Chromospheric Heating by Electron and Proton Bombardment in the Solar Flare of June 7, 1980.
Abstract
Using observations of both hard x-rays and gamma-rays in the large solar flare on June 7, 1980, we infer the amount of chromospheric heating due to bombardment both by non-thermal electrons and by protons, respectively. If a thick-target model for the X-ray bremsstrahlung is adopted, then proton heating is shown to be important only in the lower chromosphere; however, if the hard X-rays are substantially thermal in origin, then proton heating may play an important or indeed dominant role in determining the structure of the entire flaring chromosphere. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA123954
Entities
People
- A. Gordon Emslie
Organizations
- Stanford University