Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icrc....5...68v&link_type=abstract
In: International Cosmic Ray Conference, 16th, Kyoto, Japan, August 6-18, 1979, Conference Papers. Volume 5. (A81-12386 02-93) T
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Abundance, Energetic Particles, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Nuclei (Nuclear Physics), Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Flares, Heavy Nuclei, Iron, Oxygen, Particle Energy, Particle Telescopes
Scientific paper
Preliminary observations of energetic particles from solar flares beginning on September 23 and November 10, 1978 are reported. The measurements were made from the ISEE-3 spacecraft using very thin, large area solid-state detectors. Charge composition was measured for all elements from Z = 2 to Z = 26 above approximately 2 MeV/nucleon. More than 100,000 nuclei with Z greater than 2 were pulse-height analyzed during the course of the first event, while the second was substantially smaller. These good statistics enable the observation of variations in composition at low energies as a function of time. For example, the Fe/O ratio (2.0-3.1 MeV/n) was observed in the September event to decrease by a factor of approximately 5. By contrast, this same ratio increased by a factor of approximately 1.5 during the November 10 event. Similar variations have been reported earlier by Scholer et al. (1978). These authors, however were unable to observe the He/O ratio which has now been observed also to show significant variation.
Reames Donald. V.
von Rosenvinge Tycho T.
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