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RHESSI观测到的双日冕硬、软X射线源:太阳耀斑中磁重联和粒子加速的证据

Double Coronal Hard and Soft X-ray Source Observed by RHESSI: Evidence for Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares

Wei Liu, Vahe' Petrosian, Brian R. Dennis, Yan Wei Jiang

摘要:

本文介绍了2002年4月30日利用RHESSI观测到的M1.4级耀斑的数据分析和解释。这一事件的足迹被太阳边缘掩盖,在日冕中表现出很少观察到的,但理论上是预期的双源结构。在6-30 keV范围内观察到的两个日冕源出现在不同的高度,并显示出能量依赖的结构,其中较高能量的发射更接近。光谱分析表明,在两个源之间的内部区域的较高能量的发射主要是非热的,而在外部区域的较低能量的发射主要是热的。这两个源都是可见的约12分钟,并有类似的光变曲线和幂律光谱以上约20千电子伏。这些观测结果表明,磁重联位置位于两个源之间。以湍流和/或粒子形式从重连部位释放的能量的双向流出可以是观察到的辐射的来源。另一方面,低于约15 keV的空间分辨热发射表明下部源具有比上部源更大的发射测量值但具有更低的温度。这可能是两个源的磁场和等离子体密度不同的结果。

英文摘要:

We present data analysis and interpretation of an M1.4-class flare observed with the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) on April 30, 2002. This event, with its footpoints occulted by the solar limb, exhibits a rarely observed, but theoretically expected, double-source structure in the corona. The two coronal sources, observed over the 6-30 keV range, appear at different altitudes and show energy-dependent structures with the higher-energy emission being closer together. Spectral analysis implies that the emission at higher energies in the inner region between the two sources is mainly nonthermal, while the emission at lower energies in the outer region is primarily thermal. The two sources are both visible for about 12 minutes and have similar light curves and power-law spectra above about 20 keV. These observations suggest that the magnetic reconnection site lies between the two sources. Bi-directional outflows of the released energy in the form of turbulence and/or particles from the reconnection site can be the source of the observed radiation. The spatially resolved thermal emission below about 15 keV, on the other hand, indicates that the lower source has a larger emission measure but a lower temperature than the upper source. This is likely the result of the differences in the magnetic field and plasma density of the two sources.

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