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耀斑中软、硬X射线成分的相关性:从太阳到恒星

The correlation between soft and hard X-rays component in flares: from the Sun to the stars

C. Isola, F. Favata, G. Micela, H. S. Hudson

摘要:

在这项工作中,我们研究了太阳耀斑中的软X射线(1.6- 12.4 keV,主要是热的)和硬X射线(20- 40和60- 80 keV,主要是非热的)之间的相关性,直到能量最大的事件,峰值通量跨越约4个数量级,建立了一个一般的标度律,并将其推广到迄今为止观测到的最强烈的恒星耀斑事件。我们使用的数据来自2002年2月发射的NASA小型探测器--拉马迪高能太阳光谱成像仪(RHESSI)。RHESSI具有很好的光谱分辨率(X射线范围~1 keV)和很宽的能量覆盖范围(3 keV-20 MeV),这使得它非常适合于区分太阳耀斑的热辐射和非热辐射。我们的研究是基于从GOES C级到最强X级的45个耀斑的详细分析,使用的是GOES 1.6- 12.4keV和从RHESSI数据中选择的两个波段(20 - 40 keV和60- 80 keV)的峰值光子通量。我们发现一个显着的相关性之间的软和硬峰值X射线通量跨越完整的样品研究。由此产生的标度律已外推到最强烈的恒星耀斑的情况下观察到的,比较它与恒星的观测。我们的结果表明,推导出的太阳耀斑的标度律的外推到最活跃的恒星事件是兼容的强恒星耀斑的硬X射线的现有观测。

英文摘要:

In this work we study the correlation between the soft (1.6--12.4 keV, mostly thermal) and the hard (20--40 and 60--80 keV, mostly non-thermal) X-ray emission in solar flares up to the most energetic events, spanning about 4 orders of magnitude in peak flux, establishing a general scaling law and extending it to the most intense stellar flaring events observed to date. We used the data from the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft, a NASA Small Explorer launched in February 2002. RHESSI has good spectral resolution (~1 keV in the X-ray range) and broad energy coverage (3 keV--20 MeV), which makes it well suited to distinguish the thermal from non-thermal emission in solar flares. Our study is based on the detailed analysis of 45 flares ranging from the GOES C-class, to the strongest X-class events, using the peak photon fluxes in the GOES 1.6--12.4 keV and in two bands selected from RHESSI data, i.e.20--40 keV and 60--80 keV. We find a significant correlation between the soft and hard peak X-ray fluxes spanning the complete sample studied. The resulting scaling law has been extrapolated to the case of the most intense stellar flares observed, comparing it with the stellar observations. Our results show that an extrapolation of the scaling law derived for solar flares to the most active stellar events is compatible with the available observations of intense stellar flares in hard X-rays.

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