Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009spd....40.3606b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #40, #36.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.869
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Solar X-ray jets were first observed by Yohkoh (Shibata 1992, Strong 1992). During these events, collimated flows of plasma are accelerated in the corona. Previous observations have detected jet-related electrons directly in space as well as via radio signatures (type III bursts). However the major diagnostic of fast electrons is bremsstrahlung X-ray emission, but until now we have never seen any evidence of hard X-ray emission directly from the jet in the corona. This could be because it is rare to find a coronal jet dense enough to provide a bremsstrahlung target for the electrons, or hot enough to generate high energy thermal emission. We report what we believe to be the first observation of hard X-ray emission formed in a coronal jet. The event occurred on the 22nd of August 2002 and its evolution was observed by a number of instruments. In particular we study the pre-impulsive and impulsive phase of the flare using data from RHESSI, TRACE and the Nobeyama Radioheliograph. During this period RHESSI observed significant hard X-ray emission to energies as high as 50 keV in the jet. Radio observations from the Nobeyama Radioheliograph show a positive spectral index for the ejected material, which may be explained by optically-thick gyrosynchrotron emission from non-thermal electrons in the jet.
HMB gratefully acknowledges the support of an SPD and STFC studentship. LF gratefully acknowledges the support of an STFC Rolling Grant, and financial support by the European Commission through the SOLAIRE Network (MTRN-CT_2006-035484)
Bain Hazel
Fletcher Lauren
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