Comment on ``Model of ionic charge states of impulsive solar energetic particles in solar flares'' by M. Dolores Rodríguez-Frías, Luis del Peral, and Jorge Pérez-Peraza
Kocharov, Leon; Torsti, Jarmo; Kovaltsov, Gennadi A.; Kartavykh, Yulia Y.; Ostryakov, Valery M.
Finland, Russia
Abstract
Attention is drawn to the fact that the numerical code ESCAPE by [2001] is in conflict with other models of charge-changing processes in solar corona, including the most reliable model by [1992]. We find in the >0.1 MeV nucleon-1 energy range a tendency of the ESCAPE code to overestimate the ionic charge of iron. This implies an underestimation of the density × acceleration-time product in the ion acceleration region in solar corona.