Diagnostics of non-thermal distributions in solar flare spectra observed by RESIK and RHESSI

Details Diagnostics of non-thermal distributions in solar flare spectra observed by RESIK and RHESSI Diagnostics of non-thermal distributions in solar flare spectra observed by RESIK and RHESSI

2011-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/1109.1011v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

18 pages, 14 figures, 10 tables

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361/201116741

We focus on the non-thermal components of the electron distribution in the keV range and analyse high-energy resolution X-ray spectra detected by RESIK and RHESSI for three solar flares.In the 2-4 keV range we assume that the electron distribution can be modelled by an n-distribution. Using a method of line-intensity ratios, we analyse allowed and satellite lines of Si observed by RESIK and estimate the parameters of this n-distribution. At higher energies we explore RHESSI bremsstrahlung spectra. Adopting a forward-fitting approach and thick-target approximation, we determine the characteristics of injected electron beams. RHESSI non-thermal component associated with the electron beam is correlated well with presence of the non-thermal n-distribution obtained from the RESIK spectra. In addition, such an n-distribution occurs during radio bursts observed in the 0.61-15.4 GHz range. Furthermore, we show that the n-distribution could also explain RHESSI emission below ~5 keV. Therefore, two independent diagnostics methods indicate the flare plasma being affected by the electron beam can have a non-thermal component in the ~2-5 keV range, which is described by the n-distribution well. Finally, spectral line analysis reveals that the n-distribution does not occupy the same location as the thermal component detected by RHESSI at ~10 keV.

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