Detection of a long-duration solar gamma-ray flare on June 11, 1991 with EGRET on COMPTON-GRO

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma Ray Spectra, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Solar Flares, Bremsstrahlung, Emission Spectra, Light Curve, Protons, Solar Spectra, Solar X-Rays

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The detection of high energy photon emission from a long-duration solar gamma-ray flare on June 11, 1991 is reported. Gamma rays were detected up to energies above 1 GeV. The solar origin of this emission is assured by the time profile of the gamma-ray count rate and by time-resolved sky maps, which show a clear maximum at the position of the sun. There are indications for a spectral evolution with time, such that the emission below 100 MeV fades away earlier than the 100-300 MeV radiation, roughly on the time scale of the fast component. The spectrum of the flare can be well fitted with a composite of a proton generated pi exp 0 spectrum and an electron bremsstrahlung component. The latter can be identified with the fast decaying component of the lightcurve.

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