High-Energy Particles In Solar Flares
Abstract
Accelerated particles appear to co exist inseparably with most forms of energy release in solar flares and coronal mass ejections. We identify at least six different populations of high-energy electrons and ions. High-energy particles, accelerated efficiently in the flare in great numbers, transport a large fraction of the flare energy to other sites. This behavior makes them an integral part of the flare process. Much new data has come from two satellites launched in 1991: the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory and Yohkoh. This review concentrates on particles in flares, mainly using X-ray and gamma-ray data rather than measurements of "escaping'' particles observed in interplanetary space.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 1995
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.aa.33.090195.001323
- Bibcode:
- 1995ARA&A..33..239H