Neutron decay electrons after the solar flare of 1980 June 21
作者:
D. Ruffolo,
W. Dro¨ge,
B. Klecker,
期刊:
AIP Conference Proceedings
(AIP Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 374,
issue 1
页码: 116-123
ISSN:0094-243X
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1063/1.50947
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We have found evidence for fluxes of energetic electrons in interplanetary space on board the ISEE‐3/ICE spacecraft which we interpret as the decay products of neutrons generated in a solar flare on 1980 June 21. The decay electrons arrived at the spacecraft shortly before the electrons from the flare and can be distinguished from the latter by their distinctive energy spectrum. The time profile of the decay electrons is in good agreement with the results from a simulation based on a scattering mean free path derived from a fit to the flare electron data. The comparison with simultaneously observed decay protons and a published direct measurement of high‐energy neutrons places important constraints on the parent neutron spectrum. ©1996 American Institute of Physics.
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