Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted in Solar Physics
Scientific paper
10.1007/s11207-007-9004-8
We carried out an electromagnetic acoustic analysis of the solar flare of 14 August 2004 in active region AR10656 from the radio to the hard X-ray spectrum. The flare was a GOES soft X-ray class M7.4 and produced a detectable sun quake, confirming earlier inferences that relatively low-energy flares may be able to generate sun quakes. We introduce the hypothesis that the seismicity of the active region is closely related to the heights of coronal magnetic loops that conduct high-energy particles from the flare. In the case of relatively short magnetic loops, chromospheric evaporation populates the loop interior with ionized gas relatively rapidly, expediting the scattering of remaining trapped high-energy electrons into the magnetic loss cone and their rapid precipitation into the chromosphere. This increases both the intensity and suddenness of the chromospheric heating, satisfying the basic conditions for an acoustic emission that penetrates into the solar interior.
Besliu-Ionescu Diana
Cally Paul S.
Donea Alina-Catalina
Lindsey Charles
Martinez-Oliveros Juan C.
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