Fermi detection of γ-ray emission from the M2 soft x-ray flare on 2010 June 12

  • M. Ackermann
  • , M. Ajello
  • , A. Allafort
  • , W. B. Atwood
  • , L. Baldini
  • , G. Barbiellini
  • , D. Bastieri
  • , K. Bechtol
  • , R. Bellazzini
  • , P. N. Bhat
  • , R. D. Blandford
  • , E. Bonamente
  • , A. W. Borgland
  • , J. Bregeon
  • , M. S. Briggs
  • , M. Brigida
  • , P. Bruel
  • , R. Buehler
  • , J. M. Burgess
  • , S. Buson
  • G. A. Caliandro, R. A. Cameron, J. M. Casandjian, C. Cecchi, E. Charles, A. Chekhtman, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, V. Connaughton, J. Conrad, S. Cutini, B. R. Dennis, F. De Palma, C. D. Dermer, S. W. Digel, E. Do Couto E Silva, P. S. Drell, A. Drlica-Wagner, R. Dubois, C. Favuzzi, S. J. Fegan, E. C. Ferrara, P. Fortin, Y. Fukazawa, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, L. Grillo, J. E. Grove, D. Gruber, S. Guiriec, D. Hadasch, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, D. Horan, G. Iafrate, G. Jóhannesson, A. S. Johnson, W. N. Johnson, T. Kamae, R. M. Kippen, J. Knödlseder, M. Kuss, J. Lande, L. Latronico, F. Longo, F. Loparco, B. Lott, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, M. N. Mazziotta, J. E. McEnery, C. Meegan, J. Mehault, P. F. Michelson, W. Mitthumsiri, C. Monte, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, R. Murphy, M. Naumann-Godo, E. Nuss, T. Nymark, M. Ohno, T. Ohsugi, A. Okumura, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, W. S. Paciesas, J. H. Panetta, D. Parent, M. Pesce-Rollins, V. Petrosian, M. Pierbattista, F. Piron, G. Pivato, H. Poon, T. A. Porter, R. Preece, S. Rainò, R. Rando, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, S. Ritz, C. Sbarra, R. A. Schwartz, C. Sgrò, G. H. Share, E. J. Siskind, P. Spinelli, H. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, Y. Tanaka, J. B. Thayer, L. Tibaldo, M. Tinivella, A. K. Tolbert, G. Tosti, E. Troja, Y. Uchiyama, T. L. Usher, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vasileiou, G. Vianello, V. Vitale, A. Von Kienlin, A. P. Waite, C. Wilson-Hodge, D. L. Wood, K. S. Wood, Z. Yang

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Abstract

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) M2-class solar flare, SOL2010-06-12T00:57, was modest in many respects yet exhibited remarkable acceleration of energetic particles. The flare produced an 50s impulsive burst of hard X- and γ-ray emission up to at least 400MeV observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and Large Area Telescope experiments. The remarkably similar hard X-ray and high-energy γ-ray time profiles suggest that most of the particles were accelerated to energies ≳300MeV with a delay of 10s from mildly relativistic electrons, but some reached these energies in as little as ∼ 3s. The γ-ray line fluence from this flare was about 10 times higher than that typically observed from this modest GOES class of X-ray flare. There is no evidence for time-extended >100MeV emission as has been found for other flares with high-energy γ-rays.

Original languageEnglish
Article number144
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume745
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2012

Keywords

  • acceleration of particles Sun: flares Sun: particle emission Sun: X-rays, gamma rays

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