On the reconciliation of simultaneous microwave imaging and hard X-ray observations of a solar flare

Details On the reconciliation of simultaneous microwave imaging and hard X-ray observations of a solar flare On the reconciliation of simultaneous microwave imaging and hard X-ray observations of a solar flare

Mar 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991soph..132..125n&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 132, March 1991, p. 125-136.

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Microwave Imagery, Solar Electrons, Solar Flares, Solar X-Rays, X Ray Spectra, Energy Distribution, Energy Spectra, Optical Thickness

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Microwave imaging data for a small flare with simultaneous hard X-ray spectral observations are compared. The X-ray data suggest that the power-law index delta of the energy distribution of the radiating electrons is 5.3 (thick-target) which differs significantly from the estimate (delta = 1.4) from a homogeneous optically-thin gyrosynchrotron model which fits the radio observations well. In order to reconcile these results, a double power-law energy spectrum is investigated for the energetic electrons in the flare, as assumed by other authors: the power law is steep at low energies and much flatter at the higher energies which produce the bulk of the microwaves. The emission of soft photons by the flat tail strongly contributes to the observed hard X-ray range and would flatten the spectrum there. A thin-target model for the X-ray emission is also inconsistent with radio data. An inhomogenous gyrosychrotron model with a number of free parameters and containing an electron distribution given by the thick-target X-ray model could be made to fit the radio data.

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