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This paper investigates the physical state of the photosphere in the main phase of the two-ribbon solar flare on June 3, 1979. The derived models show that the photosphere was in a disturbed state for a long time during the main phase of the flare. In the models, the temperature in the upper photospheric layers is higher and that in the lower layers is lower than in the quiet-sun model atmosphere. During the flare, the heating extends to the lower photospheric layers, and the upper layers cool down. A comparison of the obtained models to those for the two-ribbon solar flare on October 7, 1979, shows that the height distributions of the temperature in the main phase of the flares are strongly different.
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Original Russian Text © N.N. Kondrashova, 2011, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2011, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 43–52.
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Kondrashova, N.N. Lower atmosphere in the main phase of a two-ribbon solar flare. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 27, 86–91 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591311020061
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