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Gamma-ray and microwave evidence for two phases of acceleration in solar flares

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7344779

Relativistic electrons in large solar flares produce gamma ray continuum by bremsstrahlung and microwave emission by gyrosynchrotron radiation. By use of observations of the August 4, 1972, flare, the electron spectrum and the physical properties of the common emitting region of these radiations were evaluated. Information was also obtained on energetic protons in this flare by using gamma ray lines. From the electron spectrum, the proton-to-electron ratio, and the time dependences of the microwave emission, the 2.2 MeV line and the gamma ray continuum, it was concluded that in large solar flares relativistic electrons and energetic nuclei are accelerated by a mechanism which is different from the mechanism which accelerates electrons of less than about 100 keV in flares. (auth)

OSTI ID:
7344779
Report Number(s):
N-76-20056; NASA-TM-X-71083; X-660-76-58
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English