Spatial and Spectral Behaviors of Solar Flares Observed in Microwaves |
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| Authors: | Zongjun Ning Wenda Cao |
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| Institution: | (1) Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing, 210093, People’s Republic of China;(2) Center for Solar Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA |
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| Abstract: | The spatial and spectral behaviors of two solar flares observed by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) on 24 August 2002 and
22 August 2005 are explored. They were observed with a single loop-top source and double footpoint sources at the beginning,
then with looplike structures for the rest of the event. NoRH has high spatial and temporal resolution at the two frequencies
of 17 and 34 GHz where a nonthermal radio source is often optically thin. Such capabilities give us an opportunity to study
the spatial and spectral behaviors of different microwave sources. The 24 August 2002 flare displayed a soft – hard – soft
(SHS) spectral pattern in the rising – peak – decay phases at 34 GHz, which was also observed for the spectral behavior of
both loop-top and footpoint sources. In contrast, the 22 August 2005 flare showed a soft – hard – harder (SHH) spectral pattern
for its both loop-top and footpoint sources. It is interesting that this event showed a harder spectrum in the early rising
phase. We found a positive correlation between the spectral index and microwave flux in both the loop-top source and the footpoint
sources in both events. The conclusions drawn from the flux index could apply to the electron index as well, because of their
simple linear relationship under the assumption of nonthermal gyrosynchrotron mechanism. Such a property of spatial and spectral
behaviors of microwave sources gives an observational constraint on the electron acceleration mechanism and electron propagation. |
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| Keywords: | Flares Radio radiation |
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