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SDO/HMI和RHESSI观测到的白光耀斑能量学

The Energetics of White-light Flares Observed by SDO/HMI and RHESSI

Nengyi Huang, Yan Xu, Haimin Wang

摘要:

白光(WL)耀斑自首次发现以来,已经被观察和研究了一个多世纪。然而,明亮发射背后的一些基本物理仍然存在很大争议。解决耀斑能量学的一个重要事实是白光发射和硬X射线辐射之间的时空相关性,这可能表明高能电子是能量来源。在这项研究中,我们提出了25个强耀斑(?大于或等于M5),由太阳动力学天文台(SDO)上的日震和磁成像仪(HMI)和拉马迪高能太阳光谱成像仪(RHESSI)同时观测。在这些事件中,SDO/HMI在13个耀斑中检测到WL发射,与HXR发射有关。为了定量描述WL发射的强度,等效面积(EA)被定义为整个燃烧区域上的综合对比度增强。我们的研究结果表明,等效面积是成反比的HXR功率指数,表明更强的WL发射往往与更大的人口的高能电子。然而,在50 keV的WL发射和非热电子通量之间没有明显的相关性。对于另一组13个没有可探测到的WL发射的耀斑,HXR光谱比有WL发射的耀斑更软(更大的功率指数),特别是对于该组中的X级耀斑。

英文摘要:

White-light (WL) flares have been observed and studied more than a century since the first discovery. However, some fundamental physics behind the brilliant emission remains highly controversial. One of the important facts in addressing the flare energetics is the spatialtemporal correlation between the white-light emission and the hard X-ray radiation, presumably suggesting that the energetic electrons are the energy sources. In this study, we present a statistical analysis of 25 strong flares (?greater than or equal to M5) observed simultaneously by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). Among these events, WL emission was detected by SDO/HMI in 13 flares, associated with HXR emission. To quantitatively describe the strength of WL emission, equivalent area (EA) is defined as the integrated contrast enhancement over the entire flaring area. Our results show that the equivalent area is inversely proportional to the HXR power index, indicating that stronger WL emission tends to be associated with larger population of high energy electrons. However, no obvious correlation is found between WL emission and flux of non-thermal electrons at 50 keV. For the other group of 13 flares without detectable WL emission, the HXR spectra are softer (larger power index) than those flares with WL emission, especially for the X-class flares in this group.

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