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Table 1

Selected solar flares.

Flare A B C D

Date 2002 July 23 2003 Nov. 02 2011 Feb. 24 2011 Sept. 24
Time UT 00:27:26 17:15:54 07:29:40 09:35:53
Δt s 284 246 176 82
GOES peak X5.1 X8.3 M3.5 X1.9
GOES time UT 00:36 17:24 07:35 09:40
CLEAN beam 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.4

Imaging spectroscopy fitting results
1055 cm-2 s-1 77 ± 12 169 ± 12 0.7 ± 0.1 7 ± 2
δ LT 3.7 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.4
FP 1035 s-1 32 ± 5 153 ± 11 1.1 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 1.1
δ FP 4.0 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.1

Spatially integrated spectral fitting results
EM 1049 cm-3 3.8 ± 0.4 4.2 ± 0.6 0.24 ± 0.02 0.8 ± 0.1
T MK 33 34 21 34
1035 s-1 27 ± 3 122 ± 11 2.0 ± 0.1 8.9 ± 1.0
δ 3.9 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.1
1011 cm-3 2.7 1.5 0.6 1.9

Characteristic sizes of the sources
A 1018 cm2 0.6 2.2 0.9 0.3
D 108 cm 8.9 8.0 8.3 6.4
V th 1027 cm3 0.5 1.8 0.8 0.2
L 108 cm 5.2 4.3 8.3 4.7

Electron rates
LT 1035 s-1 54 ± 11 258 ± 38 1.6 ± 0.3 8 ± 3
FP (fully ionized FP, without albedo) 1035 s-1 32 ± 5 153 ± 11 1.1 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 1.1
LT/FP (as above) 1.7 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.9
FP (neutral FP, with albedo) 1035 s-1 6 ± 1 27 ± 2 0.4 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.2
LT/FP (as above) 9.3 ± 3.0 10.1 ± 2.3 4.5 ± 1.4 7.8 ± 5.2

Notes.The table includes date and time used for analysis, GOES peak and classification events, RHESSI spectral fitting results, source sizes measured from HXR images, and electron rate results for looptop LT and footpoint FP sources.

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