X-Ray and microwave observations of active regions |
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| Authors: | D F Webb J M Davis M R Kundu T Velusamy |
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| Institution: | 1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.
2. Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
3. LA 324 D.A.S.O.P., Observatoire de Paris, France
4. University of Birmingham, England
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| Abstract: | Radio and X-ray observations are presented for three flares which show significant activity for several minutes prior to the main impulsive increase in the hard X-ray flux. The activity in this ‘pre-flash’ phase is investigated using 3.5 to 461 keV X-ray data from the Solar Maximum Mission, 100 to 1000 MHz radio data from Zürich, and 169 MHz radio-heliograph data from Nançay. The major results of this study are as follows: - Decimetric pulsations, interpreted as plasma emission at densities of 109–1010 cm?3, and soft X-rays are observed before any Hα or hard X-ray increase.
- Some of the metric type III radio bursts appear close in time to hard X-ray peaks but delayed between 0.5 and 1.5 s, with the shorter delays for the bursts with the higher starting frequencies.
- The starting frequencies of these type III bursts appear to correlate with the electron temperatures derived from isothermal fits to the hard X-ray spectra. Such a correlation is expected if the particles are released at a constant altitude with an evolving electron distribution. In addition to this effect we find evidence for a downward motion of the acceleration site at the onset of the flash phase.
- In some cases the earlier type III bursts occurred at a different location, far from the main position during the flash phase.
- The flash phase is characterized by higher hard X-ray temperatures, more rapid increase in X-ray flux, and higher starting frequency of the coincident type III bursts.
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