Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of RAS
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
In this paper, we analyze images and the frequency spectrum of microwave emission in the maximum of brightness distribution in the January 20, 2022 and July 16, 2023 flares recorded by the Siberian Radioheliograph in the 3–6 GHz and 6–12 GHz ranges. We use the obtained spectrum data for radio diagnostics of magnetic field strength and orientation, plasma density, and parameters of accelerated particles in a radio source. The radio diagnostics is carried out by a method based on minimizing the functional containing the intensities of theoretically calculated and observed frequency spectra of left-polarized and right-polarized emission. Since the form of such a multidimensional functional is quite complex, and it is not possible to minimize it by standard approaches, we employ a genetic minimization method. The radio diagnostics allows us to determine features of the dynamics of the magnetic field intensity and orientation, as well as the density and the energy spectral index of non-thermal electrons in the region of maximum brightness of the radio source. We have found that during the growth phase of the main radiation peaks the magnetic field decreases, whereas during the decay phase, on the contrary, it increases. The rate of these changes varies from a few G/s to 11 G/s for the January 20, 2022 flare and is about 1 G/s for the July 16, 2023 flare.
solar flares, radioheliograph, radio diagnostics, magnetic field
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