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)