COORDINATED OVRO, BATSE, YOHKOH, AND BBSO OBSERVATIONS OF THE 1992 JUNE 25 M1.4 FLARE

Citation
H. Wang et al., COORDINATED OVRO, BATSE, YOHKOH, AND BBSO OBSERVATIONS OF THE 1992 JUNE 25 M1.4 FLARE, The Astrophysical journal, 453(1), 1995, pp. 505
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
453
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1995)453:1<505:COBYAB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We compare 1-14 GHz microwave images observed at the Owens Valley Radi o Observatory (OVRO), 16-and 256-channel hard X-ray spectra obtained b y the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) onboard the Compto n Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), soft and and hard X-ray images obtaine d by Yohkoh, and Ha images and magnetograms observed at the Big Bear S olar Observatory (BBSO) for the 1992 June 25 M1.4 flare. We find the f ollowing unique properties for this hare: (1) Soft X-ray emissions con nect two footpoints, the primary microwave source is located at one fo otpoint, and hard X-ray emissions are concentrated in the other footpo int. The radio footpoint is associated with an umbra and may have stro nger magnetic held. (2) During the period that 256-channel BATSE data are available, the hard X-ray photon spectrum consists of two componen ts: a superhot component with a temperature of 8.4 x 10(7) K and emiss ion measure of 2.5 x 10(46) cm(-3) and a power-law component with a ph oton index of 4.2. This is the first time that such a high temperature is reported for the hard X-ray thermal components. It is even more in teresting that such a superhot component is identified before the peak of the hare. The microwave brightness temperature spectra during the same period also demonstrate two components.: a thermal component near the loop top and a nonthermal component at the footpoint of the loop. The microwave thermal component has the similar temperature as that o f the hard X-ray superhot component. These measurements are consistent with the theory that the microwaves and hard X-rays are due to the sa me group of electrons, despite the fact that they are separated by 35, 000 km. (3) The soft X-ray emissions brighten the existing loops and c o-align with H alpha emissions throughout the entire duration of the f lare.