Analysis of OGO-5 and OSO-7 X-ray data
Abstract
The physical nature of solar flares implied by the data was studied. The empirical results were obtained primarily from the OGO-5 and OSO-7 X-ray data in combination with optical data. The principal conclusions regarding the physics of flares are the following. (1) Flares are produced by magnetic field reconnection. (2) The resulting thermal X-ray plasma is cooled primarily by heat conduction rather than by radiative cooling. (3) The heating and cooling of the thermal X-ray plasma are approximately in balance during the maximum phase of the flare.
- Publication:
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California Institute of Technology Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975cait.reptQ....M
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Field Reconnection;
- Ogo-5;
- Oso-7;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Conductive Heat Transfer;
- Cooling;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Thermal Plasmas;
- Solar Physics