Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agusmsh43b..02h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #SH43B-02
Physics
7514 Energetic Particles (2114), 7519 Flares, 7554 X-Rays, Gamma Rays, And Neutrinos
Scientific paper
Knowledge of the energy distribution of electrons accelerated in solar flares is important for constraining possible acceleration mechanisms and for understanding the relationships between flare X-ray sources, radio sources, and particles observed in space. Solar flare hard X-rays are primarily emitted from dense, thick-target regions in the lower atmosphere, but the electrons are understood to be accelerated higher in the corona. Various processes can distort the X-ray spectrum or the energy distribution of the electrons before they reach the thick- target region. After briefly reviewing the processes that affect the X-ray spectrum and the electron distribution, I will describe recent results from a study of flare spectra from RHESSI to determine the importance of these processes in inferring the energy distribution of accelerated electrons.
Holman Gordon D.
Su Yuehua
Sui Linhui
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