Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975soph...40..165r&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, vol. 40, Jan. 1975, p. 165-182.
Physics
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Radiant Cooling, Satellite Observation, Solar Flares, Solar X-Rays, Thermal Emission, X Ray Spectra, Astronomical Models, Oso-7, Solar Limb, Solar Temperature, Spectroheliographs, Temperature Distribution
Scientific paper
Data from the OSO-7 X-ray experiment were used in a search for behind-the-limb solar X-ray bursts. Seventeen active centers were found as likely seats of such bursts. The spectra of 37 over-the-limb X-ray bursts were analyzed. The distributions of maximum temperature, maximum emission measure, and characteristic cooling time do not differ in a statistically significant way from the distributions for center events. The observations support the view that the dominant cooling mechanism is conduction, for the cooling times derived from the temperature histories are too small to be explained by radiative cooling. The fraction of over-the-limb bursts which have an nonthermal component is 2/3, exactly the same as found for the 122 X-ray bursts studied in Datlowe et al. (1974b). Thick-target models of X-ray emission would suggest that hard X-ray sources would be rapidly occulted with increasing longitude of the burst location, yet just the contrary was observed.
Datlowe Dayton W.
ROY Jean-Rene
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