Anisotropic Bremsstrahlung Emission and the Form of Regularized Electron Flux Spectra in Solar Flares

The cross section for bremsstrahlung photon emission in solar flares is, in general, a function of the angle theta between the incoming electron and the outgoing photon directions. Thus the electron spectrum required to produce a given photon spectrum is a function of this angle, which is related to...

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Published inThe Astrophysical journal Vol. 613; no. 2; pp. 1233 - 1240
Main Authors Massone, Anna Maria, Emslie, A. Gordon, Kontar, Eduard P, Piana, Michele, Prato, Marco, Brown, John C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, IL IOP Publishing 01.10.2004
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Astronomy
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Flares, bursts, and related phenomena
Solar physics
Solar system
Electron flux
Solar spectra
Solar flares
Solar particles
Bremsstrahlung
Particle emission
Sun
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Summary:The cross section for bremsstrahlung photon emission in solar flares is, in general, a function of the angle theta between the incoming electron and the outgoing photon directions. Thus the electron spectrum required to produce a given photon spectrum is a function of this angle, which is related to the position of the flare on the solar disk and the direction(s) of the precollision electrons relative to the local solar vertical. We compare mean electron flux spectra for the flare of 2002 August 21 using cross sections for parameterized ranges of the angle theta . Implications for the shape of the mean source electron spectrum and for the injected power in nonthermal electrons are discussed.
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ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1086/423127