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The Hinode(Solar-B)Mission: An Overview

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The Hinode satellite as discussed by the authors is the successor to the Yohkoh mission, which aims to understand how magnetic energy gets transferred from the photosphere to the upper atmosphere and results in explosive energy releases.
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The Hinode satellite (formerly Solar-B) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA) was successfully launched in September 2006. As the successor to the Yohkoh mission, it aims to understand how magnetic energy gets transferred from the photosphere to the upper atmosphere and results in explosive energy releases. Hinode is an observatory style mission, with all the instruments being designed and built to work together to address the science aims. There are three instruments onboard: the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS), and the X-Ray Telescope (XRT). This paper provides an overview of the mission, detailing the satellite, the scientific payload, and operations. It will conclude with discussions on how the international science community can participate in the analysis of the mission data.

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An Updated View of Solar Eruptive Flares and Development of Shocks and CMEs: History of the 2006 December 13 GLE-Productive Extreme Event

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Magnetic non-potentiality on the quiet Sun and the filigree

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether or not the quiet Sun magnetic fields are non-potential, and how the G-band filigrees and Ca II network bright points (NBPs) are associated with the magnetic nonpotentiality.
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Can spicules be detected at disc centre in broad-band Ca II H filter imaging data ?

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Hinode observations of coherent lateral motion of penumbral filaments during an x-class flare

TL;DR: In this article, the penumbral filaments in a sheared region of the delta-sunspot during the X-3.4 class flare were observed with a high cadence of 2 minutes at 0.2 arcsec resolution by HINODE/SOT FG instrument.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the reconnection region as the site of particle acceleration, suggesting that the basic physics of the magnetic reconnection process may be common to both types of flares.
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Sigmoidal morphology and eruptive solar activity

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope video movie for 1993 and 1997 and found that regions are significantly more likely to be eruptive if they are either sigmoidal or large.
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Hot-Plasma Ejections Associated with Compact-Loop Solar Flares

TL;DR: In this article, the authors search for plasma ejections in eight impulsive compact-loop flares near the limb, which are selected in an unbiased manner and include also the Masuda flare, 1992 January 13 flare.
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Statistical Study of Solar X-Ray Jets Observed with the YOHKOH Soft X-Ray Telescope

TL;DR: In this article, a statistical study of 100 X-ray jets, found from the database of full Sun images taken with the Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT) aboard Yohkoh during the period between November 1991 and April 1992, was conducted.
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