Localization of the Solar Flare SF900610 in X-rays with the WATCH Instrument of the GRANAT Observatory
Abstract
During the solar flare of June 10, 1990, the WATCH instrument of the GRANAT space observatory obtained 110 localizations of the X-ray source in the X-ray range 8-20 keV. Its coordinates were measured with an accuracy of ∼2 arcmin at a 3 σ confidence level. The coordinates of the X-ray source do not coincide with the coordinates of the Hα-line flare. The X-ray source moved over the solar disk during the flare. This probably implies that, as the X-ray emission was generated, different parts of one loop or a system of magnetic loops dominated at different flare times.
- Publication:
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Astronomy Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 2002
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2002AstL...28..853T
- Keywords:
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- the Sun;
- X-ray and gamma-ray sources