Electron temperature and emission measure variations during solar X-ray flares
โ Scribed by D. M. Horan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 605 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
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โฆ Synopsis
X-ray emission from seventeen X-ray flares was analyzed to obtain electron temperatures and emission measures associated with the source region in the solar corona. The source region was assumed to be isothermal with a Maxwellian electron velocity distribution.
Flares which were characterized by a rapid initial X-ray flux increase were found to also have a rapid initial rise in electron temperature and emission measure. Flares which were characterized by a gradual initial X-ray energy flux increase were found to have a less rapid initial rise in electron temperature and emission measure. In all X-ray flares studied the peak temperature chronologically preceded the peak X-ray flux and the peak flux never came after the peak emission measure.
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