MAX MILLENNIUM NEWS 16 February 2011

CONTENTS

1. FIRST X-CLASS FLARE OF CYCLE 24: DID YOU GET IT? 2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK 3. RECENT RHESSI DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS 4. FROM THE EDITOR =====================================================================

1. FIRST X-CLASS FLARE OF CYCLE 24: DID YOU GET IT? ---------------------------------------------------

From Richard Canfield <canfield (at) physics.montana.edu>

If you do not routinely receive the Max Millennium Message of the Day (MOTD), then subscribe now at http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mmlists.shtml. On February 13th, subscribers received a heads-up from Max Millennium Chief Observer (MM_CO) Bill Marquette, in the form of a MM Major Flare Watch message. Within half an hour of the issuance of that MOTD, the first of several major flares (M6.6) took place, followed about two days later by the first X-Class flare (X2.2) of Solar Cycle 24. During the period 2001-2010, about 75% of all X flares occurred during MM Major Flare Watches: see http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Major_Flare_Watch_Evalua.... The current goal of the MM_COs is to call Major Flare Watches whenever there is a good chance for flares at GOES levels > M5 or so. If there is some way that the MOTD can be used or improved to enhance your flare observations, whether for a scheduled campaign or on a target-of-opportunity basis, contact me or any of the MM_COs: http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mm_co.shtml.

2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK -----------------------------------

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/cgi-bin/eprint/default_page.pl

Oscillations in the wake of a flare blast wave -- Danica Tothova, Davina Innes, and Guillermo Stenborg

The EUV spectrum of the Sun: SOHO CDS NIS irradiances from 1998 until 2010 -- Del Zanna, G. and Andretta,V.

Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point -- K. Galsgaard and D. I. Pontin

Isothermal and Multithermal Analysis of Coronal Loops Observed with AIA -- Schmelz, Jenkins, Worley, Anderson, Pathak, Kimble

AIA Multithermal Loop Analysis: First Results -- Schmelz, Kimble, Jenkins, Worley, Anderson, Pathak, Saar

The Thermal Instability of Solar Prominence Threads -- R. Soler, J. L. Ballester, M. Goossens

Characteristics of the flare acceleration region derived from simultaneous hard X-ray and radio observations -- H. A. S. Reid, N. Vilmer, E. P. Kontar

3. RECENT RHESSI DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/rhessi/projects/default_page.pl

Do you have a RHESSI data analysis project underway that you have not yet entered into this database? The RHESSI PI team requests that you do so. Thanks!

4. FROM THE EDITOR ------------------

The Max Millennium program exists to enhance all aspects of solar flare research. If you have news that is of broad interest to that community, feel free to send your message to the MMScience e-mail list: http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mmlists.shtml Address questions to canfield at physics.montana.edu