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Solar-wind tritium limit and nuclear processes in the solar atmosphereTritium in Surveyor 3 material is measured, and the resulting H-3/H-1 ratio for the solar wind is applied in a solar flare-solar wind relation to investigate the mixing requirements for the solar atmosphere. The flare-wind relation is derived. None of the tritium can be attributed to solar-wind implantation. The upper limit for the H-3/He ratio in the solar wind is 4 times 10 to the minus tenth power and corresponds to a H-3/H-1 limit of 2 times 10 to the minus eleventh power. This limit imposes a requirement on the mixing rate in the solar atmosphere if the H-3 production rate in solar-surface nuclear reactions is greater than 160/sq cm per sec.
Document ID
19780062796
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Fireman, E. L.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Damico, J.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Defelice, J.
(Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1975
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Start Date: March 17, 1975
End Date: March 21, 1975
Accession Number
78A46705
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-09-015-145
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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