Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...223..620c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 223, July 15, 1978, p. 620-627, 629-637.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
137
Radio Astronomy, Solar Flares, Solar X-Rays, X Ray Astronomy, Adiabatic Conditions, H Alpha Line, Microwave Emission, Oso-5, Plasma Dynamics
Scientific paper
A set of 22 simple impulsive solar flares, identified in the OSO 5 hard X-ray data, has been analyzed together with coincident microwave and meter-wave radio observations. The rise times and fall times of the X-ray bursts are found to be highly correlated and effectively equal, strongly suggesting a flare-energizing mechanism that is reversible. The good time resolution available for these observations reveals that the microwave emission is influenced by an additional process, evident in the tendency of the microwave emission to peak later and decay more slowly than the symmetric X-ray bursts. Meter-wave emission is observed in coincidence with five events which also show strong time correlation between the X-ray and microwave burst structure. This meter-wave emission is characterized by U-burst radiation, indicating confinement of the flare source. The relationship found between the X-ray burst duration and the calculated flare diameter, together with the thermal character of the X-ray spectra, gives additional support to the hypothesis that the impulsive component is driven by adiabatic compression and expansion of a magnetically confined plasma which is the common primary source of both X-ray and microwave emission.
Crannell Carol J.
Frost Kenneth J.
Maetzler C.
Ohki Kenichiro
Saba Jack L.
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