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1.
P. Steffen 《Solar physics》1980,67(1):89-100
From solar maps at 8.6 mm wavelength and total flux measurements at wavelengths of 1.7 cm to 122 cm, various spectra of the slowly varying component have been studied. The main distinction between these various types of spectra is the slope of the spectra toward wavelengths of less than 2 cm.It has been shown that the probability of flare occurrence is correlated with the type of the source spectra. It is proposed that enhanced flare production occurs from a source of SVC whose spectrum has a peak around 6–10 cm wavelength but whose slope is flatter around 8 mm, but steeper toward longer centimeter wavelengths, than in the case of normal SVC-spectra attributed to gyro resonance radiation. The implications of such spectra in terms of changes in magnetic field structure before the occurrence of a flare are discussed.  相似文献   

2.
Unique long-term visibility variations are detected when the quiet Sun is observed with interferometers operating at 8 mm and 11 cm wavelength with angular resolutions of 0.5. Quasiperiodic fluctuations in fringe amplitude are observed with periods between 20 and 30 min, and with amplitude nulls which are correlated with 180° phase changes. These variations are interpreted in terms of a changing projected baseline while viewing a few sources with angular sizes of 0.5 which are distributed within the main interferometer beam with typical angular separations of 7. The observed variations cannot be due to expanding or contracting sources of the type envisaged by Bocchia and Poumeyrol (1976) when explaining similar variations observed at 8 mm wavelength. A comparison of the flux observed at 8 mm and 11 cm indicates that the individual sources are optically thick thermal radiators with a flux which decreases with increasing wavelength, but with a temperature which increases with increasing wavelength where higher, hotter levels of the chromosphere are observed. For a source whose angular size is 0.5, the observed flux values correspond to respective temperatures of 5000 K and 19 000 K at 8 mm and 11cm - suggesting that elements of the chromospheric network are being observed. A thermal origin for the individual sources is consistent with the lack of any detectable circular or linear polarization (< 10%) in the interferometer signal.  相似文献   

3.
Observations of radio emission at 3.3 mm wavelength associated with magnetic fields in active regions are reported. Results of more than 200 regions during the years 1967–1968 show a strong correlation between peak enhanced millimeter emission, total flux of the longitudinal component of photospheric magnetic fields and the number of flares produced during transit of active regions. For magnetic flux greater than 1021 maxwells flares will occur and for flux of 1023 maxwells the sum of the H flare importance numbers is about 40. The peak millimeter enhancement increases with magnetic flux for regions which subsequently flared. Estimates of the magnetic energy available and the correlation with flare production indicate that the photospheric fields and probably chromospheric currents are responsible for the observed pre-flare heating and provide the energy of flares.This work was supported in part by NASA Contract No. NAS2-7868 and in part by Company funds of The Aerospace Corporation.  相似文献   

4.
Multi-wavelength observations of dwarf novae during outburst are presented here. Thirty three objects were observed, of which seventeen were at outburst. Six objects were caught during the rise, and a short flare was detected in SU UMa. It lasted 20 hours and reached a maximum increase of 3.6 in flux at 5500 A. The flare was simultaneous at all observed wavelengths.Paper presented at the IAU Colloquium No. 93 on Cataclysmic Variables. Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments, held at Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, F.R.G., 16–19 June, 1986.  相似文献   

5.
We attempt to study the origin of coronal shocks by comparing several flare characteristics for two groups of flares: those with associated metric type II bursts and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and those with associated metric type II bursts but no CMEs. CMEs accompany about 60% of all flares with type II bursts for solar longitudes greater than 30°, where CMEs are well observed with the NRL Solwind coronagraph. H flare areas, 1–8 Å X-ray fluxes, and impulsive 3 cm fluxes are all statistically smaller for events with no CMEs than for events with CMEs. It appears that both compact and large mass ejection flares are associated with type II bursts. The events with no CMEs imply that at least many type II shocks are not piston-driven, but the large number of events of both groups with small 3 cm bursts does not support the usual assumption that type II shocks are produced by large energy releases in flare impulsive phases. The poor correlation between 3 cm burst fluxes and the occurrence of type II bursts may be due to large variations in the coronal Alfvén velocity.Sachs/Freeman Associates, Inc., Bowie, MD 20715, U.S.A.  相似文献   

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We draw attention of flare build-up observers to a strong 30 hour-long outburst of homologous flare activity and unusual growth and brightening of coronal loops, seen on Skylab. We suggest that these events might have been closely associated with newly emerging magnetic flux, in spite of the fact that the flux effects in H and EUV were first seen only late after the activity had started, and the flux emerged at the opposite end of the coronal loops from where the flares occurred.  相似文献   

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Mackay  D.H.  Priest  E.R.  Lockwood  M. 《Solar physics》2002,207(2):291-308
In this paper the origin and evolution of the Sun's open magnetic flux are considered for single magnetic bipoles as they are transported across the Sun. The effects of magnetic flux transport on the radial field at the surface of the Sun are modeled numerically by developing earlier work by Wang, Sheeley, and Lean (2000). The paper considers how the initial tilt of the bipole axis () and its latitude of emergence affect the variation and magnitude of the surface and open magnetic flux. The amount of open magnetic flux is estimated by constructing potential coronal fields. It is found that the open flux may evolve independently from the surface field for certain ranges of the tilt angle. For a given tilt angle, the lower the latitude of emergence, the higher the magnitude of the surface and open flux at the end of the simulation. In addition, three types of behavior are found for the open flux depending on the initial tilt angle of the bipole axis. When the tilt is such that ge2° the open flux is independent of the surface flux and initially increases before decaying away. In contrast, for tilt angles in the range –16°<<2° the open flux follows the surface flux and continually decays. Finally, for le–16° the open flux first decays and then increases in magnitude towards a second maximum before decaying away. This behavior of the open flux can be explained in terms of two competing effects produced by differential rotation. Firstly, differential rotation may increase or decrease the open flux by rotating the centers of each polarity of the bipole at different rates when the axis has tilt. Secondly, it decreases the open flux by increasing the length of the polarity inversion line where flux cancellation occurs. The results suggest that, in order to reproduce a realistic model of the Sun's open magnetic flux over a solar cycle, it is important to have accurate input data on the latitude of emergence of bipoles along with the variation of their tilt angles as the cycle progresses.  相似文献   

8.
We have analysed 64 flares observed with GOES and RHESSI in the 3.1?–?24.8 keV band (0.5?–?4 Å). Flares were randomly chosen to represent different GOES classes, between B1 and M6. RHESSI was used to image the flaring region on the surface of the Sun. We derived the spatial area of the flare on the surface of the Sun from the imaging observations, scaled it dimensionally to volume, and used the spectroscopically derived emission measure to obtain several flare parameters. We experimented with several imaging methods and selected the use of 50% maximum image photon flux contours to define the flare area (F 50%). Most of the flares showed a single spherical loop-top source. The volume measurement for V, temperature T, and electron density N produced power indices that showed no correlation within the boundaries of error. Larger flares by loop-top source volume are thus neither hotter nor denser. The background-subtracted GOES flux?–?RHESSI Total Emission Measure (TEM RHESSI) and TEM GOES?–?TEM RHESSI dependencies were in agreement with the instrument characteristics and earlier studies. Nonthermal flux was noticed to increase with thermal energy and TEM, which can be said to agree with the “Big Flare Syndrome,” with nonthermal photon flux being considered as one flare manifestation.  相似文献   

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Polarization structure of an active region that produced a minor flare around 1900 UT on September 28, 1971 was measured at 9.5 mm wavelength using the 85-ft telescope of the Naval Research Laboratory Maryland Point Observatory. The angular resolution of the telescope at this wavelength is 1.6. The flare region underwent changes both in the degree of polarization as well as in its polarization structure before and after the start of the flare. These changes in the degree of polarization correspond to a decrease of longitudinal magnetic field of about 200 G at the chromospheric levels where the 9.5 mm radiation originates. Observations on the polarization structure of active regions for several days before and after September, 1971 are also presented.  相似文献   

10.
We describe and analyse observations of an M1.4 flare which began at 17: 00 UT on 12 November, 1980. Ground based H and magnetogram data have been combined with EUV, soft and hard X-ray observations made with instruments on-board the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite. The preflare phase was marked by a gradual brightening of the flare site in Ov and the disappearance of an H filament. Filament ejecta were seen in Ov moving southward at a speed of about 60 km s–1, before the impulsive phase. The flare loop footpoints brightened in H and the Caxix resonance line broadened dramatically 2 min before the impulsive phase. Non-thermal hard X-ray emission was detected from the loop footpoints during the impulsive phase while during the same period blue-shifts corresponding to upflows of 200–250 km s–1 were seen in Ca xix. Evidence was found for energy deposition in both the chromosphere and corona at a number of stages during the flare. We consider two widely studied mechanisms for the production of the high temperature soft X-ray flare plasma in the corona, i.e. chromospheric evaporation, and a model in which the heating and transfer of material occurs between flux tubes during reconnection.  相似文献   

11.
A flare observed with the Hard X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (HXIS) was studied during its rise to maximum temperature and X-ray emission rate. Two proximate flare loops, of lengths 2.8 × 109 cm and 1.1 × 1010 cm, rose to temperatures of 21.5 × 106 K and 30 × 106 K, respectively, in 30 s. Assuming equal heat flux F into each loop from a thermal source at the point where they met, we derive a simple relationship between temperature T and loop length , which gives a loop temperture ratio of 0.68, in close agreement with the observed ratio of 0.72. The observations imply that heating in each loop was maintained by a thermal flux of 5 × 109 ergs cm-2 s-1. It is suggested that conductive heating adequately describes the rise and maximum phase emissions in the loops and that long flare loops reach higher temperatures than short loops during the impulsive phase because of an equipartition of energy between them at their point of interaction.  相似文献   

12.
The September 1, 1971 flare in McMath region 11482 was projected to have occurred 30° behind the west limb. An anisotropic Ground Level Effect (GLE) began <30 min after the inferred explosive phase of the flare. We attribute the rapid injection of relativistic protons onto the earth spiral field line to a shock wave associated with an observed type II burst.  相似文献   

13.
McMath plage region 8818 passed over the visible solar disk on May 17–31, 1967. It was very active from its first appearance on the Eastern limb, several times producing bright optical flares and hard X-ray emission, accompanied by intense type II, type IV and centimeter radio bursts. Nevertheless, no solar particles could be detected near the earth until the evening of May 23, when three bright flares were observed in close succession at 25°–28° E. During the following build-up of the solar particle flux over 36 hours, the galactic cosmic ray flux > 1 GeV decreased gradually by about 5%. The flux of solar particles decreased in two steps on May 25, both accompanied by decreases in the equatorial geomagnetic field. These field depressions are attributed to storm plasma ejected from the parent flare of the May 23 particle event. The propagation of solar particles from May 23 on thus appears to be strongly affected by storm plasma from the parent flare of the May 23 event, without any indications of solar particles being trapped in that plasma.A later particle event early on May 28 was also associated with a bright flare in McMath region 8818, at 33° W. This event displayed a rapid build-up, with electrons arriving first, and an exponential decay. A smooth proton peak, 20 min wide, was detected on May 30 closely associated with an SSC attributed to plasma ejection from the parent flare of the May 28 event.Between the geomagnetic storms beginning on May 25 and May 30 an anomalous daily variation was observed in the cosmic ray flux >1 GeV, the time of maximum falling 7–10 hours earlier than normal. Storm time increases in the flux of galactic cosmic rays were seen on May 26 when the equatorial geomagnetic field was depressed by more than 400 . Low latitude auroras were also observed during that time.On leave from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.  相似文献   

14.
A complex analysis in different radio ranges of the evolutionary features of the 3 February, 1983 flare (0543-0619-0812 UT) has shown that the flare is a prolonged ( 15 hr) process of energy release and particle acceleration that gradually extends to still greater zones of the active region (AR) magnetosphere in both area and altitude. Observations from the Siberian Solar Radio Telescope obtained at = 5.2 cm indicate that the flare was preceded by quasi-periodical brightness enhancements with a period of 6–7 min of two sources of size 20 and with a brightness temperature of 107 K.During the flare maximum phase, a type II burst with harmonic structure and the subsequent type FC II continuum with fine structure were both observed in the meter band. It has been found that zebra-structure appearances correlate with the H-flare kernel brightenings at loop tops.The observed characteristics of the type II burst and of the type FC II continuum treated in this paper are interpreted in terms of the complex flare flow structure, involving forward and backward shock waves.  相似文献   

15.
We compare simultaneous high resolution soft X-ray and 6 cm images of the decay phase of an M3 X-ray flare in Hale Region 16413. The photographic X-ray images were obtained on an AS & E sounding rocket flown 7 November, 1979, and the 6 cm observations were made with the VLA. The X-ray images were converted to arrays of line-of-sight emission integrals and average temperature throughout the region. The X-ray flare structure consisted of a large loop system of length 1.3 arc min and average temperature 8 × 106 K. The peak 6 cm emission appeared to come from a region below the X-ray loop. The predicted 6 cm flux due to thermal bremsstrahlung calculated on the basis of the X-ray parameters along the loop was about an order of magnitude less than observed. We model the loop geometry to examine the expected gyroresonance absorption along the loop. We find that thermal gyroresonance emission requiring rather large azimuthal or radial field components, or nonthermal gyrosynchrotron emission involving continual acceleration of electrons can explain the observations. However, we cannot choose between these possibilities because of our poor knowledge of the loop magnetic field.  相似文献   

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The paper summarizes observations of solar and space phenomena related to the McMath region Number 8461 which passed over the solar disk during the 1966 Proton Flare Project period, from August 21 to September 4, and produced two important solar particle events on August 28 and September 2. The most important results are reviewed and interpretation of some of them is suggested.Items of particular interest: Occurrence of proton-active regions when two or more rows of activity approach each other (Section 3). Possible stimulation of activity by magnetic fields of decaying regions that had been active before (4.2a, 5.1a). Significantly increased correlation of flares with X-ray bursts during the proton-active transit of the region (5.3b). Striking difference in the flare response in radio frequency range before and after August 26 (5.2b). Hardening of the X-rays (5.3a), increase in radio flux (5.2a), change in sunspot configuration (5.1c), and increased capability of the region for particle acceleration (5.1b, 5.2b), starting about three days prior to the proton flare. Clear evidence that some flares that occurred on or after August 26, but prior to the proton flare of August 28, already were sources of 1 MeV protons (5.2b, 8). Anomalous deficiency in metric component of radio bursts produced in the region (5.2c, 9.4d, 11.4b). Strong radio storm on meter waves immediately preceding the proton flare on August 28 (5.2a, 9.1b), coincident with preflare rising dark filament (9.1a) and slight preflare rise in flux of 1 MeV protons (10.2). Two phases of expansion (fast and slow) of the bright flare ribbons (9.2c). Coincidence of hard X-ray burst with the formation and fast separation of the bright flare ribbons. It is suggested that this is the time of particle acceleration in the flare (9.5b). Short-lived burst of UV radiation (9.6). Visible flare wave in the flare of August 28 (9.3b), and complexity of motions in this flare (9.4b). Suggested electron release by means of a blast wave (10.1a). Electron-proton splitting in the delayed shock-wave-associated maximum of the particle flux on August 29 (10.2c). First brightening of both proton flares in a similar position between the regions 8461 and 8459 (11.2c). Existence of a unique, low elevation coronal condensation three days after proton flare occurrences (7.2). Very strong flux of protons in energy range of the order of 100 MeV producing the largest PCA since July 1961, and unusually steep energy spectrum above 100 MeV in the flare of September 2 (12.2a, b, 12.4). Unusually long rise to the maximum flux, inconsistent with Burlaga's theory of anisotropic diffusion (12.2b). Interpretation of the undisturbed flux decay from September 2 to September 8 (12.2c). A corotating modulation phenomenon on September 8 (12.2d). Detection of medium nuclei, with He/M ratio 50 ± 11 (12.3a). Evidence against a purely velocity-dependent mode of particle propagation (12.3b). Electrons as the possible cause of the first PCA phase (12.4). Plasma disturbance due to permanent proton flux from the region (13.1). Electron injection into inner radiation belt during the geomagnetic storm associated with the September 2 flare (13.3).Section 14 brings a time scheme of the most important phenomena associated with the complex of activity and the active region in question, and some unsolved problems of particular interest are pointed out in Section 15.  相似文献   

17.
We present the results of a detailed analysis of multi-wavelength observations of a very impulsive solar flare 1B/M6.7, which occurred on 10 March, 2001 in NOAA AR 9368 (N27 W42). The observations show that the flare is very impulsive with a very hard spectrum in HXR that reveal that non-thermal emission was most dominant. On the other hand, this flare also produced a type II radio burst and coronal mass ejections (CME), which are not general characteristics for impulsive flares. In H we observed bright mass ejecta (BME) followed by dark mass ejecta (DME). Based on the consistency of the onset times and directions of BME and CME, we conclude that these two phenomena are closely associated. It is inferred that the energy build-up took place due to photospheric reconnection between emerging positive parasitic polarity and predominant negative polarity, which resulted as a consequence of flux cancellation. The shear increased to >80 due to further emergence of positive parasitic polarity causing strongly enhanced cancellation of flux. It appears that such enhanced magnetic flux cancellation in a strongly sheared region triggered the impulsive flare.  相似文献   

18.
Evidence is reviewed and extended that most, if not all, solar magnetic fields emerge as highly concentrated (4000 gauss)helically twisted flux ropes, made up of hundreds or thousands of individually twisted flux fibers. The pitch angles of the twists are estimated as 10° in the submerged flux ropes and roughly 1° in the flux fibers, but increase by large factors during and following emergence. The upward transmission of magnetic stresses and motions from the submerged flux-rope sections are major factors in solar physics. The helical twists account for the creation of sunspots and for their stability, fine structure, and mode of decay. They are basic features of the atmospheric structures, from the largest prominences and flare events down to arch filament systems and the smallest network components.  相似文献   

19.
E. Wiehr 《Solar physics》1972,24(1):129-132
High resolved magnetograms ( 3) were obtained 3 hrs before and 1 hr after a 1b flare, respectively, the only bright flare reported for that active region. Careful comparison between both magnetograms shows that the line-of-sight component of the active region magnetic field remains constant. In particular there is no simplification of the rather complicated field structure in connection with the flare. Magnetic flux and field gradients also do not show any variation above the 3 scale. Essential changes, however, were observed after 19 hrs without flare activity. This indicates that evolutionary field changes predominate over flare related variations.  相似文献   

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Kundu  M. R.  Velusamy  T.  Becker  R. H. 《Solar physics》1974,34(1):217-222
On June 9, 1973, a flare associated burst was observed with the NRAO 3-element interferometer at 3.7 and 11.1 cm wavelength. The burst was of gradual rise and fall type. Comparing the fringe amplitudes at 3.7 cm to the visibility computed for model flare regions we found that the precursor data are best fitted by a region of 3 in size while at the time of the peak, the flare appears to have a size of 2. During the post-maximum phase a size of 5 is the best estimate. Similar computations have been done for 11.1 cm data. The peak brightness temperatures are 1.2 × 109 K and 1.65 × 108 K at 3.7 and 11.1 cm respectively. Such high temperatures would imply that a significant fraction of the burst radiation has a non-thermal origin.  相似文献   

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