Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icrc....4....2d&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 4 p 2-5 (SEE N85-34729 23-92)
Physics
Electrons, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Particle Acceleration, Scattering, Shock Waves, Solar Flares, Solar Protons, Correlation, Mach Number, Momentum, Spectra
Scientific paper
It is proposed that particles during the second phase of solar flares are accelerated by stochastic resonant scattering off hydromagnetic waves and first order Fermi acceleration in shock waves generated in the impulsive phase of the flare. Solutions allow arbitrary power law momentum dependences of the momentum diffusion coefficient as well as the momentum diffusion coefficient as well as the momentum loss time. The acceleration time scale to a characteristic energy approximately 100 keV for protons can be as short as 5s. The resulting electron spectra show a characteristic double power law with a transition around 200 keV and are correlated to the proton spectra evaluated under equal boundary conditions, indicating that electrons and protons are accelerated by the same mechanism. The correlation between the different spectral indices in the electron double power law and between electron and proton spectra are governed by the ratio of first to second order acceleration and therefore allow a determination of the Alfven Mach number of the shock wave.
Droege Wolfgang
Schlickeiser Reinhard
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