A Two-Component Thermal Model of X-Ray Burst Sources
Abstract
A semi-empirical model of the soft X-ray source associated with solar flares is presented, based on the results of the two temperature analysis of OSO-5 data obtained by Herring and Craig (1973). The model makes use of a jet of plasma rising from the solar surface as the basic origin of the soft X-ray emitting region, and gives rise to a cool region caused by randomisation of the jet, and a hot region caused by a shock front. Two different geometries are examined, and the model allows flow velocities and electron densities to be calculated.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00154979
- Bibcode:
- 1974SoPh...39..175H
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Plasma Jets;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Electron Flux Density;
- Flow Velocity;
- Mach Number;
- Oso-5;
- Plasma Temperature;
- Satellite Observation;
- Shock Fronts;
- Temperature Effects;
- Solar Physics;
- Flare;
- Flow Velocity;
- Shock Front;
- Solar Flare;
- Thermal Model