Authors: M R Kundu V V Grechnev S M White E J Schmahl N S Meshalkina L K Kashapova
Publish Date: 2009/10/02
Volume: 260, Issue: 1, Pages: 135-156
Abstract
We investigate accelerated electron energy spectra for different sources in a large flare using simultaneous observations obtained with two instruments the Nobeyama Radio Heliograph NoRH at 17 and 34 GHz and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager RHESSI at hard Xrays This flare is one of the few in which emission up to energies exceeding 200 keV can be imaged in hard Xrays Furthermore we can investigate the spectra of individual sources up to this energy We discuss and compare the HXR and microwave spectra and morphology Although the event overall appears to correspond to the standard scenario with magnetic reconnection under an eruptive filament several of its features do not seem to be consistent with popular flare models In particular we find that 1 microwave emissions might be optically thick at high frequencies despite a low peak frequency in the total flux radio spectrum presumably due to the inhomogeneity of the emitting source 2 magnetic fields in highfrequency radio sources might be stronger than sometimes assumed 3 sources spread over a very large volume can show matching evolution in their hard Xray spectra that may provide a challenge to acceleration models Our results emphasize the importance of studies of sunspotassociated flares and total flux measurements of radio bursts in the millimeter range
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