Cold, tenuous solar flare: acceleration without heating

Details Cold, tenuous solar flare: acceleration without heating Cold, tenuous solar flare: acceleration without heating

2011-03-14

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2705v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

ApJ Letters accepted; 5 figures

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We report the observation of an unusual cold, tenuous solar flare, which reveals itself via numerous and prominent non-thermal manifestations, while lacking any noticeable thermal emission signature. RHESSI hard X-rays and 0.1-18 GHz radio data from OVSA and Phoenix-2 show copious electron acceleration (10^35 electrons per second above 10 keV) typical for GOES M-class flares with electrons energies up to 100 keV, but GOES temperatures not exceeding 6.1 MK. The imaging, temporal, and spectral characteristics of the flare have led us to a firm conclusion that the bulk of the microwave continuum emission from this flare was produced directly in the acceleration region. The implications of this finding for the flaring energy release and particle acceleration are discussed.

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