Using the method recently developed by Can et al. (2001a, 2002), We investigate the time variation of the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of nonthermal electrons for three BATSE/CGRO hard X-ray events. The result shows tha...Using the method recently developed by Can et al. (2001a, 2002), We investigate the time variation of the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of nonthermal electrons for three BATSE/CGRO hard X-ray events. The result shows that Ec changes with time, from smaller before the peak flux, to larger at the peak, and then back to smaller after the peak. Such a variation of Ec, being a preliminary conclusion for the first time, should be checked in the future by using data with a higher energy resolution.展开更多
A quantitative method to determine the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of power-law electron beams is established. We apply this method to the 54 hard X-ray events observed with BATSE/Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). Th...A quantitative method to determine the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of power-law electron beams is established. We apply this method to the 54 hard X-ray events observed with BATSE/Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). The results show that about 75% of the observed broken double power-law spectra of hard X-rays can be explained by a lower energy cutoff in the power-law electron beams. The values of Ec, varying among the flares, are all greater than the usually accepted 20 keV! On average, E~ is about 69 keV. So high a lower energy cutoff of nonthermal electrons implies that nonthermal electrons might not be as important in powering solar flares as was previously thought. Further significance of this finding is discussed.展开更多
文摘Using the method recently developed by Can et al. (2001a, 2002), We investigate the time variation of the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of nonthermal electrons for three BATSE/CGRO hard X-ray events. The result shows that Ec changes with time, from smaller before the peak flux, to larger at the peak, and then back to smaller after the peak. Such a variation of Ec, being a preliminary conclusion for the first time, should be checked in the future by using data with a higher energy resolution.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China via grants 19525308,9883002,49990451 grant G2000078402 from the Ministry of Science and Tec hnology of China.
文摘A quantitative method to determine the lower energy cutoff (Ec) of power-law electron beams is established. We apply this method to the 54 hard X-ray events observed with BATSE/Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). The results show that about 75% of the observed broken double power-law spectra of hard X-rays can be explained by a lower energy cutoff in the power-law electron beams. The values of Ec, varying among the flares, are all greater than the usually accepted 20 keV! On average, E~ is about 69 keV. So high a lower energy cutoff of nonthermal electrons implies that nonthermal electrons might not be as important in powering solar flares as was previously thought. Further significance of this finding is discussed.
