Solar flare particles - Energy-dependent composition and relationship to solar composition

Computer Science – Sound

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

37

Abundance, Solar Corpuscular Radiation, Solar Cosmic Rays, Solar Flares, Apollo Flights, Chemical Composition, Particle Production, Particle Tracks, Rocket Sounding

Scientific paper

Plastic and glass track detectors on rockets and Apollo spacecraft have been used to determine the composition of particles from He to Ni at energies from 0.1 to 50 MeV per nucleon in several solar flares of widely varying intensities. At low energies the composition of solar particles is enriched in heavy elements by an amount, relative to the asymptotic high-energy composition, that increases with atomic number from Z = 2 up to at least Z = 50, that decreases with energy, and that varies from flare to flare. At high energies (usually beyond an energy of 5 to 20 MeV per nucleon) the composition becomes independent of energy and, though somewhat variable from flare to flare, approximates the composition of the solar atmosphere. A table of abundances of the even-Z elements from He to Ni (plus N) in solar particles is constructed by averaging the asymptotic high-energy abundances in several flares.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Solar flare particles - Energy-dependent composition and relationship to solar composition does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Solar flare particles - Energy-dependent composition and relationship to solar composition, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Solar flare particles - Energy-dependent composition and relationship to solar composition will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1749876

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.