Survey and comparison of solar activity and energetic particle emission in 1970

Physics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Monitors, Particle Emission, Solar Activity, Protons, Scientific Satellites, Solar Flares, Solar Radiation

Scientific paper

Solar activity in 1970 was at a relatively high level with the number of major flares and important centers of activity reaching maximum numbers for all of cycle 20. Satellite data, primarily from Explorer 41, provided evidence for at least 152 distinct energetic particle enhancements during the year. These events have been compared with concurrent solar activity. All but one of the 13 particle events associated with Polar Cap Absorption in 1970 have been identified with specific solar flares. For the 50 proton events with energies 19-80 or =60 MEV, 72 percent have reasonably sure solar or geophysical sources. Of the 59 purely low energy particle events (1-10 MEV) only 39% could be assigned probable solar associations. For the numerous low-energy particle events without confident solar associations, there were assorted time coincidences with geomagnetic storms, sector boundary passages, the development of new regions on the disk, and the central meridian passage of significant centers of activity. At the present time, the significance of these solar and geophysical phenomena for particle enhancement is not known.

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

Survey and comparison of solar activity and energetic particle emission in 1970 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 Survey and comparison of solar activity and energetic particle emission in 1970, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Survey and comparison of solar activity and energetic particle emission in 1970 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1195356

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