Aug 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995ssrv...73..387s&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, Volume 73, Issue 3-4, pp. 387-432
Physics
42
Scientific paper
This work addresses the role of non-thermal protons as a means of transporting energy in stellar atmospheres. The most dramatic transient visible phenomena are flares, the best studied of which are from the Sun. It is believed that energetic particles take a fundamental part in flare development, but it is controversial as to whether protons or electrons play the dominant role. This review is aimed at helping resolve the controversy. We start by outlining acceleration mechanisms for energetic particles, on the premise that the acceleration site is in the corona. The propagation of a proton beam through the atmosphere is discussed, together with the radiation signatures it would produce. Chromospheric evaporation is expected as the beam reaches the dense part of the atmosphere. Direct observational evidence for energetic protons is reviewed, from gamma-ray production involving energies >30 MeV to Hα polarization, which is significant at energies ≲100 keV. Proton beams can be detected in the corona via slowly-drifting type III bursts, while they can be directly sampled by spacecraft and, at energies >1 GeV, by detectors on the Earth. A number of key flare observations and energy arguments are debated from the viewpoint of protons versus electrons. The conclusion is that primary non-thermal protons are much more important, in terms of total energy, than non-thermal electrons in flares, and that the bulk of the energetic electrons are secondary.
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