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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2016
High resolution temporal observations performed with the SUMER spectrometer on SoHO provide us the opportunity to investigate the electron density variations in the solar mid-transition region due to explosive event-like phenomena. The O IV 1401.16/1404.81 density sensitive line intensity ratio shows a clear increase during a strong explosive event, corresponding to an electron density enhancement of a factor of ~ 3 with respect to pre-event values. This is consistent with recent MHD simulations (2.5 D).