Magnetic field structures of hard X-ray flares observed by HINOTORI spacecraft |
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Authors: | Takashi Sakurai |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | The magnetic field structure of five flares observed by HINOTORI spacecraft is studied. The double source structure of impulsive flares seems to indicate hard X-ray emission from the two footpoints of a flaring loop, but the potential field computation does not reproduce a loop connecting the two sources. Therefore the magnetic field could be in a sheared configuration and the force-free field modeling would be the next step to examine. On the other hand gradual flares are characterized by hard X-ray sources located in the corona, 2–4 x 104 km above the photosphere. The potential field modeling is found to give a reasonable fitting in this type of flares, and the hard X-ray sources are located at the top of the magnetic loop or arcade. This configuration is consistent with the thick-target trap model of the hard X-ray bursts. |
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