Numerical Simulations of Electron-Beam-Heated Solar Flares
Abstract
Using time-dependent numerical simulations and Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) observations of a solar flare on 1985 January 23, we examine the ability of an electron-beam-heated model to reproduce the rise phase of a flare as observed in soft X-ray lines of CaXIX. For a spectral index of 6, only models with a low-energy cutoff of 20 keV reproduce the observed peak emission in the CaXIX line complex. None of the models reproduces the temporal behavior of the soft X-ray emission.
- Publication:
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Flare Physics in Solar Activity Maximum 22
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BFb0032631
- Bibcode:
- 1991LNP...387..153M