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We present our results of high temporal resolution spectroscopic observation and study in Hα, Ca II, and He I lines for the 2B/M1.9 confined disk flare on September 9, 2001, combining with GOES soft X-ray (SXR) and Yohkoh hard X-ray (HXR) observations. Apparent redshifted and red-asymmetric profiles were observed in the initial phase. The redshift lasted until the late phase. The derived velocity depends on both the spectral line and the used method. The redshift velocities computed from the line centers of the observed emission profiles (υ0) are of the order of 10 km s−1 both inside and outside the streak area. However, the velocities determined from the excess profiles by the bisector method (υ) are larger in the streak (18–50 km s−1). Both υ and the red full widths (RFWs) derived from the excess profiles show temporal variations similar to the HXR light-curve in the streak area. Moreover, the Hα line wings of nonthermal characteristics, the redshift velocities, and the lifetime of impulsive broadening suggest that the streak is related to nonthermal electron bombardment. Spectral simulations reveal that we cannot reproduce the observed profiles in the three lines simultaneously with a set of parameters, indicating that the flare atmosphere was not homogeneous along the line-of-sight. Most of the observed Hα profiles showed a ‘flat-top’ structure, implying the flare plasma was optically thick for this line. The electron temperatures (Te) deduced from the line-center intensity of the three lines are similar and estimated to be higher than 7200 K. The obvious central reversal of the Hα profiles due to absorption of materials in the impulsive phase lasted more than 2 min. However, the far blue wings of the Ca II profiles in the impulsive phase showed low-intensity emission, which is suggestive of the existence of large turbulence or macroscopic motion (> 50 km s−1), which is inconsistent with the current flare model.
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Li, H., You, J. & Du, Q. Spectroscopic Properties of Dynamical Chromospheric Processes in a Confined Solar Flare. Sol Phys 235, 107–123 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-006-2094-x
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