Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998soph..183..123r&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, v. 183, Issue 1, p. 123-132 (1998).
Physics
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Scientific paper
Electron-dominated episodes or events during solar flares are characterized by a flattening of the electron bremsstrahlung continuum above about 1MeV. This flattening leads to a dominance of the continuum at MeV energies over nuclear emissions. We analyzed events recorded by the gamma-ray spectrometer on SMM with the aim to determine the nuclear contribution in the energy range between 4 and 8MeV. We find that for comparable continuum fluences it is less by about an order of magnitude than for other flares. The spectral index of the best-fit power law of the >1MeV continuum with a median at -1.84 turns out to be independent of the heliocentric angle of the events, implying that the degree of anisotropy of the radiating particles was low. It is of interest to note that a value of ~-1.5 seems to be a limit. The spectral index of the continuum between 0.3 and 1MeV does not differ significantly from that of other flares. Only measurements with detectors sensitive up to at least 10MeV can, therefore, sort out electron dominated episodes during solar flares.
Gan Wei-Qun
Marschhäuser Holger
Rieger Erich
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