Prompt particle acceleration around moving X-point magnetic field during impulsive phase of solar flares
Author(s) -
Jun-ichi Sakai
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
solar physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1573-093X
pISSN - 0038-0938
DOI - 10.1007/bf00148432
Subject(s) - physics , implosion , solar flare , particle acceleration , current sheet , magnetic field , flare , electron , acceleration , astrophysics , magnetohydrodynamics , computational physics , test particle , proton , classical mechanics , nuclear physics , plasma , quantum mechanics
We present a model for high-energy solar flares to explain prompt proton and electron acceleration, which occurs around moving X-point magnetic fields during the implosion phase of the current sheet. We derive the electromagnetic fields during the strong implosion of the current sheet, which is driven by the converging flow toward the center of the magnetic arcade. We investigated a test particle motion in the strong electromagnetic fields derived from the MHD equations. It is shown that both protons and electrons can be promptly (within 1 s) accelerated to ~ 70 and ~ 200 MeV, respectively. This acceleration mechanism can be applicable for the impulsive phase of the gradual gamma-ray and proton flares (gradual GR/P flare), which have been called two-ribbon flares.
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