Characteristics of the flare acceleration region derived from simultaneous hard X-ray and radio observations

Details Characteristics of the flare acceleration region derived from simultaneous hard X-ray and radio observations Characteristics of the flare acceleration region derived from simultaneous hard X-ray and radio observations

2011-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/1102.2342v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

9 pages, 7 figures, to be published in A+A

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We investigate the type III radio bursts and X-ray signatures of accelerated electrons in a well observed solar flare in order to find the spatial properties of the acceleration region. Combining simultaneous RHESSI hard X-ray flare data and radio data from Phoenix-2 and the Nan\c{c}ay radioheliograph, the outward transport of flare accelerated electrons is analyzed. The observations show that the starting frequencies of type III bursts are anti-correlated with the HXR spectral index of solar flare accelerated electrons. We demonstrate both analytically and numerically that the type III burst starting location is dependent upon the accelerated electron spectral index and the spatial acceleration region size, but weakly dependent on the density of energetic electrons for relatively intense electron beams. Using this relationship and the observed anti-correlation, we estimate the height and vertical extent of the acceleration region, giving values of around 50 Mm and 10 Mm respectively. The inferred acceleration height and size suggests that electrons are accelerated well above the soft X-ray loop-top, which could be consistent with the electron acceleration between 40 Mm and 60 Mm above the flaring loop.

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