Sequences of correlated hard X-ray and type III bursts during solar flares

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Feb 1995

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 440, no. 1, p. 394-406

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

37

Particle Acceleration, Pulsed Radiation, Radio Astronomy, Solar Flares, Spaceborne Astronomy, Statistical Correlation, Stellar Models, X Ray Astronomy, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Electron Beams, Mathematical Models, Solar Maximum Mission

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Acceleration and injection of electron beams in solar flares can be traced from radio type III (or type U) bursts and correlated hard X-ray pulses with similar timescales and nonthermal spectra. We perform a systematic survey of such correlated radio and hard X-ray (HXR) pulses with timescales of less than or approximately 2 s in flares simultaneously observed with the radio spectrometer Ikarus and the Hard X-Ray Burst Spectrometer (HXRBS) on solar maximum mission (SMM). We applied an epoch-folding technique to enhance correlated time patterns in burst sequences at the two wavelengths. We present the results from the strongest (10) flares with a HXRBS count rate greater than or = 3000 counts/s, which have a satisfactory signal-to-noise ratio for subsecond pulses. The major findings of this study are presented. These observations strongly suggest that particle acceleration in solar flares occurs in a pulsed mode where electron beams are simultaneously injected in upward and downward directions. Since the sequences of correlated HXR and radio bursts show identical durations and intervals at the two wavelengths, they are believed to reflect most directly the temporal dynamics of the underlying common accelerator. As a consequence, thick-target models should be reconsidered under the aspect of electron injection with pulse durations of 0.2-2.0 s and duty cycles of approximately = 50%.

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