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High Energy Processes in Solar Flares
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Reuven Ramaty Submitted: 1999-12-24 04:05
We review the highlights of the high energy processes in solar flares. Particle
acceleration is an essential ingredient of the flare energy release process.
Among all cosmic high energy sources, flares are unique in that both the
accelerated particle and the radiations that they produce are observed. In this
paper we emphasize the radiations, gyrosynchrotron emission, bremsstrahlung and
gamma ray lines. These provide information on flare models, magnetic fields,
energy content in the accelerated particles and abundances. The abundances are
not only critical for constraining the acceleration mechanisms, but also provide
unique information on solar atmospheric dynamics and mixing, solar wind
acceleration, and Galactic chemical evolution.
Authors: Reuven Ramaty and Natalie Mandzhavidze
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Publication Status: Cosmic Explosions, AIP, S. Holt and W. Zhang eds., in press
Last Modified: 1999-12-24 04:05
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