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1.
Zongjun Ning 《Solar physics》2008,248(1):99-111
Previous observations show that in many solar flares there is a causal correlation between the hard X-ray flux and the derivative
of the soft X-ray flux. This so-called Neupert effect is indicative of a strong link between the primary energy release to
accelerate particles and plasma heating. It suggests a flare model in which the hard X-rays are electron – ion bremsstrahlung
produced by energetic electrons as they lose their energy in the lower corona and chromosphere and the soft X-rays are thermal
bremsstrahlung from the “chromospheric evaporation” plasma heated by those same electrons. Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) observes in a broad energy band and its high spectral resolution and coverage of the low-energy range allow us to
separate the thermal continuum from the nonthermal component, which gives us an opportunity to investigate the Neupert effect.
In this paper, we use the parameters derived from RHESSI observations to trace the primary energy release and the plasma response:
The hard X-ray flux or spectral hardness is compared with the derivative of plasma thermal energy in three impulsive flares
on 10 November 2002 and on 3 and 25 August 2005. High correlations show that the Neupert effect does hold for the two hard
X-ray peaks of the 10 November 2002 flare, for the first peaks of the 3 August 2005 flare, and for the beginning period of
the 25 August 2005 flare. 相似文献
2.
Share G.H. Murphy R.J. Tylka A.J. Schwartz R.A. Yoshimori M. Suga K. Nakayama S. Takeda H. 《Solar physics》2001,204(1-2):41-53
The HXS and GRS detectors on Yohkoh observed the 14 July 2000, X5.7 flare, beginning at ∼ 10:20 UT, ∼ 4 min before the peak in soft X-rays. The hard X-rays and
γ-rays peaked ∼ 3 min later at ∼ 10:27 UT. Solar γ-ray emission lasted until ∼ 10:40 UT. Impact of high-energy ions at the
Sun is revealed by the γ-ray lines from neutron capture, annihilation radiation and de-excitation that are visible above the
bremsstrahlung continuum. From measurement of these lines we find that the flare-averaged spectrum of accelerated protons
is consistent with a power law ge10 MeV with index 3.14±0.15 and flux 1.1×1032 protons MeV−1 at 10 MeV. We estimate that there were ∼1.5×1030 erg in accelerated ions if the power law extended without a break down to 1 MeV; this is about 1% of the energy in electrons
> 20 keV from measurements of the hard X-rays. We find no evidence for spectral hardening in the hard X-rays that has been
suggested as a predictor for the occurrence of solar energetic particle (SEP) events. This was the third largest proton event
above 10 MeV since 1976. The GRS and HXS also observed γ-ray lines and continuum produced by the impact of SEP on the Earth's
atmosphere beginning about 13 UT on 14 July. These measurements show that the SEP spectrum softened considerably over the
next 24 hours. We compare these measurements with proton measurements in space. 相似文献
3.
A database combining information about solar proton enhancements (SPEs) near the Earth and soft X-ray flares (GOES measurements)
has been used for the study of different correlations through the period from 1975 to May 2006. The emphasis of this work
is on the treatment of peak-size distributions of SXR flares and SPEs. The frequency of SXR flares and solar proton events
(>10 and >100 MeV, respectively) for the past three solar cycles has been found to follow mainly a power-law distribution
over three to five orders of magnitude of fluxes, which is physically correct beyond the “sensitivity” problem with the smallest
peak values. The absence of significant spectral steepening in the domain of the highest peak values demonstrates that during
the period considered, lasting 30 years, the limit of the highest flare’s energy release has not yet been achieved. The power-law
exponents were found to be −2.19±0.04, −1.34±0.02, and −1.46±0.04, for the total SXR flare distribution and the total SPE
distributions (for both E
P>10 MeV and E
P>100 MeV), respectively. For SPEs associated with flares located to the West of 20° W, the exponents are −1.22±0.05 (E
P>10 MeV) and −1.26±0.03 (E
P>100 MeV). The size distribution for corresponding flares follows a power law with a slope of −1.29±0.12. Thus, X-ray and
proton fluxes produced in the same solar events have very similar distribution shapes. Moreover, the derived slopes are not
incompatible with a linear dependence between X-ray flare power and proton fluxes near the Earth. A similar statistical relation
is obtained independently from the direct comparison of the X-ray and proton fluxes. These all argue for a statistically significant
relationship between X-ray and proton emissions. 相似文献
4.
P. Goldoni M. Ribó T. Di Salvo J. M. Paredes V. Bosch-Ramon M. Rupen 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,309(1-4):293-297
LS 5039 is the only X-ray binary persistently detected at TeV energies by the Cherenkov HESS telescope. It is moreover a γ-ray emitter in the GeV and possibly MeV energy ranges. To understand important aspects of jet physics, like the magnetic
field content or particle acceleration, and emission processes, such as synchrotron and inverse Compton (IC), a complete modeling
of the multiwavelength data is necessary. LS 5039 has been detected along almost all the electromagnetic spectrum thanks to
several radio, infrared, optical and soft X-ray detections. However, hard X-ray detections above 20 keV have been so far elusive
and/or doubtful, partly due to source confusion for the poor spatial resolution of hard X-ray instruments. We report here
on deep (∼300 ks) serendipitous INTEGRAL hard X-ray observations of LS 5039, coupled with simultaneous VLA radio observations. We obtain a 20–40 keV flux of 1.1±0.3 mCrab
(5.9 (±1.6) ×10−12 erg cm−2 s−1), a 40–100 keV upper limit of 1.5 mCrab (9.5×10−12 erg cm−2 s−1), and typical radio flux densities of ∼25 mJy at 5 GHz. These hard X-ray fluxes are significantly lower than previous estimates
obtained with BATSE in the same energy range but, in the lower interval, agree with extrapolation of previous RXTE measurements. The INTEGRAL observations also hint to a break in the spectral behavior at hard X-rays. A more sensitive characterization of the hard
X-ray spectrum of LS 5039 from 20 to 100 keV could therefore constrain key aspects of the jet physics, like the relativistic
particle spectrum and the magnetic field strength. Future multiwavelength observations would allow to establish whether such
hard X-ray synchrotron emission is produced by the same population of relativistic electrons as those presumably producing
TeV emission through IC. 相似文献
5.
In an effort to examine the relationship between flare flux and corresponding CME mass, we temporally and spatially correlate
all X-ray flares and CMEs in the LASCO and GOES archives from 1996 to 2006. We cross-reference 6733 CMEs having well-measured
masses against 12 050 X-ray flares having position information as determined from their optical counterparts. For a given
flare, we search in time for CMEs which occur 10 – 80 minutes afterward, and we further require the flare and CME to occur
within ± 45° in position angle on the solar disk. There are 826 CME/flare pairs which fit these criteria. Comparing the flare
fluxes with CME masses of these paired events, we find CME mass increases with flare flux, following an approximately log-linear,
broken relationship: in the limit of lower flare fluxes, log (CME mass)∝0.68×log (flare flux), and in the limit of higher
flare fluxes, log (CME mass)∝0.33×log (flare flux). We show that this broken power-law, and in particular the flatter slope
at higher flare fluxes, may be due to an observational bias against CMEs associated with the most energetic flares: halo CMEs.
Correcting for this bias yields a single power-law relationship of the form log (CME mass)∝0.70×log (flare flux). This function
describes the relationship between CME mass and flare flux over at least 3 dex in flare flux, from ≈ 10−7 – 10−4 W m−2. 相似文献
6.
Based on the analysis of the microwave observations at the frequency range of 2.60 – 3.80 GHz in the solar X1.3 flare event
observed at the Solar Broadband RadioSpectrometer in Huairou (SBRS/Huairou) on 30 July 2005, an interesting reversed drifting quasi-periodic pulsating structure (R-DPS) is
confirmed. The R-DPS is mainly composed of two drifting pulsating components: one is a relatively slow very short-period pulsation
(VSP) with a period of about 130 – 170 ms, the other is a relatively fast VSP with a period of about 70 – 80 ms. The R-DPS
has a weak left-handed circular polarization. Based on the synthetic investigations of Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imaging (RHESSI) hard X-ray, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) soft X-ray observations, and magnetic field extrapolation, we suggest that the R-DPS possibly reflects flaring dynamic
processes of the emission source regions. 相似文献
7.
K. Kobayashi S. Tsuneta T. Tamura K. Kumagai Y. Katsukawa M. Kubo Y. Sakamoto N. Kohara T. Yamagami Y. Saito K. Mori 《Solar physics》2008,250(2):431-441
Spectroscopic observation of solar flares in the hard X-ray energy range, particularly the 20 ∼ 100 keV region, is an invaluable
tool for investigating the flare mechanism. This paper describes the design and performance of a balloon-borne hard X-ray
spectrometer using CdTe detectors developed for solar flare observation. The instrument is a small balloon payload (gondola
weight 70 kg) with sixteen 10×10×0.5 mm CdTe detectors, designed for a 1-day flight at 41 km altitude. It observes in an energy
range of 20−120 keV and has an energy resolution of 3 keV at 60 keV. The second flight on 24 May 2002 succeeded in observing
a class M1.1 flare. 相似文献
8.
Using RHESSI and some auxiliary observations we examine possible connections between the spatial and temporal structure of
nonthermal hard X-ray (HXR) emission sources from the two-ribbon flares of 29 May 2003 and 19 January 2005. In each of these
events quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) with time period of 1 – 3 minutes are evident in both hard X rays and microwaves. The
sources of nonthermal HXR emission are situated mainly at the footpoints of the flare arcade loops observed by TRACE and the
SOHO/EIT instrument in the EUV range. At least one of the sources moves systematically during and after the QPP phase in each
flare. The sources move predominantly parallel to the magnetic inversion line during the 29 May flare and along flare ribbons
during the QPP phase of both flares. By contrast, the sources start to show movement perpendicular to the flare ribbons with
velocity comparable to that along the ribbons’ movement after the QPP phase. The sources of each pulse are localized in distinct
parts of the ribbon during the QPP phase. The measured velocity of the sources and the estimated energy release rate do not
correlate well with the flux of the HXR emission calculated from these sources. The sources of microwaves and thermal HXRs
are situated near the apex of the flare loop arcade and are not stationary either. Almost all of the QPP as well as some pulses
of nonthermal HXR emission during the post-QPP phase reveal soft – hard – soft spectral behavior, indicating separate acts
of electron acceleration and injection. In our opinion at least two different flare scenarios based on the Nakariakov et al. (2006, Astron. Astrophys.
452, 343) model and on the idea of current-carrying loop coalescence are suitable for interpreting the observations. However,
it is currently not possible to choose between them owing to observational limitations. 相似文献
9.
We report very high temporal and spectral resolution interferometric observations of some unusual solar radio bursts near
1420 MHz. These bursts were observed on 13 September 2005, 22 minutes after the peak of a GOES class X flare from the NOAA
region 10808. Our observations show 11 episodes of narrow-band intermittent emission within a span of ≈ 8 s. Each episode
shows a heavily frequency-modulated band of emission with a spectral slope of about −245.5 MHz s−1, comprising up to 8 individual blobs of emission and lasts for 10 – 15 ms. The blobs themselves have a spectral slope of
≈ 0 MHz s−1, are ≈ 200 – 250 kHz wide, appear every ≈ 400 kHz and last for ≈ 4 – 5 ms. These bursts show brightness temperatures in the
range 1012 K, which suggests a coherent emission mechanism. We believe these are the first high temporal and spectral resolution interferometric
observations of such rapid and narrow-bandwidth solar bursts close to 1420 MHz and present an analysis of their temporal and
spectral characteristics. 相似文献
10.
S. Masson K.-L. Klein R. Bütikofer E. Flückiger V. Kurt B. Yushkov S. Krucker 《Solar physics》2009,257(2):305-322
The origin of relativistic solar protons during large flare/CME events has not been uniquely identified so far. We perform
a detailed comparative analysis of the time profiles of relativistic protons detected by the worldwide network of neutron
monitors at Earth with electromagnetic signatures of particle acceleration in the solar corona during the large particle event
of 20 January 2005. The intensity – time profile of the relativistic protons derived from the neutron monitor data indicates
two successive peaks. We show that microwave, hard X-ray, and γ-ray emissions display several episodes of particle acceleration within the impulsive flare phase. The first relativistic
protons detected at Earth are accelerated together with relativistic electrons and with protons that produce pion-decay γ rays during the second episode. The second peak in the relativistic proton profile at Earth is accompanied by new signatures
of particle acceleration in the corona within ≈1R
⊙ above the photosphere, revealed by hard X-ray and microwave emissions of low intensity and by the renewed radio emission
of electron beams and of a coronal shock wave. We discuss the observations in terms of different scenarios of particle acceleration
in the corona. 相似文献
11.
We revisit the flare that occurred on 13 January 1992, which is now universally termed the “Masuda flare”. The new analysis
is motivated not just by its uniqueness despite the increasing number of coronal observations in hard X-rays, but also by
the improvement of Yohkoh hard X-ray image processing, which was achieved after the intensive investigations on this celebrated event. Using an uncertainty
analysis, we show that the hard X-ray coronal source is located closer to the soft X-ray loop by about 5000 km (or 7 arcsec)
in the re-calibrated Hard X-ray Telescope (HXT) images than in the original ones. Specifically, the centroid of the M1-band
(23 – 33 keV) coronal source is above the maximum brightness of the Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) loop by 5000±1000 km (9600
km in the original data) and above the apex of the SXT loop represented by the 30% brightness contour by 2000±1000 km (∼ 7000 km
in the original data). The change is obviously significant, because most coronal sources are above the thermal loop by less
than 6 arcsec. We suggest that this change may account for the discrepancy in the literature, i.e., the spectrum of the coronal emission was reported to be extremely hard below ∼ 20 keV in the pre-calibration investigations,
whereas it was reported to be considerably softer in the literature after the re-calibration done by Sato, Kosugi, and Makishima
(Pub. Astron. Soc. Japan
51, 127, 1999). Still, the coronal spectrum is flatter at lower energies than at higher energies, due to the lack of a similar, co-spatial
source in the L-band (14 – 23 keV), for which a convincing explanation is absent. 相似文献
12.
13.
The distribution of the shocks in the heliosphere and their characteristic variations are investigated using Ulysses observations. The jumps in solar wind velocity, IMF magnitude, and proton density across the shocks and discontinuities are
evaluated and used to characterize them. The distribution of these discontinuities with respect to heliolatitude ± 80° and
with radial distance 1 to 5 AU are analyzed during solar minimum and solar maximum to understand their global behavior. It
is noticed that the jumps in solar wind parameters associated with shocks and discontinuities are more prominent during the
second orbit of Ulysses, which coincided with the maximum phase of solar activity. 相似文献
14.
The flare plasma temperature calculated from GOES-11 (1.5–12.4 and 3.1–24.8 keV) data is compared with the solar nonthermal
fluxes in various energy ranges in the December 6, 2006 event. Particle acceleration and plasma heating episodes took place
in the pre-flare and impulsive phases; a hard (ACS SPI > 150 keV) X-ray emission was observed 5 min before the onset of the GOES X-ray flare and was not accompanied by a temperature
rise. A close correlation has been found between the flare plasma temperature and the hard X-ray intensity. The temperature
delayed by 0.4 min turned out to be directly proportional to the logarithm of the ACS SPI count rate within the first 3 min
of the impulsive phase. This shows that the accelerated electrons responsible for the X-ray emission were the main plasma
heating source in the pre-flare and impulsive phases. The correlation between the temperature and the hard X-ray intensity
disappears after the observation of a resonance peak at a frequency of 245 MHz. Significant electron fluxes may no longer
be able to effectively heat the expanding plasma when its density in the interaction region reaches ∼109 cm−3. The observations of the July 23, 2002 and December 5, 2006 events confirm the trends found. 相似文献
15.
We investigate the radiative and conductive cooling in the solar flare observed by RHESSI on 2005 September 13. The radiative
and conductive loss energies are estimated from the observations after the flare onset. Consistent with previous findings,
the cooling is increased with time, especially the radiation becomes remarkable on the later phase of flare. According our
method, about half of thermal energy is traced by RHESSI soft X-rays, while the other half is lost by the radiative (∼38%)
and conductive (∼9%) cooling at end of the hard X-rays in this event. The nonthermal energy input of P
nth (inferred from RHESSI hard X-ray spectrum) is not well correlated with the derivative of thermal energy of
\fracdEthdt\frac{\mathrm{d}E_{\mathrm{th}}}{\mathrm{d}t} (required to radiate the RHESSI soft X-ray flux and spectrum) alone. However, after consideration the radiation and conduction,
a high correlation is obtained between the derivative of total thermal energy (
\fracdEth+Erad+Econddt\frac{\mathrm{d}E_{\mathrm{th}}+E_{\mathrm{rad}}+E_{\mathrm{cond}}}{\mathrm{d}t}) and nonthermal energy input (P
nth) from the flare start to end, indicating the relative importance of conductive and direct radiative losses during the solar
flare development. Ignoring the uncertainties to estimate the energy from the observations, we find that about ∼12% fraction
of the known energy is transferred into the thermal energy for the 2005 September 13 flare. 相似文献
16.
We present an analysis of hard X-ray imaging observations from one of the first solar flares observed with the Reuven Ramaty
High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft, launched on 5 February 2002. The data were obtained from the 22
February 2002, 11:06 UT flare, which occurred close to the northwest limb. Thanks to the high energy resolution of the germanium-cooled
hard X-ray detectors on RHESSI we can measure the flare source positions with a high accuracy as a function of energy. Using
a forward-fitting algorithm for image reconstruction, we find a systematic decrease in the altitudes of the source centroids
z(ε) as a function of increasing hard X-ray energy ε, as expected in the thick-target bremsstrahlung model of Brown. The altitude
of hard X-ray emission as a function of photon energy ε can be characterized by a power-law function in the ε=15–50 keV energy
range, viz., z(ε)≈2.3(ε/20 keV)−1.3 Mm. Based on a purely collisional 1-D thick-target model, this height dependence can be inverted into a chromospheric density
model n(z), as derived in Paper I, which follows the power-law function n
e(z)=1.25×1013(z/1 Mm)−2.5 cm−3. This density is comparable with models based on optical/UV spectrometry in the chromospheric height range of h≲1000 km, suggesting that the collisional thick-target model is a reasonable first approximation to hard X-ray footpoint sources.
At h≈1000–2500 km, the hard X-ray based density model, however, is more consistent with the `spicular extended-chromosphere model' inferred from radio sub-mm observations, than with standard models based on hydrostatic equilibrium. At coronal heights,
h≈2.5–12.4 Mm, the average flare loop density inferred from RHESSI is comparable with values from hydrodynamic simulations
of flare chromospheric evaporation, soft X-ray, and radio-based measurements, but below the upper limits set by filling-factor
insensitive iron line pairs. 相似文献
17.
We review recent observations of polarization of moderately hard X-rays in solar flares and compare them with the predictions of recent detailed modeling of hard X-ray bremsstrahlung production by non-thermal electrons. We find that the recent advances in the complexity of the modeling lead to substantially lower predicted polarizations than in earlier models and more fully highlight how various parameters play a role in determining the polarization of the radiation field. The new predicted polarizations are comparable to those predicted by thermal modeling of solar flare hard X-ray production, and both are in agreement with the observations. In the light of these results, we propose new polarization observations with current generation instruments which could be used to discriminate between non-thermal and thermal models of hard X-ray production in solar flares. 相似文献
18.
Werner M. Neupert 《Solar physics》2011,272(2):319-335
The two-band soft X-ray observations of solar flares made by the Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) SOLar RADiation (SOLRAD)
satellites and by the Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center have produced
a nearly continuous record of solar flare observations over a period of more than forty years (1969 – 2011). However, early
GOES observations (i.e., GOES-2) and later (GOES-8 and subsequent missions) are not directly comparable due to changes in the conversion of measured
currents to integrated fluxes in the two spectral bands that were adopted: 0.05 – 0.3 (or 0.4) nm, which we refer to as XS
and 0.1 – 0.8 nm (XL). Furthermore, additional flux adjustments, using overlapping data sets, were imposed to provide consistency
of flare-flux levels from mission to mission. This article evaluates the results of these changes and compares experimental
GOES-8/GOES-2 results with changes predicted from modeled flare spectra. The factors by which recent GOES observations can
be matched to GOES-2 are then optimized by adapting a technique first used to extrapolate GOES X-ray fluxes above saturation
using ionospheric VLF radio phase enhancements. A nearly 20% increase in published GOES-8 XL data would be required to match
to GOES-2 XL fluxes, which were based on observed flare spectra. On the other hand, a factor of 1.07 would match GOES-8 and
later flat-spectrum 0.1 – 0.8 nm fluxes to GOES-2 XL if the latter data were converted to a flat-spectrum basis. Finally,
GOES-8 observations are compared to solar soft X-ray estimates made concurrently with other techniques. Published GOES-8 0.1 – 0.8 nm
fluxes are found to be 0.59 of the mean of these other determinations. Rescaling GOES to a realistic flare spectrum and removing
a 30% downward adjustment applied to the GOES-8 measurements during initial data processing would place GOES-8 and later GOES
XL fluxes at 0.94 of this XL mean. GOES-2 on the same scale would lie at about 0.70 of this mean. Significant uncertainties
in the absolute levels of broad band soft X-ray fluxes still remain, however. 相似文献
19.
L. K. Jian C. T. Russell J. G. Luhmann R. M. Skoug J. T. Steinberg 《Solar physics》2008,250(2):375-402
We have performed a survey of the characteristics of two types of large spatial-scale solar-wind structures, stream interaction
regions (SIRs), and interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), near 5.3 AU, using solar-wind observations from Ulysses. Our study is confined to the three aphelion passes of Ulysses, and also within ± 10° of the solar ecliptic plane, covering a part of 1992, 1997 – 1998, and 2003 – 2005, representing three
slices of different phases of the solar activity cycle. Overall, there are 54 SIRs and 60 ICMEs in the survey. Many are merged
in hybrid events, suggesting that they have undergone multiple interactions prior to reaching Jovian orbit. About 91% of SIRs
occur with shocks, with 47% of such shocks being forward – reverse shock pairs. The solar-wind velocity sometimes stays constant
or even decreases within the interaction region near 5.3 AU, in contrast with the gradual velocity increase during SIRs at
1 AU. Shocks are driven by 58% of ICMEs, with 94% of them being forward shocks. Some ICMEs seem to have multiple small flux
ropes with different scales and properties. We quantitatively compare various properties of SIRs and ICMEs at 5.3 AU, and
study their statistical distributions and variations with solar activity. The width, maximum dynamic pressure, and peak perpendicular
pressure of SIRs all become larger than ICMEs. Dynamic pressure (P
dyn) is expected to be important for Jovian magnetospheric activity. We have examined the distributions of P
dyn of SIRs, ICMEs, and general solar wind, but these cannot explain the observed bimodal distribution of the location of the
Jovian magnetopause. By comparing the properties of SIRs and ICMEs at 0.72, 1, and 5.3 AU, we find that the ICME expansion
slows down significantly between 1 and 5.3 AU. Some transient and small streams in the inner heliosphere have merged into
a single interaction region.
Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献