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The triggering and subsequent development of a solar flare
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Vorpahl, J. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | High temporal and spatial resolution solar X-ray pictures of a flare at 1827 UT on 5 September 1973 were taken with the S-056 telescope on the Apollo telescope mount. Photographs taken at 9 sec intervals allow detailed information to be obtained about the site of the energy release, as well as about the evolution of the flare itself. Observations suggest that the flare occurred in an entire arcade of loops rather than in any single loop. Sequential brightening of different X-ray features indicates that some excitation moved perpendicular to the magnetic field of the arcade at velocities of 180 to 280 km/sec. The most intense X-ray features were located in places where the magnetic field composing the arcade had a small radius of curvature with horizontal field gradients higher than the surroundings region and where the axis of the arcade changed direction. It was felt that the arcade geometry strongly influenced the propagation of the triggering disturbance, as well as the storage and site of the subsequent deposition of energy. A magnetosonic wave is suggested as the propagating mechanism triggering instabilities that may have existed in the preflare structure. |
| File Size | 1276167 |
| Page Count | 29 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760014021 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4gn3051n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-10-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solar Physics Radiography High Resolution X Rays Solar Flares Radiant Flux Density Magnetic Fields Apollo Telescope Mount Astronomical Photography Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
