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Solar physics

a fast arc-shaped disturbance seen in H-alpha moving across the chromosphere from a flare, read as the footprint of a coronal shock.

In solar physics, Moreton wave refers to a fast arc-shaped disturbance seen in H-alpha moving across the chromosphere from a flare, read as the footprint of a coronal shock. This meaning comes from Moreton (1960) in The Astronomical Journal.[1]

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References

Moreton, G. E. (1960). Hα Observations of Flare-Initiated Disturbances with Velocities ~1000 km/sec. The Astronomical Journal, 65, 494. https://doi.org/10.1086/108346

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