OSO-7 observations of solar x-rays in the energy range 10 100 keV
Abstract
The solar X-ray experiment on the satellite OSO-7 has provided extensive observations of hard and soft X-ray bursts. We give a general description of the hard X-ray data here, in parallel with the description of the soft X-ray data already published (Datlowe et al., 1974). The data for this study consist of 123 hard X-ray bursts which occurred between 10 October 1971 and 6 June 1972. We examine the behavior of a typical event in terms of its spectral and flux variations. For the whole data sample, we find that 2/3 of the soft X-ray bursts have detectable hard X-ray emission. We present the distributions of frequency of occurrence of peak flux, spectral index, collisional energy loss, burst duration and the duration at half maximum of the flux profile. No correlation was found between the flux and the spectral slope of an individual data sample, nor was there a correlation between the peak flux and the full width at half maximum of a burst.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00154978
- Bibcode:
- 1974SoPh...39..155D
- Keywords:
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- Oso-7;
- Satellite Observation;
- Solar X-Rays;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Energy Distribution;
- H Alpha Line;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Instruments;
- Solar Limb;
- Spatial Distribution;
- Time Response;
- Solar Physics;
- Flare;
- Spectral Slope;
- Collisional Energy;
- Peak Flux;
- Collisional Energy Loss