Impulsive phase of flares in soft X-ray emission

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Solar Flares, Solar Spectra, Solar X-Rays, Calcium, Iron, Solar Maximum Mission, X Ray Spectra

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Observations using the bent crystal spectrometer instrument on the Solar Maximum Mission show that turbulence and blue-shifted motions are characteristic of the soft X-ray plasma during the impulsive phase of flares, and are coincident with the hard X-ray bursts observed by the hard X-ray burst spectrometer. A method for analysing the Ca XIX and Fe XXV spectra characteristic of the impulsive phase is presented. Nonthermal widths and blue-shifted components in the spectral lines of Ca XIX and Fe XXV indicate the presence of turbulent velocities exceeding 100 km/s and upward motions of 300-400 km/s. The April 10, May 9, and June 29, 1980 flares are studied. The April 10 flare has two separated footpoints bright in hard X-rays. Plasma heated to temperatures greater than ten million K rises from the footpoints. During the three minutes in which the evaporation process occurs an energy of 3.7 x 10 to the 30th ergs. This is consistent with the above figures, allowing for loss by radiation and conduction.

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