Soft X-ray, microwave, and hard X-ray emission from a solar flare - Implications for electron heating and acceleration in current channels

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Oct 1989

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 345, Oct. 15, 1989, p. 1050-1059.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Electron Acceleration, Magnetohydrodynamics, Solar Flares, Solar Radio Emission, Solar X-Rays, Current Sheets, Microwaves, Ohmic Dissipation, Resistance Heating

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The soft X-ray, microwave, and hard X-ray emissions from the solar flare of May 14, 1980 are studied. The flare consists of a gradual component in soft X-rays and microwaves and a superposed impulsive burst accompanied by hard X-ray emission. The impulsive phase of the flare appears in the soft X-ray emission as a temperature spike and as an increased rate of energy dissipation into the plasma. A new, spatially and spectrally distinct, microwave component appears during the impulsive burst. The data are interpreted in terms of Joule heating and the electric field acceleration of electrons in one or more current sheets. It is found that all three emissions can be generated with sub-Dreicer electric fields. The soft X-ray emitting plasma can be heated by a single current sheet only if the resistivity in the sheet is well above the classical, collisional resistivity. Conditions are also given for the hard X-ray emission to be from nonthermal electrons with classical resistivity.

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