Dynamic evolution of the source volumes of gradual and impulsive solar flare emissions

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Nov 1988

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 334, Nov. 1, 1988, p. 494-509. Research supported by the Lockheed Independe

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Impulses, Microwave Emission, Solar Flares, Solar Radiation, Solar X-Rays, Steady State, Chromosphere, Electron Energy, Evaporation, Line Spectra, Plasmas (Physics), Solar Activity, Spectrometers

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This study compares flare source volumes inferred from impulsive hard X-rays and microwaves with those derived from density sensitive soft X-ray line ratios in the O VII spectrum. The data for this study were obtained with the SMM Hard X-ray Burst Spectrometer, Earth-based radio observatories, and the SOLEX-B spectrometer on the P78-1 satellite. Data were available for the flares of 1980 April 8, 1980 May 9, and 1981 February 26. The hard X-ray/microwave source volume is determined under the assumption that the same electron temperature or power law index characterizes both the source of hard X-rays and the source of microwaves. The O VII line ratios yield the density and volume of the 2 x 10 to the 6th K plasma. For all three flares, the O VII source volume is found to be smallest at the beginning of the flare, near the time when the impulsive hard X-ray/microwave volume reaches its first maximum. At this time, the O VII volume is three to four orders of magnitude smaller than that inferred from the hard X-ray/microwave analysis. Subsequently, the O VII source volume increases by one or two orders of magnitude then remains almost constant until the end of the flare when it apparently increases again.

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