Singly charged energetic helium emitted in solar flares

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Abundance, Energetic Particles, Helium Ions, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Cosmic Rays, Solar Flares, Chromosphere, Histograms, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Interplanetary Space, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Corona

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First direct charge state measurements of 0.41-1.05 MeV per nucleon helium accelerated at the sun reveal surprisingly large abundances of singly ionized helium, with typical He(+)/He(++) ratios between 0.04 and 0.21. This unexpected overabundance of He(+) was observed in each of the three large solar-flare particle events which occurred between 1978 August and 1979 October. The data were obtained with the Max-Planck-Institut/University of Maryland Experiment on board the ISEE-3 spacecraft. The observations suggest either strong coronal temperature inhomogeneities including cool regions of approximately 100,000 K or injection of 'cold' chromospheric/photospheric material into the flare acceleration region.

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