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An investigation into the elementary temporal structure of solar flare hard x-ray bursts using batse
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Newton, Elizabeth |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | The research performed under this contract is part of an on-going investigation to explore the finest time-resolution hard X-ray data available on solar flares. Since 1991, the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory has provided almost continual monitoring of the Sun in the hard X-ray and gamma-ray region of the spectrum. BATSE provides for the first time a temporal resolution in the data comparable to the timescales on which flare particle energization occurs. Under this contract, we have employed an important but under-utilized BATSE data type, the Time-To-Spill (TTS) data, to address the question of how fine a temporal structure exists in flare hard X-ray emission. By establishing the extent to which 'energy release fragments,' or characteristic (recurrent) time structures, are building blocks of flare emission, it is possible to place constraints on particle acceleration theories. |
| File Size | 380376 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980234246 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2t48mz25 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1998-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Fine Structure Gamma Ray Spectra X Rays Solar Flares Gamma Ray Observatory Emission Temporal Resolution Particle Acceleration Gamma Ray Bursts 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 |
