The 2013 November 12 Solar Energetic Electron Event Associated with Solar Jets

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the hard X-ray (HXR) flare-associated “prompt” solar energetic electron (SEE) 2013 November 12 event with joint EUV jet observations from Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and STEREO-A/EUVI. The SEE energy spectrum observed by Wind/3D Plasma and Energetic Particle shows a triple-power-law shape with a low-energy break of 10.0 ± 1.7 keV and a high-energy break of 56.6 ± 8.9 keV, which has never been reported before for jet-related SEE events. Associated HXR emissions observed by RHESSI and FGST/Gamma-ray Burst Monitor show three distinctive peaks with different spectral indices β HPE of HXR-producing electrons (HPEs) derived by means of thick-target bremsstrahlung model. The high-energy spectral index β 3 = 4.63 ± 0.65 of SEE is consistent with the HPE spectral index β HPE derived in HXR peak 1 but different from β HPE of HXR peak 2 and peak 3. The main stream of EUV jets reaches a speed of 370 ± 25 km s−1 after an acceleration of up to 2.9 ± 0.4 km s−2 in a timescale of ∼2 minutes, and the acceleration time coincides with the decay phase of HXR peak 1. EUV observations from two different viewing directions help to reconstruct the jet magnetic configurations. After the investigation on HXR emissions and jet configurations, the interchange-reconnection model triggered by the emerging flux could be a satisfactory explanation for this jet event.