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Abstract:
Context: Since the installation of submillimeter solar radio telescopes, a new spectral burst component was discovered at frequencies above 100 GHz, creating the THz burst category. In all the reported cases, the events were X-class flares and the THz component was increasing. Aims: We report for the first time an M class flare that shows a different submillimeter radio spectral component from the microwave classical burst. Two successive bursts of 2 min duration and separated by 2 min occurred in active region NOAA 10226, starting around 13:15 UT and having an M 6.8 maximum intensity in soft X-rays.Methods. Submillimeter flux density measured by the Solar Submillimeter Telescope (SST) is used, in addition to microwave total Sun patrol telescope observations. Images with Hα filters, from the Hα Solar Telescope for Argentina (HASTA), and extreme UV observations, from the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO), are used to characterize the flaring region. An extensive analysis of the magnetic topology evolution is derived from the Michelson Doppler Imager (SoHO, MDI) magnetograms and used to constrain the solution space of the possible emission mechanisms. Results: The submillimeter component is only observed at 212 GHz. We have upper limits for the emission at 89.4 and 405 GHz, which are less than the observed flux density at 212 GHz. The analysis of the magnetic topology reveals a very compact and complex system of arches that reconnects at low heights, while from the soft X-ray observations we deduce that the flaring area is dense (n ∼ 1012 cm -3). The reconnected arches are anchored in regions with magnetic field intensity differing by an order of magnitude. Accordingly, we conclude that the microwave emission comes from mildly relativistic electrons spiraling down along the reconnected loops. A very small portion of the accelerated electrons can reach the footpoint with the stronger magnetic field (2000 G) and produce synchrotron emission, which is observed at submillimeter frequencies.Conclusions. The finding of a submillimeter burst component in a medium-size flare indicates that the phenomenon is more universal than shown until now. The multiwavelength analysis reveals that neither positron synchrotron nor free-free emission could produce the submillimeter component, which is explained here by synchrotron of accelerated electrons in a rather complex and compact magnetic configuration. © 2008 ESO.
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| Documento: | Artículo |
| Título: | A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare |
| Autor: | Cristiani, G.; Giménez De Castro, C.G.; Mandrini, C.H.; MacHado, M.E.; De Benedetto E Silva, I.; Kaufmann, P.; Rovira, M.G. |
| Filiación: | Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio, CONICET-UBA, CC 67, Suc. 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro de Rádio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie, Escola de Engenharia, R. da Consolação 896, 01302-907 São Paulo, SP, Brazil Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, Av. Paseo Colón 751, 1063 Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro de Componentes Semicondutores, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil |
| Palabras clave: | Sun: flares; Sun: radio radiation; Arches; Magnetic fields; Radio telescopes; Topology; Extreme ultraviolet imaging telescopes; Magnetic configuration; Magnetic-field intensity; Michelson Doppler Imager; Relativistic electron; Solar and heliospheric observatories; Sun: flares; Sun: radio radiation; X rays |
| Año: | 2008 |
| Volumen: | 492 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Página de inicio: | 215 |
| Página de fin: | 222 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367 |
| Título revista: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Título revista abreviado: | Astron. Astrophys. |
| ISSN: | 00046361 |
| CODEN: | AAEJA |
| Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046361_v492_n1_p215_Cristiani |
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Cristiani, G., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Mandrini, C.H., MacHado, M.E., De Benedetto E Silva, I., Kaufmann, P. & Rovira, M.G. (2008) . A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 492(1), 215-222.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367
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Cristiani, G., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Mandrini, C.H., MacHado, M.E., De Benedetto E Silva, I., Kaufmann, P., et al. "A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare" . Astronomy and Astrophysics 492, no. 1 (2008) : 215-222.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367
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Cristiani, G., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Mandrini, C.H., MacHado, M.E., De Benedetto E Silva, I., Kaufmann, P., et al. "A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare" . Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 492, no. 1, 2008, pp. 215-222.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367
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Cristiani, G., Giménez De Castro, C.G., Mandrini, C.H., MacHado, M.E., De Benedetto E Silva, I., Kaufmann, P., et al. A solar burst with a spectral component observed only above 100 GHz during an M class flare. Astron. Astrophys. 2008;492(1):215-222.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810367
