The isotopic and elemental abundances of neon nuclei accelerated in solar flares

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Abundance, Heavy Nuclei, Neon Isotopes, Particle Acceleration, Solar Cosmic Rays, Solar Flares, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Imp, Mass Distribution, Oxygen Isotopes

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The relative isotopic abundances of Ne-20 and Ne-22 in seven solar flares were determined from measurements of the satellite IMP 8, yielding the ratio Ne-20/Ne-22 = 7.7 (+2.3, -1.5) for solar chromospheric matter. This value is in agreement with the ratio for the component neon-A (the 'primordial' component) found in carbonaceous chondrites. An elemental abundance ratio Ne/O = 0.14 + or - 0.01 also has been obtained which agrees closely with earlier reported measurements. It is shown that the effects of preferential acceleration relative to solar-system abundances with increasing charge number observed for some solar flares - though biasing the elemental ratio - does not appear to influence the neon isotopic abundances.

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