The Physics of solar flares : proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 13 and 14 March, 1991
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The Physics of solar flares : proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 13 and 14 March, 1991
Royal Society, 1991
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Philosophical transactions of Royal Society of London
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"First published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, ser. A, vol. 336 (no. 1643), pages 321-495"
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
During the period of the 1980 solar maximum three space missions "P78-1", "Solar Maximum Mission" and "Hinotori" carried out extensive studies of solar flares. In their different ways all of these missions contributed significant new information to our understanding of the solar flare phenomenon. In this volume the contribution made by these three spacecraft to the study of the energy release and the related creation of high-temperature plasma, the transport of energy from the primary release site, the production of rays at energies up to 10 MeV and the ejection of solar matter into interplanetary space are reviewed. Discussions of the current theoretical basis of magnetic energy conversion, the role of magnetic loops in solar flares and the acceleration of electrons and protons in the impulsive phase are presented. In addition, the relation between ground-based optical observations of solar flares and aspects of the x-ray data is assessed. All three spacecraft included high-resolution x-ray crystal spectrometers.
The use of these instruments in establishing the properties of the high-temperature plasma is described and the status of the atomic data required for the interpretation of the spectra is evaluated. For the 1991 solar maximum the Japanese "Solar-A" satellite will carry four major instruments that will allow observations to be undertaken with a unique combination of high spatial and spectral resolution over a wide range of x-ray and ray energies. The nature of this mission is described and its role in advancing our understanding of the solar flare problem is discussed.
Table of Contents
- Observations from the solar maximum mission, K.T.Strong
- observations from the Hinotori mission, T.Sakurai
- high-energy flare observations from the solar maximum mission, W.T.Vestrand
- the magnetohydrodynamics of energy release in solar flares, E.R.Priest
- flare energy release - observational consequences and signatures, R.C.Canfield et al
- the role of magnetic loops in solar flares, R.Pallavicini
- coronal mass ejection, R.A.Harrison
- energetic particles in solar flares - theory and diagnostics
- flare energy transport by conduction and radiation, M.E.Machado
- high-temperature plasma in solar flares, G.A.Doschek
- energetic particle production in flares, G.M.Simnett
- spectroscopy of high-temperature solar flare plasmas, K.J.H.Phillips
- atomic physics calculations relevant to solar flare spectra, H.E.Mason
- the solar - a mission and its scientific aims, Y.Uchida and Y.Ogwara.
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