Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21640433y&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #404.33; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.905
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Despite many observations of solar flares with spacecraft and ground-based instruments, the underlying physics that drives particle acceleration is still not well understood. Understanding the role of energetic particles in the flare process and identifying the relevant processes behind energetic particle acceleration requires sensitive observations that cover a wide range in energy in photon emission and, if possible, neutron emission. The COMPton TELescope (COMPTEL) aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) provided unprecedented, and as yet unsurpassed, sensitivity to γ rays in the 0.7 to 30 MeV energy range and neutrons in the 20 to 150 MeV energy range. This, combined with its nine years of operation, has produced a unique data set of observations for almost a complete solar cycle. Analysis of some of these data has provided many new and exciting results for high energy solar astrophysics, but these data have been largely unexplored. In this work we present both past and new results from this rich dataset.
de Nolfo Georgia Adair
Ireland Jack
Ryan Michael J.
Young Callum A.
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