Beam-induced pressure gradients in the early phase of proton-heated solar flares

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Oct 1986

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 309, Oct. 1, 1986, p. 409-420.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Coronal Loops, Particle Acceleration, Pressure Gradients, Solar Flares, Solar Protons, Chromosphere, Energy Spectra, Energy Transfer, Momentum Transfer

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The pressure gradient induced in a coronal loop by proton beam momentum deposition is calculated and compared with the thermal pressure gradient arising from nonuniform deposition of beam energy; it is assumed that the transfer of momentum and energy from beam to target occurs via the Coulomb interaciton. Results are presented for both a low mean energy and a high mean energy proton beam injected at the loop apex and characterized by a power-law energy spectrum. The present treatment takes account of the breakdown of the cold target approximation for the low-energy proton beam in the corona, where the thermal speed of target electrons exceeds the beam speed. It is found that proton beam momentum deposition plays a potentially significant role in flare dynamics only in the low mean energy case and only in the corona, where it may dominate the acceleration of target material for as long as several tens of seconds. This conclusion suggest that the presence of low-energy nonthermal protons may be inferred from velocity-sensitive coronal observations in the early impulsive phase.

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