Compton Scattering of the Hard X-Ray Flux of Solar Flares with Various Angular Anisotropies of Hard X-Ray Sources

The contribution of photons reflected from the solar photosphere to the intensity and the change in the slope of the energy spectrum of solar flare hard X-rays were analyzed as a function of the X-ray anisotropy. The angular and energy distributions of primary hard X-rays and the position of the fla...

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Published in:Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 2018-12, Vol.58 (7), p.1008-1013
Main Authors: Ovchinnikova, E. P., Charikov, Yu. E., Shabalin, A. N., Vasil’ev, G. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular position
Anisotropy
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Elastic scattering
Energy spectra
Geophysics/Geodesy
Hard X-rays
Photons
Photosphere
Solar energy
Solar flare hard X-rays
Solar flares
X ray sources
X ray spectra
X-ray fluxes
X-rays
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Summary:The contribution of photons reflected from the solar photosphere to the intensity and the change in the slope of the energy spectrum of solar flare hard X-rays were analyzed as a function of the X-ray anisotropy. The angular and energy distributions of primary hard X-rays and the position of the flare loop on the solar disk were the main parameters in calculations. The contribution of the reflected component to the total flux for an anisotropic source may be as high as 70% at an energy range of 30–40 keV if the source is shifted relative to the solar disk center. The maximum change in the X-ray spectral index is 0.5.
ISSN:0016-7932
1555-645X
0016-7940
DOI:10.1134/S0016793218070150