Enhanced emission of iron nuclei in solar flares

P. B. Price; I. Hutcheon; R. Cowsik; D. J. Barber

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.916

Enhanced emission of iron nuclei in solar flares

P. B. Price
, I. Hutcheon
, R. Cowsik
, D. J. Barber

Department of Physics

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Etched tracks in an Apollo-12 spacecraft window and a Surveyor-3 camera-lens filter give the interplanetary Fe energy spectra from ∼1 to ∼30 MeV/nucleon during 1967-1969. The strongly energy-dependent Fe/He ratio suggests that heavy nuclei are preferentially emitted from accelerating regions because of their low ionization state and high magnetic rigidity. The Fe fluxes give rise to extremely high track densities that we have observed in lunar soil.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	916-919
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	26
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.916
State	Published - 1971

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Enhanced emission of iron nuclei in solar flares

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