Patterns of X-ray and $γ$-ray Flares: from Blazar to Maganetar and Sun

Haiyun Zhang; Dahai Yan; Lijuan Dong; Ping Zhang; Ruijing Tang; Jianeng Zhou; Lian Tao; Li Zhang; Niansheng Tang

Paper

Patterns of X-ray and $γ$-ray Flares: from Blazar to Maganetar and Sun

Abstract

Using Gaussian process methods, we analyzed the light curves of three extreme solar X-ray flares observed by the RHESSI satellite. Their variability characteristics were then compared with those of HXMT-HE X-ray burst (XRB; in SGR 1935+2154) associated with fast radio burst (FRB) 200428 and blazar

-ray giant flares, to investigate the origins of these extreme flaring events. The variability patterns of the solar X-ray flares follow the stochastically driven damped simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) model. The derived timescales

and

(corresponding to PSD breaks) are in the range of 4-7 s and 16-53 s, respectively. The FRB-associated HXMT-HE burst has a

value near 0.3, matching those of the solar flares occurred on 23 July 2002 (flare 1) and 3 November 2003 (flare 2). By contrast, blazar

-ray giant flares show

0.3, similar to the solar flare occurred on 25 February 2014 (flare 3). We proposed that the critically damped state of the system may be the condition triggering the association between the XRB in SGR 1935+2154 and the FRB. In this scenario, the critical damping

value of the system is around 0.3, not the theoretical 0.5. The similarity in

values might imply that the FRB-associated HXMT-HE XRB and solar X-ray flares 1

2 share comparable dynamic behavior, while blazar

-ray flares and solar X-ray flare 3 exhibit another distinct but similar dynamic behavior. Like solar X-ray flares, these extreme flares may all be related to the magnetic reconnection process.