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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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Solar Coronal Jets Extending to High Altitudes Observed during the 2017 August 21 Total Eclipse

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Response to "Comment on 'Resolving the 180 ± Ambiguity in Solar Vector Magnetic Field Data: Evaluating the Effects of Noise, Spatial Resolution, and Method Assumptions' "

TL;DR: Georgoulis et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that the results of Georgoulis (2011) support a conclusion of Leka et al (2009b): that limited spatial resolution and the presence of unresolved magnetic structures can challenge ambiguity-resolution algorithms.
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A loop-top hard X-ray source in a compact solar flare as evidence for magnetic reconnection

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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