A Lower Limit to the Field Strength in Magnetic Reconnection Sites in Solar Flares Inferred from Hard X-Ray Bursts
Abstract
It is shown how the hard X-ray burst count rate and itse-folding ime can be used to estimate the minimum magnetic fieldB min required in a flare magnetic reconnection site for the burst to be interpreted in terms of a thick target model. Application of the method to data from the Solar Maximum Mission (HXRBS) indicates absolute minimum fields well in excess of 100 G, and impossibly high values for some reconnection geometries.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00660920
- Bibcode:
- 1985Ap&SS.117..173L
- Keywords:
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- Field Strength;
- Magnetic Field Reconnection;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Poisson Density Functions;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Solar Physics