Fermi Detection of γ-Ray Emission from the M2 Soft X-Ray Flare on 2010 June 12

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

2

Acceleration Of Particles, Sun: Flares, Sun: Particle Emission, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays

Scientific paper

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) M2-class solar flare, SOL2010-06-12T00:57, was modest in many respects yet exhibited remarkable acceleration of energetic particles. The flare produced an ~50 s impulsive burst of hard X- and γ-ray emission up to at least 400 MeV observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Large Area Telescope experiments. The remarkably similar hard X-ray and high-energy γ-ray time profiles suggest that most of the particles were accelerated to energies gsim300 MeV with a delay of ~10 s from mildly relativistic electrons, but some reached these energies in as little as ~3 s. The γ-ray line fluence from this flare was about 10 times higher than that typically observed from this modest GOES class of X-ray flare. There is no evidence for time-extended >100 MeV emission as has been found for other flares with high-energy γ-rays.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Fermi Detection of γ-Ray Emission from the M2 Soft X-Ray Flare on 2010 June 12 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Fermi Detection of γ-Ray Emission from the M2 Soft X-Ray Flare on 2010 June 12, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Fermi Detection of γ-Ray Emission from the M2 Soft X-Ray Flare on 2010 June 12 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-888948

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.