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An interpretation of the decay characteristics of solar hard X-ray bursts

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A simple trap model of solar hard X-ray bursts is discussed in which nonthermal electrons trapped in a magnetic bottle precipitate into the lower chromosphere through the resonant scattering by whistlers. In such a model, the X-ray spectra produced from trapped and precipitating electrons have different spectral shape, and both of the spectra will initially soften with time, provided the precipitation dominates over collisional degradation.

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  1. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, 464, Nagoya, Japan

    Kenji Kawamura, Toshihiro Omodaká & Ikuro Suzuki

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Kawamura, K., Omodaká, T. & Suzuki, I. An interpretation of the decay characteristics of solar hard X-ray bursts. Sol Phys 71, 55–64 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153606

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