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The influence of scattering of accelerated electrons in the turbulent plasma on the transformation of their distribution function is studied. The turbulence is connected with the emergence of magnetic inhomogeneities and ion-sound mode. The level of ion-sound turbulence is specified by the ratio W s/nk B T e = 10−3, while the value of magnetic fluctuations is δB/B = 10–3. Different initial angular distributions of the function of accelerated-electron source are regarded: from isotropic to narrow directional distributions. For the chosen energy-density values of the ion-sound turbulence and the level of magnetic fluctuations, it is shown that both types of turbulence lead to a qualitative change in the hard X-ray brightness along the loop, moreover their influence was found to be different. Models with magnetic fluctuations and the ion sound can be distinguished not only by the difference in the hard X-ray distribution along the loop but also by the photon spectrum.
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Charikov, Y.E., Shabalin, A.N. Hard X-ray generation in the turbulent plasma of solar flares. Geomagn. Aeron. 56, 1068–1074 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793216080041
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