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Millimeter and X-Ray Emission from the 5 July 2012 Solar Flare




AuthorsRyzhov V., Tsap Y., Smirnova V., Motorina G., Morgachev A., Kuznetsov S., Nagnibeda V.

PublisherSpringer Netherlands

Publication year2018

JournalSolar Physics

Journal name in sourceSolar Physics

Article number50

Volume293

Issue3

Number of pages15

ISSN0038-0938

eISSN1573-093X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-018-1269-6

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/30741852


Abstract

The 5 July 2012 solar flare SOL2012-07-05T11:44 (11:39 – 11:49 UT) with an increasing millimeter spectrum between 93 and 140 GHz is considered. We use space and ground-based observations in X-ray, extreme ultraviolet, microwave, and millimeter wave ranges obtained with the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, Radio Solar Telescope Network, and Bauman Moscow State Technical University millimeter radio telescope RT-7.5. The main parameters of thermal and accelerated electrons were determined through X-ray spectral fitting assuming the homogeneous thermal source and thick-target model. From the data of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly/SDO and differential-emission-measure calculations it is shown that the thermal coronal plasma gives a negligible contribution to the millimeter flare emission. Model calculations suggest that the observed increase of millimeter spectral flux with frequency is determined by gyrosynchrotron emission of high-energy (≳300 ≳300

 keV) electrons in the chromosphere. The consequences of the results are discussed in the light of the flare-energy-release mechanisms.


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