X-ray and gamma-ray emission from solar flares

Authors

A. L. Lysenko, Ioffe Institute
D. D. Frederiks, Ioffe Institute
G. D. Fleishman, Ioffe Institute
R. L. Aptekar, Ioffe Institute
A. T. Altyntsev, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS
S. V. Golenetskii, Ioffe Institute
D. S. Svinkin, Ioffe Institute
M. V. Ulanov, Ioffe Institute
A. E. Tsvetkova, Ioffe Institute
A. V. Ridnaia, Ioffe Institute

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

8-1-2020

Abstract

We present a brief review of the contemporary understanding of and topical problems in solar flare physics that can be clarified by methods of X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The review focuses on several issues, including the conditions and mechanisms of electron acceleration in solar flares, the flare energy distribution between thermal and nonthermal components, the gamma-ray emission from solar flares and its dynamics, and the spatial structure of X-ray and gamma-ray sources. Discussed in this context are the latest data obtained by the joint Russia-US experiment Konus-Wind, which in 2019 celebrated the 25th anniversary of continuous operation in space.

Identifier

85096288738 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Physics Uspekhi

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.2019.06.038757

e-ISSN

14684780

ISSN

10637869

First Page

818

Last Page

832

Issue

8

Volume

63

Recommended Citation

Lysenko, A. L.; Frederiks, D. D.; Fleishman, G. D.; Aptekar, R. L.; Altyntsev, A. T.; Golenetskii, S. V.; Svinkin, D. S.; Ulanov, M. V.; Tsvetkova, A. E.; and Ridnaia, A. V., "X-ray and gamma-ray emission from solar flares" (2020). Faculty Publications. 5111.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/5111