RHESSI Observations of the Size Scales of Solar Hard X-ray Sources |
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| Authors: | Schmahl EJ Hurford GJ |
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| Institution: | (1) Astronomy Department, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, U.S.A.;(2) Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7450, U.S.A |
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| Abstract: | 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 |
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