Observational Studies of the X-Ray Quasi-Periodic Oscillations of a Solar Flare

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Jan 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008soph..247...77l&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, Volume 247, Issue 1, pp.77-85

Physics

9

Flares, Oscillations, X-Ray Bursts

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We study an M2.6 flare observed with RHESSI on 22 August 2005. The light curves of the hard X-rays (counts and photon fluxes), the derived number fluxes, as well as the energy fluxes of energetic electrons all presented a damped quasi-periodic oscillation. The modulation depth of the hard X-rays increased with the energies. For the energy fluxes of energetic electrons, the modulation depth can be as high as 90%. During the oscillations, however, the plasma temperature had no apparent change. No correspondence was found between the motions of the flare loops and the quasi-periodic oscillations. We conclude that an oscillation with a high modulation depth for a period of about four minutes cannot be easily explained with the existing mechanisms.

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