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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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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

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Statistical Study of Solar X-Ray Jets Observed with the YOHKOH Soft X-Ray Telescope

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