Observation of a reversal of rotation in a sunspot during a solar flare

Back reaction of coronal magnetic fields on the solar surface may help to understand the coronal reconfiguration during a solar flare. Here the authors report observation of reversal of the rotation of a sunspot during a X1.6 flare with data from HMI.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi Bi, Yunchun Jiang, Jiayan Yang, Junchao Hong, Haidong Li, Bo Yang, Zhe Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13798