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arxiv: 0712.0369 · v1 · pith:3QLAEA3Unew · submitted 2007-12-03 · 🌌 astro-ph · astro-ph.SR

An Intriguing Solar Microflare Observed with RHESSI, Hinode and TRACE

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keywords microflarex-raysemissionhardnon-thermalrhessisoftx-ray
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Investigate particle acceleration and heating in a solar microflare. In a microflare with non-thermal emission to remarkably high energies ($>50$ keV), we investigate the hard X-rays with RHESSI imaging and spectroscopy and the resulting thermal emission seen in soft X-rays with Hinode/XRT and in EUV with TRACE. The non-thermal footpoints observed with RHESSI spatially and temporally match bright footpoint emission in soft X-rays and EUV. There is the possibility that the non-thermal spectrum extends down to 4 keV. The hard X-ray burst clearly does not follow the expected Neupert effect, with the time integrated hard X-rays not matching the soft X-ray time profile. So although this is a simple microflare with good X-ray observation coverage it does not fit the standard flare model.

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