Fermi Detection Of γ-Ray Emission From The M2 Soft X-Ray Flare On 2010 June 12

Ackermann, M.

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/144

Fermi Detection Of γ-Ray Emission From The M2 Soft X-Ray Flare On 2010 June 12

Journal Article · Thu Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2012 · The Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/745/2/144· OSTI ID:1356763

Ackermann, M. ^[1]

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); et al.

The GOES M2-class solar flare, SOL2010-06-12T00:57, was modest in many respects yet exhibited remarkable acceleration of energetic particles. The flare produced an ~50 s impulsive burst of hard X- and γ-ray emission up to at least 400 MeV observed by the Fermi GBM and LAT experiments. The remarkably similar hard X-ray and high-energy γ-ray time profiles suggest that most of the particles were accelerated to energies &300 MeV with a delay of ~10 s from mildly relativistic electrons, but some reached these energies in as little as ~3 s. The γ-ray line fluence from this flare was about ten times higher than that typically observed from this modest GOES class of X-ray flare. There is no evidence for time-extended >100 MeV emission as has been found for other flares with high-energy rays.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Contributing Organization:: Fermi LAT Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1356763

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22011651

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 745; ISSN 0004-637X

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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