Nuclear processes and accelerated particles in solar flares
Abstract
A detailed review of nuclear processes and particle acceleration in solar flares has been completed recently (Ramaty and Murphy, 1987). Included in this review were a comprehensive discussion of the theory of gamma-ray and neutron production, as well as the results of comparisons of calculations with gamma-ray, neutron and charged-particle observations of solar flares. The implications of these comparisons on particle energy spectra, total numbers, anisotropies and electron-to-proton ratios, as well as on acceleration mechanisms and the interaction site were also discussed. In addition, elemental and isotopic abundances of the ambient gas, derived from gamma-ray observations, were compared to abundances obtained from observations of escaping accelerated particles and other sources. The present paper is a synopsis of this review
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00147699
- Bibcode:
- 1987SoPh..113..203R
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Reactions;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Solar Flares;
- Chemical Composition;
- Gamma Rays;
- Particle Production;
- Solar Maximum Mission;
- Solar Neutrons;
- Solar X-Rays;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Solar Physics;
- Anisotropy;
- Flare;
- Energy Spectrum;
- Solar Flare;
- Particle Acceleration