Investigation of the Neupert effect in solar flares - I. Statistical properties and the evaporation model

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作者
Veronig, A
Vrsnak, B
Dennis, BR
Temmer, M
Hanslmeier, A
Magdalenic, J
机构
[1] Graz Univ, Inst Geophys Astrophys & Meteorol, A-8010 Graz, Austria
[2] Univ Zagreb, Fac Geodesy, Hvar Observ, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
关键词
Sun : flares; Sun; X-rays; gamma rays; Sun : corona; Sun : chromosphere; methods : statistical;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20020947
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Based on a sample of 1114 flares observed simultaneously in hard X-rays (HXR) by the BATSE instrument and in soft X-rays (SXR) by GOES, we studied several aspects of the Neupert effect and its interpretation in the frame of the electron-beam-driven evaporation model. In particular, we investigated the time differences (Deltat) between the maximum of the SXR emission and the end of the HXR emission, which are expected to occur at almost the same time. Furthermore, we performed a detailed analysis of the SXR peak flux - HXR fluence relationship for the complete set of events, as well as separately for subsets of events which are likely compatible/incompatible with the timing expectations of the Neupert effect. The distribution of the time differences reveals a pronounced peak at Deltat = 0. About half of the events show a timing behavior which can be considered to be consistent with the expectations from the Neupert effect. For these events, a high correlation between the SXR peak flux and the HXR fluence is obtained, indicative of electron-beam-driven evaporation. However, there is also a significant fraction of flares (about one fourth), which show strong deviations from Deltat = 0, with a prolonged increase of the SXR emission distinctly beyond the end of the HXR emission. These results suggest that electron-beam-driven evaporation plays an important role in solar flares. Yet, in a significant fraction of events, there is also clear evidence for the presence of an additional energy transport mechanism other than nonthermal electron beams, where the relative contribution is found to vary with the flare importance.
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