Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
A generalization of the Brown's (1971) formulation of the relationship between bremsstrahlung spectrum and mean electron spectrum (electrons in the range 10-100 keV) is presented with an objective of demonstrating the information content of bremsstrahlung spectra from a thick target. It is shown that the observed photon spectrum can be inverted to yield an integral functional of the electron spectrum and the effective energy loss rate. Furthermore, if observational or theoretical electron injection spectrum is known, an effective 'phenomenological' energy loss function can be obtained.
Keywords:
SOLAR PHYSICS
Type:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X); 292; L31-L34
Format:
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