AbstractThe Sun provides unique opportunities to study particle acceleration mechanisms using data from detectors placed on the Earth’s surface and on board spacecrafts. Particles may gain high energies by several physical mechanisms. Differentiating between these possibilities is a fundamental problem of cosmic ray physics. Energetic neutrons provide us with information that keeps the signatures of the acceleration site. A summary of some representative solar neutron events observed on the Earth’s surface, including associated X and γ-ray observations from spacecrafts is presented. We discuss evidence of acceleration of particles by the Sun to energies up to several tens of GeV. In addition, a recent solar neutron event that occurred on September 7th 2005 and detected by several observatories at Earth is analyzed in detail.


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    Titel :

    Solar neutron events as a tool to study particle acceleration at the Sun


    Beteiligte:
    Valdés-Galicia, J.F. (Autor:in) / Muraki, Y. (Autor:in) / Watanabe, K. (Autor:in) / Matsubara, Y. (Autor:in) / Sako, T. (Autor:in) / Gonzalez, L.X. (Autor:in) / Musalem, O. (Autor:in) / Hurtado, A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 43 , 4 ; 565-572


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-09-27


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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