Tracking X-Ray Source Movement in a Retracting Flux Tube by John Unverferth, Jeffrey W. Reep

“…The 2002 November 28 C1.6 limb flare showed clear X-ray source motion in the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager observations at 3–10 keV propagating from the apex of the flaring arcade, down toward the footpoints, and then rising back into the corona. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Hard X-Ray Sources in a Flare Model with a Vertical Current Sheet by Alexander N. Shabalin, Evgeniia P. Ovchinnikova, Yuri E. Charikov

“…Analysis of the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager data revealed the downward motion of the HXR source and the separation of the sources by energy and height. …”
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Highly Energetic Electrons Accelerated in Strong Solar Flares as a Preferred Driver of Sunquakes by H. Wu, Y. Dai, M. D. Ding

“…In this Letter, we select and study 20 strong flares in Solar Cycle 24, whose impulse phase is fully captured by the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager. For 11 out of 12 sunquake-active flares in our sample, the hard X-ray emission shows a good temporal and spatial correlation with the white-light enhancement and the sunquake. …”
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Evolution of Solar Eruptive Events: Investigating the Relationships among Magnetic Reconnection, Flare Energy Release, and Coronal Mass Ejections by Juliana T. Vievering, Angelos Vourlidas, Chunming Zhu, Jiong Qiu, Lindsay Glesener

“…Leveraging the optimal viewing geometry of the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) relative to the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) during 2010–2013, we identify 12 events with sufficient spatial and temporal coverage for a detailed examination. …”
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Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Solar Observation Payloads for STSAT-CLASS Satellites by Yong-Jae Moon, Kyung-Seok Cho, Ho Jin, Jongchul Chae, Sungho Lee, Kwang-il Seon, Yeon-Han Kim, Young-Deuk Park

“…The reasons are : (1) high temporal and spectral X-ray data are very essential for studying the acceleration process of energetic particles associated with solar flares, (2) we have a good heritage of X-ray detectors including a rocket-borne X-ray detector, (3) in the case of developing countries such as India and Czech, solar X-ray spectrometers were selected as their early stage satellite missions due to their poor pointing stabilities, and (4) there is no planned major mission after currently operating Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) mission. Finally, we present a preliminary design of a solar X-ray spectrometer covering soft X-ray (2 keV) to gamma ray (10 MeV).…”
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Energetics of a Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection Generated by a Hot Channel Eruption by Qingmin Zhang, Weilin Teng, Dong Li, Jun Dai, Yanjie Zhang

“…The flare is simultaneously observed by SDO/AIA, the Reuven Ramaty High-energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, and the Extreme-ultraviolet Imager on board the “behind” Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO). …”
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