C5
Sit-and-stare
Sakaue et al. (2018, PASJ, 70, 99)
A. Tei et al. (2018, PASJ, 70, 100)
10 sec cadence; jet.
2014-Nov-19
14:25
C2
Sit-and-stare
Warren et al. (2016, ApJ, 829, 35)
Reep et al. (2016, ApJ, 827, 145)
With RHESSI & EIS.
2015-Jan-13
04:24
M7
Raster (8-step)
X. Cheng et al. (2015, ApJ, 809, 46)
Two-peak flare, 2nd at 04:58.
2015-Feb-3
10:51
C4
Raster (64-step)
H. Li et al. (2017, ApJ, 836, 235)
Single raster only
2015-Mar-11
16:21
X2
Raster (4-step)
T. Li et al. (2016, ApJ, 830, 152)
Lacatus et al. (2017, ApJ, 842, 15)

2015-Mar-12
11:50
M2
Sit-and-stare
Tian et al. (2016, ApJL, 823, L16)
Brannon (2016, ApJ, 833, 101)
Tian & Chen (2018, ApJ, 856, 34)
Reep et al. (2018, ApJ, 856, 149)

2015-Jun-22
16:45
C1
Raster (4-step)
Awasthi et al. (2018, ApJ, 857, 124) Only pre-flare phase observed by IRIS; SJI data only.
2015-Jun-22
18:22
M7
Raster (16-step)
J. Jing et al. (2016, Sci. Rep., 6, 24319)
Mikula et al. (2017, ApJ, 845, 30)
N. Huang et al. (2019, ApJ, 878, L15)
Lörinčík et al. (2022, ApJ, 934, 80)

2015-Aug-8
02:52
C1
Raster (8-step)
Y. Su et al. (2018, ApJ, 855, 77)
Images only
2015-Aug-28
02:52
C8
Raster (4-step)
Y. Hou et al. (2016, ApJ, 829, 29)
Effect of flare on sunspot light bridge
2015-Oct-16
09:03
C3
Raster (8-step)
Q. Zhang et al. (2021, A&A, 647, A113)
Jet associated with circular flare.
2015-Oct-16
10:20
C3
Raster (2-step)
Q. Zhang et al. (2016, ApJ, 832, 65)
Clean obs of circular flare ribbon, but no Fe XXI.
2015-Oct-16
13:40
C4
Raster (36-step)
Q. Zhang et al. (2016, ApJ, 827, 27)

2015-Nov-4
13:52
M4
Raster (16-step)
T. Li et al. (2017, ApJ, 848, 32)
Karlicky et al. (2018, ApJ, 854, 29)
Shows flare ribbon approach.
2015-Dec-19
10:51
C2
Sit-and-stare
Y. Li et al. (2019, ApJ, 879, 30)

17:09
C1
Sit-and-stare
B. Zhang et al. (2018, A&A, 611, 47) 3 sec cadence.
2016-Feb-13
15:24
M2
Raster (8-step)
T. Li et al. (2018, ApJ, 859, 122)
Confined, circular flare; slit caught ejection.
2016-Nov-30
15:24
C2
Raster (8-step)
Y. Song et al. (2020, 893, L13)
Small white light flare.
2016-Dec-2
16:24
B2
Sit-and-stare
Y. Ke et al. (2020, ApJ, 896, 154) IRIS data had 2 sec cadence.
2016-Dec-6
10:40
B2
Sit-and-stare
Jeffrey et al. (2018, Sci. Adv., 4, 2794)
Y. Li et al. (2020, ApJ, 879, 30)
IRIS data had 2 sec cadence.
2017-Sep-9
06:51
C2
Sit-and-stare
Y. Zhou et al. (2020, ApJ, 904, 95)
Y.-A. Zhou et al. (2022, ApJ, 926, 223)
IRIS data had 10 sec cadence.
2017-Sep-9
11:04
M4
Sit-and-stare
Brosius & Inglis (2018, ApJ, 867, 85)
IRIS data had 10 sec cadence.
2017-Sep-10
16:06
X8
Raster (8-step)
French et al. (2020, ApJ, 900, 192)
Reeves et al. (2020, ApJ, 905, 165)
Q. Cai et al. (2019, MNRAS, 489, 3183)
X. Li et al. (2019, PASJ, 71, 14)
Famous limb flare.
2018-May-28
17:10
C3
Raster (320-step)
Y. Xu et al. (2022, ApJL, 924, 18)
With GST (10830 line).
2019-Mar-22
02:06
B7
Raster (4-step)
S. Yang et al. (2020, ApJ, 898, 101)
Joint obs. with Hinode and NVST
2019-May-09
05:51
C7
Raster (320-step)
D. Li et al. (2022, ApJ, 926, 23)
Reetika et al. (2022, Sol. Phys., 297, 81)

2020-Dec-07
09:55
B5
Raster (320-step)
Romano et al. (2022, Sol. Phys., 297, 7)
Joint obs. with Catania Solar Telescope

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