Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976a%26a....51..357m&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 51, no. 3, Sept. 1976, p. 357-365.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Sky Brightness, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Flares, Zodiacal Light, Ion Impact, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Shock Wave Interaction, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Results are reported for an observational and theoretical study of possible solar-flare effects on the zodiacal light. A seven-year search for flare-induced brightness variations in the light is described which discovered no significant changes in either the level of brightness from night to night or the shape of the main zodiacal-light cone at elongations greater than 25 deg from the sun. Several possible dynamical effects of solar flares on the zodiacal dust cloud are investigated theoretically, including increased ion drag from a passing shock wave, possible rotational bursting of dust particles as a result of ion impacts, and fluorescence of the dust particles. It is found that the kinetic energy carried by shock-front ions is not sufficient to cause the dust to fluoresce, that increased ion drag may be significant only at heliocentric distances less than 0.1 AU, and that particles larger than 10 microns cannot attain bursting speeds at the appropriate distances. The question is considered of whether changes in the brightness of the polarized component as a result of variations in electron number density can be observed from earth or the Helios solar probe.
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