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Solar Gamma-Ray Line Spectroscopy – Physics of a Flaring Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Gerald H. Share
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20375, USA
Ronald J. Murphy
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20375, USA

Abstract

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We discuss how gamma-ray spectroscopy provides information about the acceleration and transport of electrons and ions in solar flares, and their interaction with the solar atmosphere. Temporal studies illuminate differences in the acceleration and transport of electrons and ions. Nuclear line studies reveal the elemental abundance, density, and temperature of the ambient solar atmosphere; and the spectrum, composition, and directionality of the accelerated ions.

Type
Part 4: High Energy Phenomena in Sun and Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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