Recent Advances in the Understanding of Solar Flares

I. Spacecraft with Major Solar Instrumentation.- to HINOTORI.- The Solar Maximum Mission (reference only).- Solar Instruments aboard the P78-1 Satellite.- II. General Characteristics of Flares.- Development of Flare Morphology in X-Rays, and the Flare Scenario.- Magnetic Theories of Solar Flares.- III. Energy Transport, Chromospheric Heating and Evaporation.- Solar Flare X-Ray Spectra from the P78-1 Spacecraft.- Non-Thermal and Non-Equilibrium Effects in Soft X-Ray Flare Spectra.- Observation of Chromospheric Evaporation during the Solar Maximum Mission.- Transport and Containment of Plasmas, Particles, and Energy within Flares.- Interpretation of the Soft X-Ray Spectra from HINOTORI.- Polarization Measurements Using the Bragg Crystal Spectrometers on HINOTORI.- Thermal Evolution of Flare Plasmas.- Conductive Heat Flux in the Chromosphere Derived from Line Linear Polarization Observation.- Upper Limits on the Total Radiant Energy of Solar Flares.- IV. Energy Transport, Chromospheric Heating and Evaporation.- Energetic Electrons as an Energy Transport Mechanism in Solar Flares.- Hydrodynamics of Flaring Loops: SMM Observations and Numerical Simulations.- Behavior of Transition-Region Lines during Impulsive Solar Flares.- The Optical Flare.- Observation of the Flare of 12 June 1982 by Norikura Coronagraph and HINOTORI.- Observations of a Compact Flare on 1981, September 7, in Ha, X-Ray, and Microwave Radiations (Extended Abstract).- The Height of Ha Flare Emitting Region (Extended Abstract).- Positional Measurements on the Eruptive Prominence of 27 April and Comparison with the X-Ray Sources.- V. Emission Processes and Source Structure.- Spatial Characteristics of Microwave Bursts.- Dual Frequency Observations of Flares with the VLA.- Dissipative Thermal Models for Impulsive Burst Delays.- Late Phase Gradual Enhancements in Microwaves and Hard X-Rays of the 6 November, 1980 Flare.- Short-Period Pulsations Observed Simultaneously by X-Ray and Radio Waves (Abstract).- Fast Transients in Hard X-Ray Solar Flares (Abstract).- Hard X-Ray Dynamic Spectra Observed by HINOTORI.- A Flare Model Deduced from HINOTORI and Millimeterwave Interferometer Observations.- Relation between Hard X-Ray Spectra and Electron Energy Spectra.- A Comparison of High-Energy Events in the Quiet Sun with Solar Flares.- Pre- and Post-Flare X-Ray Variations in Active Regions.- Imaging of Impulsive Solar Flare Phenomena.- Temperature Structure of Spatially Resolved Hard X-Ray Flares.- General Aspects of Hard X-Ray Flares Observed by HINOTORI: Gradual Burst and Impulsive Burst.- Vertical Structure of Hard X-Ray Flares.- Hard X-Ray Images of Impulsive Bursts.- Time Variations of Hard X-Ray Bursts Observed with the Solar Hard X-Ray Telescope aboard HINOTORI (with a movie).- Computed Magnetic Field Structure of the Flares Observed by HINOTORI Hard X-Ray Telescope.- Dynamical Interpretation of the Very Hot Region Appearing at the Top of a Loop.- VI. High Energy Photons, Nuclear Processes, and Particle Acceleration.- Spatial Structure of High Energy Photon Sources.- Observations of Fine Time Structures in Solar Flare Hard X-Ray Bursts.- Gamma-Ray Observations from HINOTORI.- High Energy Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares - Observational Aspects.- Gamma-Ray Lines and Neutrons from Solar Flares.- Characteristics of Gamma-Ray Line Flares as Observed in Hard X-Ray Emissions and Other Phenomena.- Narrow-Band Decimeter Bursts and X-Ray Emissions - Possible Evidence of Negative Absorption or Maser Effect.- Particle Acceleration in the 1981, April 1, Flare.- VII. OpenDiscussion of Controversial Points.- The Stages of Particle Acceleration.- Location of X-Ray and Microwave Sources.- Is the Electron Distribution Thermal or Nonthermal?.- Mass Transport and the Interaction of Loops.- Conference Summary.