Footpoint versus loop-top hard X-ray emission sources in solar flares

2006/09/26 by M. Tomczak, T. Ciborski · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Chromosphere #Electron precipitation #Emission spectrum #Flux (metallurgy) #History and Developments in Astronomy #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Photosphere #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar atmosphere #Solar flare #Solar physics #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066115

12 pages, 6 figures, to be published in A&A

openalex publication_date 2006/09/26 · arxiv created 2006/10/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.The hard X-ray flux ratio of the footpoint sources to the loop-top source has been used to investigate non-thermal electron trapping and precipitation in solar flares.

Citations

• Particle acceleration and kinematics in solar flares – A Synthesis of Recent Observations and Theoretical Concepts (Invited Review)
• The deduction of energy spectra of non-thermal electrons in flares from the observed dynamic spectra of hard X-ray bursts

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• ON THE VARIATION OF SOLAR FLARE CORONAL X-RAY SOURCE SIZES WITH ENERGY