期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 725, 期 2, 页码 L161-L166出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/725/2/L161
关键词
methods: data analysis; plasmas; radiation mechanisms: thermal; Sun: flares; Sun: X-rays, gamma rays
资金
- NASA [NAS5-98033, NNX08AJ18G]
- Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [R31-10016]
- NASA [NNX08AJ18G, 99895] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
We use RHESSI high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy observations from similar to 5 to 100 keV to characterize the hot thermal plasma during the 2002 July 23 X4.8 flare. These measurements of the steeply falling thermal X-ray continuum are well fit throughout the flare by two distinct isothermal components: a super-hot (T-e > 30 MK) component that peaks at similar to 44 MK and a lower-altitude hot (T-e less than or similar to 25 MK) component whose temperature and emission measure closely track those derived from GOES measurements. The two components appear to be spatially distinct, and their evolution suggests that the super-hot plasma originates in the corona, while the GOES plasma results from chromospheric evaporation. Throughout the flare, the measured fluxes and ratio of the Fe and Fe-Ni excitation line complexes at similar to 6.7 and similar to 8 keV show a close dependence on the super-hot continuum temperature. During the pre-impulsive phase, when the coronal thermal and non-thermal continua overlap both spectrally and spatially, we use this relationship to obtain limits on the thermal and non-thermal emission.
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