| Name | Kyoko Watanabe |
| Affiliation | National Defense Academy of Japan |
| Title | Source Region Dynamics of White-Light Flares |
| Authors | Kyoko Watanabe |
| Abstract | In association with strong solar flares, we sometimes observe enhancements of visible continuum radiation, which is known as a "white-light flare (WLF)". As most white-light (WL) events show close correlations in time and location with hard X-rays and/or radio emission, there is some consensus that WL emission originates from accelerated particles, especially non-thermal electrons. However, the generation mechanism of WLF has not yet been elucidated. In this talk, we report the statistical properties of WLFs, and discuss the possibility that other candidates (accelerated protons etc.) may produce the WLFs. We will then discuss the dynamics of high-energy phenomena in the source regions of solar flares, especially in the low solar atmosphere. |
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