High-energy particles associated with solar flares
- Author
- Klimas, A. J.
- Published
- May 1, 1974.
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Sakurai, K.
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- High-energy particles, the so-called solar cosmic rays, are often generated in association with solar flares, and then emitted into interplanetary space. These particles, consisting of electrons, protons, and other heavier nuclei, including the iron-group, are accelerated in the vicinity of the flare. By studying the temporal and spatial varation of these particles near the earth's orbit, their storage and release mechanisms in the solar corona and their propagation mechanism can be understood. The details of the nuclear composition and the rigidity spectrum for each nuclear component of the solar cosmic rays are important for investigating the acceleration mechanism in solar flares. The timing and efficiency of the acceleration process can also be investigated by using this information. These problems are described in some detail by using observational results on solar cosmic rays and associated phenomena.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 19740018163.
Accession ID: 74N26276.
NASA-TM-X-70655.
X-693-74-116. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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