We report the first observation at high spatial resolution of long-period quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) of X-ray radiation during solar flares, made possible with the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), supported by complementary data at other wavelengths from space-based and ground-based telescopes. Evidence for the presence of a transequatorial loop possibly responsible for the detected periodicity connected with its kink mode is found. Our findings suggest that QPP can be interpreted as a periodic pumping of electrons in a compact flaring loop, modulated by oscillations in a magnetically linked and larger loop acting as a long-period magnetohydrodynamic resonator. © ESO 2005.
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Foullon, C., Verwichte, E., Nakariakov, V. M., & Fletcher, L. (2005). X-ray quasi-periodic pulsations in solar flares as magnetohydrodynamic oscillations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 440(2). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200500169
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