Studying the thermal/non-thermal crossover in solar flares
Abstract
This report describes work performed under contract NAS5-32584 for Phase 3 of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) from 1 November 1993 through 1 November 1994. We have made spectral observations of the hard x-ray and gamma-ray bremsstrahlung emissions from solar flares using the Burst and Transit Source Experiment (BASTE) on CGRO. These measurements of their spectrum and time profile provided valuable information on the fundamental flare processes of energy release, particle acceleration, and energy transport. Our scientific objective was to study both the thermal and non-thermal sources of solar flare hard x-ray and gamma-ray emission.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994STIN...9530785S
- Keywords:
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- Bremsstrahlung;
- Chromosphere;
- Energy Transfer;
- Gamma Ray Bursts;
- Gamma Ray Observatory;
- Gamma Rays;
- Particle Acceleration;
- Solar Flares;
- Thermal Emission;
- X Rays;
- Algorithms;
- Coronal Loops;
- Data Reduction;
- Granat Satellite;
- Graphical User Interface;
- Solar Physics