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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.
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
3.
The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) instrument includes a “white light” imaging capability with novel characteristics.
Many flares with such white-light emission have been detected, and this paper provides an introductory overview of these data.
These observations have 0.5″ pixel size and use the full broad-band response of the CCD sensor; the images are not compromised
by ground-based seeing and have excellent pointing stability as well as high time resolution. The spectral response of the
TRACE white-light passband extends into the UV, so these data capture, for the first time in images, the main radiative energy
of a flare. This initial survey is based on a sample of flares observed at high time resolution for which the Reuven Ramaty
High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) had complete data coverage, a total of 11 events up to the end of 2004. We
characterize these events in terms of source morphology and contrast against the photosphere. We confirm the strong association
of the TRACE white-light emissions - which include UV as well as visual wavelengths – with hard X-ray sources observed by
RHESSI. The images show fine structure at the TRACE resolution limit, and often show this fine structure to be extended over
large areas rather than just in simple footpoint sources. The white-light emission shows strong intermittency both in space
and in time and commonly contains features unresolved at the TRACE resolution. We detect white-light continuum emission in
flares as weak as GOES C1.6. limited by photon statistics and background solar fluctuations, and support the conclusion of
Neidig (1989) that white-light continuum occurs in essentially all flares. 相似文献
4.
Krucker Säm Christe Steven Lin R.P. Hurford Gordon J. Schwartz Richard A. 《Solar physics》2002,210(1-2):445-456
The excellent sensitivity, spectral and spatial resolution, and energy coverage down to 3 keV provided by the Reuven Ramaty
High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager mission (RHESSI) allows for the first time the detailed study of the locations and
the spectra of solar microflares down to 3 keV. During a one-hour quiet interval (GOES soft X-ray level around B6) on 2 May,
1:40–2:40 UT, at least 7 microflares occurred with the largest peaking at A6 GOES level. The microflares are found to come
from 4 different active regions including one behind the west limb. At 7′′ resolution, some events show elongated sources,
while others are unresolved point sources. In the impulsive phase of the microflares, the spectra can generally be fitted
better with a thermal model plus power law above ∼ 6–7 keV than with a thermal only. The decay phase sometimes can be fitted
with a thermal only, but in some events, power-law emission is detected late in the event indicating particle acceleration
after the thermal peak of the event. The behind-the-limb microflare shows thermal emissions only, suggesting that the non-thermal
power law emission originates lower, in footpoints that are occulted. The power-law fits extend to below 7 keV with exponents
between −5 and −8, and imply a total non-thermal electron energy content between 1026–1027 erg. Except for the fact that the power-law indices are steeper than what is generally found in regular flares, the investigated
microflares show characteristics similar to large flares. Since the total energy in non-thermal electrons is very sensitive
to the value of the power law and the energy cutoff, these observations will give us better estimates of the total energy
input into the corona. (Note that color versions of figures are on the accompanying CD-ROM.)
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022404512780 相似文献
5.
We have used Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) modulation profiles in the 25 – 300 keV range to construct
high-fidelity visibilities of 25 flares having at least two components. These hard X-ray visibilities, which are mathematically
identical to the visibilities of radio imaging, were input to software developed for mapping solar flares in the microwave
domain using the Maximum Entropy Method (MEM). We compared and contrasted the MEM maps with Clean and Pixon maps made with
RHESSI software. In particular, we assessed the reliability of the maps and their morphologies for future investigations of
the symmetry of bipolar electron beaming in the sample set. 相似文献
6.
The Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager RHESSI telescope produces hard X-ray images by Fourier imaging techniques
that are capable of determining the sizes and shapes of sources with spatial scales in the range ∼ 2′′–180′′. Applying the
method of Unpixelized Forward Fitting to RHESSI modulation profiles from simple flares, we have identified the presence of
`halo' sources whose size scale (∼ 40′′) greatly exceeds the `core' sizes (≤ 6′′–14′′). Although such `core-halo' structures
have been observed at radio wavelengths using a similar technique, the radio and hard X-ray phenomena may be different. These
observations raise questions about the nature of these `halos'. Among the possibilities are that they are albedo sources,
thin-target loops, or unidentified diffuse structures.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022484822851 相似文献
7.
The impulsive phase of the 23 July 2002 2B/X4.8 proton flare with a classical two-ribbon structure was observed with the Irkutsk
Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (LSVT) in spectropolarimetric mode, with high spatial, spectral, and time resolution. On the
basis of 49 spectrograms and 1200 spectral cuts across the flare ribbons, evidence for Hα line impact polarization has been obtained. A systematic change of the Stokes Q and U parameters has been detected across the ribbons for different flare regions measured with a scanning step of 0.85″. In the
eastern side of the ribbons, the degree of polarization is 4 – 8%; its plane is oriented toward the solar disk center (radial
direction). In the western side, the polarization degree runs up to 25%, and its plane is perpendicular to the disk center
direction (tangential direction). A comparison of these results with hard X-ray data (RHESSI) allows us to conclude that high-energy
electron beams reached the chromosphere during this flare. The observed changes of the direction of polarization and the vanishing
polarization within the ribbons mean that, at the chromospheric level, the energy of electrons remaining in the beam is about
200 eV. A shift of the peak position of polarization relative to the intensity maximum in the ribbons may result from the
inclination of the electron beam axis with respect to the solar surface. 相似文献
8.
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
9.
Zongjun Ning 《Solar physics》2011,273(1):81-92
We explore the speed distributions of X-ray source motions after the start of chromospheric evaporation in two Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) flares. First, we make CLEAN images at 15 energy bands with a 12 second integration window; then, we outline a flaring
loop geometry to cover the looptop and footpoint sources as much as possible. Consistent with the previous steps, we find
converging motion of the double footpoint sources along the flaring loop in these two events. This motion is dependent on
the energy band and time and is typically seen at 3 – 25 keV, indicating a chromospheric evaporation origin. The speed distributions
at various energy bands are measured for the 10 September 2002 flare, which exhibits a separation-to-mergence motion pattern
well correlated with the rising-to-decay phases at 50 – 100 keV. 相似文献
10.
Pierre Kaufmann Gérard Trottet C. Guillermo Giménez de Castro Jean-Pierre Raulin Säm Krucker Albert Y. Shih Hugo Levato 《Solar physics》2009,255(1):131-142
The presence of a solar burst spectral component with flux density increasing with frequency in the sub-terahertz range, spectrally
separated from the well-known microwave spectral component, bring new possibilities to explore the flaring physical processes,
both observational and theoretical. The solar event of 6 December 2006, starting at about 18:30 UT, exhibited a particularly
well-defined double spectral structure, with the sub-THz spectral component detected at 212 and 405 GHz by the Solar Submilimeter
Telescope (SST) and microwaves (1 – 18 GHz) observed by the Owens Valley Solar Array (OVSA). Emissions obtained by instruments
onboard satellites are discussed with emphasis to ultra-violet (UV) obtained by the Transition Region And Coronal Explorer
(TRACE), soft X-rays from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and X- and γ-rays from the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). The sub-THz impulsive component had its closer temporal
counterparts only in the higher energy X- and γ-rays ranges. The spatial positions of the centers of emission at 212 GHz for the first flux enhancement were clearly displaced
by more than one arc-minute from positions at the following phases. The observed sub-THz fluxes and burst source plasma parameters
were difficult to be reconciled with a purely thermal emission component. We discuss possible mechanisms to explain the double
spectral components at microwaves and in the THz ranges. 相似文献
11.
In a sample of strong RHESSI M-class flares we have made a study of the relationship between the `hardness' of the HXR spectrum
and the intensity in the 30–50 keV energy range. In all events we find clear evidence for a `soft–hard–soft' pattern of correlation
between hardness and flux, on time scales as short as 10 s. We investigate whether or not this pattern is intrinsic to the
acceleration mechanism. The RHESSI images in this energy range are dominated by footpoint brightenings, and we have searched
for a correlation between footpoint separation velocity and spectral hardness, to be compared qualitatively with theoretical
flare models. We find quite systematic footpoint motions, and also note that episodes in which footpoint separation varies
rapidly often correspond with episodes of significant change in the flare spectral index, though not as the simplest flare
models would predict. We report also on one of our events, on 14 March 2002, which exhibits highly sheared HXR footpoint ribbons
extending over a scale of 100 arc sec. For this flare we find a correlation between footpoint motion and hard X-ray flux.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022479610710 相似文献
12.
《Solar physics》2002,210(1-2):3-32
RHESSI is the sixth in the NASA line of Small Explorer (SMEX) missions and the first managed in the Principal Investigator
mode, where the PI is responsible for all aspects of the mission except the launch vehicle. RHESSI is designed to investigate
particle acceleration and energy release in solar flares, through imaging and spectroscopy of hard X-ray/gamma-ray continua
emitted by energetic electrons, and of gamma-ray lines produced by energetic ions. The single instrument consists of an imager,
made up of nine bi-grid rotating modulation collimators (RMCs), in front of a spectrometer with nine cryogenically-cooled
germanium detectors (GeDs), one behind each RMC. It provides the first high-resolution hard X-ray imaging spectroscopy, the
first high-resolution gamma-ray line spectroscopy, and the first imaging above 100 keV including the first imaging of gamma-ray
lines. The spatial resolution is as fine as ∼ 2.3 arc sec with a full-Sun (≳ 1°) field of view, and the spectral resolution
is ∼ 1–10 keV FWHM over the energy range from soft X-rays (3 keV) to gamma-rays (17 MeV). An automated shutter system allows
a wide dynamic range (>107) of flare intensities to be handled without instrument saturation. Data for every photon is stored in a solid-state memory
and telemetered to the ground, thus allowing for versatile data analysis keyed to specific science objectives. The spin-stabilized
(∼ 15 rpm) spacecraft is Sun-pointing to within ∼ 0.2° and operates autonomously. RHESSI was launched on 5 February 2002,
into a nearly circular, 38° inclination, 600-km altitude orbit and began observations a week later. The mission is operated
from Berkeley using a dedicated 11-m antenna for telemetry reception and command uplinks. All data and analysis software are
made freely and immediately available to the scientific community.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022428818870 相似文献
13.
We explore the hard X-ray source distributions of an C1.1 flare occurred on 14 December 2007. Both Hinode/EIS and RHESSI observations are used. One of EIS rasters perfectly covers the double hard X-ray footpoints, where the EUV
emission appears strong from the cool line of He ii (log T=4.7) to the hot line of Fe xvi (log T=6.4). We analyze RHESSI X-ray images at different energies and different times before the hard X-ray maximum. The results
show a similar topology for the time-dependent source distribution (i.e. at 14:14:35 UT) as that for energy-dependent source distribution (i.e. at a given energy band of 6 – 9 keV) overlapped on EUV bright kernels, which seems to be consistent with the evaporation
model. 相似文献
14.
Open-shutter RHESSI observations of 3–15 keV X-rays are found to exhibit active-region transient brightenings and microflares
at a rate of a least 10 per hour occurring even during the periods of lowest solar activity so far in the mission. A thermal
component fitted by temperatures of 6–14 MK dominates from 3 keV to about 9 keV, but can be traced up to 14 keV in some cases,
and has an average duration of 131(±103) s at 7–8 keV. The duration increases with decreasing photon energy. The peak count
rate defined by cross-correlation is delayed at low energies. The temperature peaks early in the event and then decreases,
whereas the emission measure increases throughout the event. The properties are consistent with thermal conduction dominating
the evolution. In some of the bigger events, a second component was found in the 11–14 keV range extending down to 8 keV in
some cases. The duration is typically 3 times shorter and ends near the peak time of the thermal component consistent with
the Neupert effect of regular flares. Therefore the second component is suggested to be of non-thermal origin, presumably
causing the beam-driven evaporation of the first component. The two components can be separated and analyzed in detail for
the first time. Low-keV measurements allow a reliable estimate of the energy input by microflares necessary to assess their
relevance for coronal heating.
Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022496515506 相似文献
15.
Share G.H. Murphy R.J. Dennis B.R. Schwartz R.A. Tolbert A.K. Lin R.P. Smith D.M. 《Solar physics》2002,210(1-2):357-372
The RHESSI high-resolution spectrometer detected γ-ray lines and continuum emitted by the Earth's atmosphere during impact
of solar energetic particles in the south polar region from 16:00–17:00 UT on 21 April 2002. The particle intensity at the
time of the observation was a factor of 10–100 weaker than previous events when gamma-rays were detected by other instruments.
This is the first high-resolution observation of atmospheric gamma-ray lines produced by solar energetic particles. De-excitation
lines were resolved that, in part, come from 14N at 728, 1635, 2313, 3890, and 5106 keV, and the 12C spallation product at ∼ 4439 keV. Other unresolved lines were also detected. We provide best-fit line energies and widths
and compare these with moderate resolution measurements by SMM of lines from an SEP event and with high-resolution measurements
made by HEAO 3 of lines excited by cosmic rays. We use line ratios to estimate the spectrum of solar energetic particles that
impacted the atmosphere. The 21 April spectrum was significantly harder than that measured by SMM during the 20 October 1989
shock event; it is comparable to that measured by Yohkoh on 15 July 2000. This is consistent with measurements of 10–50 MeV protons made in space at the time of the γ-ray observations. 相似文献
16.
An association of CMEs with solar flares detected by Fermi γ-ray burst monitor during solar cycle 24
《New Astronomy》2021
By performing certain spatial and temporal criteria, we obtained 492 CME events simultaneously associated with GBM solar flare events (hereafter, GBM-flare–CME) from the total number 5123 Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) solar flares and 15228 Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) detected during the solar cycle 24 (2008–2019). Among these 492 events, which represent about 9.6% of the total number of the detected GBM flares, there are just 381 events (77.4%) representing the CMEs associated with the flares that are detected instantly by both GBM and RHESSI detectors. We found no significant distinction in the results after applying the spatial criteria compared with those arising from applying the temporal criteria only.Actually, all CMEs are ejected within the flare's preflare and the impulsive phases only. From our results, we conclude that the GBM flares whose long duration are most frequently associated with faster and wider CMEs and vice versa. In addition, the longer the flare's duration, the more interval time between the start time of GBM solar flare and CME's ejection time through a linear correlation [Mean Interval = 0.464 × Duration (min)] with a correlation coefficient equals 0.93. We conclude also that, the highly probable, γ-ray emitting flares (detected by GBM only) have a shorter duration and time interval than X-ray flares (detected also by RHESSI). As well as the GBM - CMEs events, without RHESSI associated CMEs are faster and wider than those associated with RHESSI events. 相似文献
17.
We present simple analytic models which predict the peak X-ray emission measure and temperature attained in flares in which
the chromospheric evaporation process takes place either in a single ‘monolithic’ loop or in a loop consisting of several
filaments that are created successively as the energy release process proceeds in time. As possible mechanisms driving chromospheric
evaporation we consider both classical heat conduction from the loop top and non-thermal electron beams. The model predictions
are tested for a set of 18 well studied RHESSI microflares. The results suggest beam driven evaporation in filamented loops
as being capable of accounting for the observed emission measures and temperatures though there are issues with the very high
beam densities needed. On the other hand, estimates of the emission measures achieved by conductive evaporation which are
derived by using the Rosner – Tucker – Vaiana (RTV) scaling law are much larger than the observed ones. Possible reasons for
this discrepancy are discussed. 相似文献
18.
Solar flares are known to release a large amount of energy. It is believed that the flares can excite velocity oscillations
in active regions. We report here the changes in velocity signals in three active regions which have produced large X-class
flares. The enhanced velocity signals appeared during the rise time of the GOES soft X-ray flux. These signals are located
close to the vicinity of the hard X-ray source regions as observed with RHESSI. The power maps of the active region show enhancement
in the frequency regime 5–6.5 mHz, while there is feeble or no enhancement of these signals in 2–4 mHz frequency band. High
energy particles with sufficient momentum seem to be the cause for these observed enhanced velocity signals. 相似文献
19.
Bojan Vršnak Manuela Temmer Astrid Veronig Marian Karlický Jun Lin 《Solar physics》2006,234(2):273-299
We analyze the evolution of the flare/postflare-loop system in the two-ribbon flare of November 3, 2003, utilizing multi-wavelength
observations that cover the temperature range from several tens of MK down to 104 K. A non-uniform growth of the loop system enables us to identify analogous patterns in the height–time, h(t), curves measured at different temperatures. The “knees,” “plateaus,” and “bends” in a higher-temperature curve appear after
a certain time delay at lower heights in a lower-temperature curve. We interpret such a shifted replication as a track of
a given set of loops (reconnected field lines) while shrinking and cooling after being released from the reconnection site.
Measurements of the height/time shifts between h(t) curves of different temperatures provide a simultaneous estimate of the shrinkage speed and cooling rate in a given temperature
domain, for a period of almost ten hours after the flare impulsive phase. From the analysis we find the following: (a) Loop
shrinkage is faster at higher temperatures – in the first hour of the loop-system growth, the shrinkage velocity at 5 MK is
20 – 30 km s−1, whereas at 1 MK it amounts to 5 km s−1; (b) Shrinking becomes slower as the flare decays – ten hours after the impulsive phase, the shrinkage velocity at 5 MK becomes
5 km s−1; (c) The cooling rate decreases as the flare decays – in the 5 MK range it is 1 MK min−1 in the first hour of the loop-system growth, whereas ten hours later it decreases to 0.2 MK min−1; (d) During the initial phase of the loop-system growth, the cooling rate is larger at higher temperatures, whereas in the
late phases the cooling rate apparently does not depend on the temperature; (e) A more detailed analysis of shrinking/cooling
around one hour after the impulsive phase reveals a deceleration of the loop shrinkage, amounting to ā ≈ 10 m s−2 in the T < 5 MK range; (f) In the same interval, conductive cooling dominates down to T ≈ 3 MK, whereas radiation becomes dominant below T ≈ 2 MK; (g) A few hours after the impulsive phase, radiation becomes dominant across the whole T < 5 MK range. These findings are compared with results of previous studies and discussed in the framework of relevant models. 相似文献
20.
Yuan Ren Pierpaolo Pergola Elena Fantino Bianca Thiere 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》2012,112(1):1-21
Over the past three decades, ballistic and impulsive trajectories between libration point orbits (LPOs) in the Sun–Earth–Moon
system have been investigated to a large extent. It is known that coupling invariant manifolds of LPOs of two different circular
restricted three-body problems (i.e., the Sun–Earth and the Earth–Moon systems) can lead to significant mass savings in specific
transfers, such as from a low Earth orbit to the Moon’s vicinity. Previous investigations on this issue mainly considered
the use of impulsive maneuvers along the trajectory. Here we investigate the dynamical effects of replacing impulsive ΔV’s with low-thrust trajectory arcs to connect LPOs using invariant manifold dynamics. Our investigation shows that the use
of low-thrust propulsion in a particular phase of the transfer and the adoption of a more realistic Sun–Earth–Moon four-body
model can provide better and more propellant-efficient solution. For this purpose, methods have been developed to compute
the invariant tori and their manifolds in this dynamical model. 相似文献