Giant meterwave radio telescope observations of an M2.8 flare: insights into the initiation of a flare-coronal mass ejection event

Subramanian, PrasadAnanthakrishnan, S.Janardhan, P.et al.2012-03-092012-03-092011-07-05http://hdl.handle.net/11007/1032We present the ﬁrst observations of a solar ﬂare with the GMRT. An M2.8 ﬂare observed at 1060 MHz with the GMRT on Nov 17 2001 was associated with a prominence eruption observed at 17 GHz by the Nobeyama radioheliograph and the initiation of a fast partial halo CME observed with the LASCO C2 corono- graph. Towards the start of the eruption, we ﬁnd evidence for reconnection above the prominence. Subsequently, we ﬁnd evidence for rapid growth of a vertical current sheet below the erupting arcade, which is accompanied by the ﬂare and prominence eruption.enFlare-cme initiationGMRTGiant meterwave radio telescope observations of an M2.8 flare: insights into the initiation of a flare-coronal mass ejection eventArticle