Abstract
Abstract The deexcitation γ-ray lines in solar flares result from energetic ions (e.g., protons, α-particles) interacting with the ambient nuclei in the solar atmosphere. The centroid and width of lines contain a wealth of information on the directionality, composition, and spectra of energetic ions as well as properties of the interaction sites. New calculations for the deexcitation γ-ray line shape analysis were done to study the properties of these ions. We calculate the shapes of the most intense deexcitation γ-ray lines in the solar flares, including the 12C 4.439 MeV, 16O 6.129 MeV, 24Mg 1.369 MeV, and 28Si 1.779 MeV lines, and explore the profiles of these line shapes as a function of the accelerated ion’s energy spectra and composition, as well as the heliocentric angle of flare location. The merits of deexcitation γ-ray line shape analysis include (1) only a relatively small number of parameters being required in the fitting process and (2) the characteristics of accelerated ions with joint multi-line shape analysis being well constrained. We conclude that the measurement of the width and centroid of lines is an effective method for determining the properties of flare-accelerated ions.
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