Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...236l..91h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 236, Mar. 1, 1980, p. L91-L95.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Gamma Ray Spectra, Heao 1, Solar Flares, Solar Spectra, Carbon, Deuterium, Line Spectra, Photosphere, Spectral Line Width
Scientific paper
HEAO 1 observed gamma radiation, including the 2.223 MeV line of deuterium and the 4.43 MeV line of C-12, from a white-light solar flare of 1978 July 11. Line strengths over a 4 minute integration were 1.00 + or - 0.29 and 0.18 + or - 0.07 photons/sq cm s, respectively, and the continuum in the 1-5 MeV range fitted a spectrum 10 E to the -3rd photons/sq cm s keV. The 2.2 MeV line lagged 94 + or - 30 s behind the gamma-ray continuum, which itself was delayed about 20 s from the hard X-ray (not less than 40 keV) and microwave fluxes. This is the second flare for which both MeV-range lines and continuum have been observed, and the first for which simultaneous white-light observations exist. The prompt gamma-ray line (4.43 MeV) can be directly interpreted as an energy deposition of not greater than 7 x 10 to the 26th ergs per sec by energetic protons at photospheric depths. This is insufficient to maintain the white-light continuum by normal photospheric emission mechanisms.
Bai Taeil
Gruber Duane E.
Hudson Hugh S.
Matteson James L.
Nolan Patrick Lee
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