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- Title
Quasi-periodic Pulsations in Solar and Stellar Flares: An Overview of Recent Results (Invited Review).
- Authors
Van Doorsselaere, Tom; Kupriyanova, Elena; Yuan, Ding
- Abstract
Quasi-periodic pulsations (or QPPs) are periodic intensity variations in the flare emission that occur across all wavelength bands. In this article, we review the observational and modelling achievements since the previous review on this topic by Nakariakov and Melnikov ( Space Sci. Rev. 149, 119, 2009). In recent years, it has become clear that QPPs are an inherent feature of solar flares because almost all flares exhibit QPPs. Moreover, it is now firmly established that QPPs often show multiple periods. We also review possible mechanisms for generating QPPs. Up to now, it has not been possible to conclusively identify the triggering mechanism or cause of QPPs. The lack of this identification currently hampers possible seismological inferences of flare plasma parameters. QPPs in stellar flares have been detected for a long time, and the high-quality data of the Kepler mission allows studying the QPP more systematically. However, it has not been conclusively shown whether the timescales of stellar QPPs are different or the same as those in solar flares.
- Subjects
STELLAR oscillations; SOLAR flares; WAVELENGTHS; ENERGY bands; SEISMOLOGY
- Publication
Solar Physics, 2016, Vol 291, Issue 11, p3143
- ISSN
0038-0938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11207-016-0977-z