Acceleration, containment, and emission of very low energy solar flare particlesWe present the first observations of protons down to 44 keV and electrons down to less than about 2 keV emitted in an impulsive solar particle event. The observations are from the Apollo 15 Subsatellite during a flare event which began on September 1, 1971. We obtain a lower limit estimate of the energy contained in protons above about 0.05 MeV in the flare. The effects of adiabatic deceleration in the interplanetary medium and dE/dx energy loss in the corona are discussed. We conclude that energetic protons may constitute a major energy release in large solar flares.
Document ID
19750053287
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Lin, R. P.
Mcguire, R. E.
Anderson, K. A. (California, University Berkeley, Calif., United States)