HR: 0800h
AN: SH52A-0908 [Abstracts]
TI: Ion acceleration and neutral emission mechanisms for 2005 September 7 flare
AU: * Watanabe, K
EM: kwatana@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720,
United States
AU: Lin, R P
EM: rlin@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720,
United States
AU: Krucker, S
EM: krucker@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720,
United States
AU: Murphy, R J
EM: murphy@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Code 7600A, Washington, DC
20375, United States
AU: Share, G H
EM: share@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil
AF: Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
AU: Harris, M J
EM: harris@csnsm.in2p3.fr
AF: Max Planck Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, Garching, D-85741,
Germany
AU: Gros, M
EM: maurice.gros@cea.fr
AF: DSM/DAPNIA/SAp, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France
AU: Sako, T
EM: sako@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
AF: Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
AU: Muraki, Y
EM: muraki@center.konan-u.ac.jp
AF: Konan University, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-0000, Japan
AB:
In association with an X17.0 flare on 2005 September 7, strong neutral emissions were detected both in space
and on the ground. In space, intense emissions of gamma-rays were registered by INTEGRAL and by RHESSI
during the decay phase. Gamma-ray lines at 0.511, 2.2, 4.4, and 6.1 MeV were observed and there was evidence
for pion-decay radiation. On the ground, relativistic neutrons were observed by the neutron monitors at Mt.
Chacaltaya and Mexico City and by the solar neutron telescopes at Chacaltaya and Mt. Sierra Negra. The neutron
signal continued for more than 20 minutes with high statistical significance. The long decay of the signals
suggests that ions were continuously accelerated or trapped in the emission site. We also find that gamma-rays
were emitted over a corresponding extended period. Only when we in cooperate the high-energy gamma-ray
emission time history can we explain the long-lasting neutron emission. We also use the Hua et al. (2002) solar-
flare magnetic loop transport and interaction model to find the best model to explain the data.
DE: 7514 Energetic particles (2114)
DE: 7519 Flares
DE: 7554 X-rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting