Radio and Hard X-Ray Images of High-Energy Electrons in an X-Class Solar Flare
Author(s) -
S. M. White,
Säm Krucker,
K. Shibasaki,
T. Yokoyama,
M. Shimojo,
M. R. Kundu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/379274
Subject(s) - physics , flare , solar flare , astrophysics , electron , brightness , spectral index , population , radio spectrum , astronomy , spectral line , nuclear physics , demography , sociology
We present the first comparison between radio images of high--energy electronsaccelerated by a solar flare and images of hard X--rays produced by the same electronsat photon energies above 100 keV. The images indicate that the high--energy X--raysoriginate at the footpoints of the loops dominating the radio emission. The radio andhard X--ray light curves match each other well and are quantitatively consistent with anorigin in a single population of nonthermal electrons with a power...
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