Liu, S.M. and Fletcher, L. (2009) Elementary energy release events in solar flares. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 701(1), L34-L38. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/701/1/L34)
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Abstract
Most theoretical investigations of particle acceleration during solar flares cannot be applied to observations for detailed study of the time evolution. We propose a phenomenological model for turbulence evolution and stochastic particle acceleration that links observations to the energy release and particle acceleration through two coefficients characterizing particle interactions with turbulent electromagnetic fields. In the linear regime the particle distribution does not affect the turbulence energy cascade. It is shown that electron acceleration critically depends on the intensity of small-scale turbulence and an impulsive nonthermal component only appears near the peak of the gradually evolving turbulence intensity. The model naturally reproduces the soft-hard-soft pattern of hard X-ray pulses, and we attribute the observed change in flux and spectral index correlation from the rise to decay phase of some pulses to changes in the background plasma. Detailed modeling of well observed individual events will probe the energy release processes.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Fletcher, Professor Lyndsay |
| Authors: | Liu, S.M., and Fletcher, L. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| ISSN: | 2041-8205 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2041-8213 |
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