Mapping flare ribbon evolution during multiple solar eruptions

Advisors: Chunming Zhu

Solar flares, observed as a sudden brightening across a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, are among the most powerful events in our solar system. During flares, the accelerated particles travel along the coronal loops towards the lower atmosphere, depositing their energy at the loop footpoints, which typically manifest as two evolving ribbons.

In this project, we plan to generate the flare ribbon maps for dozens of solar flares observed in recent years by the spacecraft of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), to study the evolution of flare ribbons and to understand the energy release process in solar flares. Some skills of data analysis and coding will be helpful but are not required.