HARD-SOFT-HARD FLARE SPECTRA AND THEIR ENERGY DEPENDENCE IN SPECTRAL EVOLUTION OF A SOLAR HARD X-RAY FLARE

被引:9
作者
Shao, Chengwen [1 ,2 ]
Huang, Guangli [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS | 2009年 / 694卷 / 02期
关键词
Sun: flares; Sun: X-rays; gamma rays; PARTICLE-ACCELERATION; RHESSI; BURSTS; MICROWAVE; ELECTRONS; DYNAMICS; EVENTS;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/L162
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In this Letter, we studied the time evolution of the energy-dependent spectral indices for the 2004 November 3 solar hard X-ray flare observed by RHESSI. The common soft-hard-soft (SHS) pattern spectra were found at the lower energies, while a new feature, hard-soft-hard (HSH), was found at higher energies for each subpeak. As the energy increases, the SHS pattern is gradually converted into the HSH pattern. Some possible explanations for the spectral evolution and its energy dependence are discussed, such as the return current.
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页码:L162 / L165
页数:4
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