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太阳耀斑中多个硬X射线源的识别:2002年2月20日事件的贝叶斯分析

Identification of multiple hard X-ray sources in solar flares: A Bayesian analysis of the February 20 2002 event

Federica Sciacchitano, Alberto Sorrentino, A Gordon Emslie, Anna Maria Massone, Michele Piana

摘要:

太阳耀斑中的硬X射线发射通常由许多离散源表征,每个源都具有其自身的光谱、时间和空间变化性。建立这些来源之间的关系是至关重要的,以确定每个在能量释放和传输过程中发生的耀斑的作用。在本文中,我们提出了一种新的方法来识别和表征每个源的硬X射线发射。该方法允许定量确定最可能存在的子源的数量,以及在耀斑的给定子区域中的硬X射线发射由复杂的多源结构或由简单的单源表示的相对概率。我们应用的方法,充分研究耀斑2002年2月20日,以评估竞争索赔的色球足点源的数量,因此,潜在的磁几何/拓扑的复杂性。与以前声称需要多个源来解释不同位置和时间的色球硬X射线发射相反,我们发现一个简单的双足点加日冕源模型是对数据最可能的解释。我们还发现,其中一个足迹源在整个事件中移动得相当快,这一因素可能使以前的分析复杂化。推断的足点速度对应于一个非常高的感应电场,与薄重连电流片兼容。

英文摘要:

The hard X-ray emission in a solar flare is typically characterized by a number of discrete sources, each with its own spectral, temporal, and spatial variability. Establishing the relationship amongst these sources is critical to determine the role of each in the energy release and transport processes that occur within the flare. In this paper we present a novel method to identify and characterize each source of hard X-ray emission. The method permits a quantitative determination of the most likely number of subsources present, and of the relative probabilities that the hard X-ray emission in a given subregion of the flare is represented by a complicated multiple source structure or by a simpler single source. We apply the method to a well-studied flare on 2002~February~20 in order to assess competing claims as to the number of chromospheric footpoint sources present, and hence to the complexity of the underlying magnetic geometry/toplogy. Contrary to previous claims of the need for multiple sources to account for the chromospheric hard X-ray emission at different locations and times, we find that a simple two-footpoint-plus-coronal-source model is the most probable explanation for the data. We also find that one of the footpoint sources moves quite rapidly throughout the event, a factor that presumably complicated previous analyses. The inferred velocity of the footpoint corresponds to a very high induced electric field, compatible with those in thin reconnecting current sheets.

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