Microflare Heating of an Active Region Observed with NuSTAR, Hinode/XRT, and SDO/AIA

We present the first joint observation of a GOES equivalent A0.2 microflare that occurred on the 29 Apr 2015 with Hinode/XRT and NuSTAR. During the three hours of combined observation we observe distinctive loop heating in the soft X-rays from Hinode/XRT, and the hottest channels from SDO/AIA. Crucially the impulsive phase of this microflare was also observed by NuSTAR, a highly sensitive hard X-ray (2.5-80 keV; Harrison et al. 2013) focussing optics imaging spectrometer. The NuSTAR spectrum before and after the microflare is well-fitted by a single thermal model of about 3.3 - 3.5 MK, but at the impulsive phase shows additional material up to 10 MK. This higher temperature emission is confirmed when we produce the DEM using a combination of SDO/AIA, Hinode/XRT, and NuSTAR data. During the impulsive phase of the microflare we determine the heating rate to be about 3 x 10²⁵ erg s^-1. Although non-thermal emission is not detected we find upper-limits that are consistent with the required heating rate.