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Solar Neutrons and Related Phenomena

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Lev Dorman

    1. Qazrin, Israel

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  • First comprehensive compilation and review of the large body of experimental and theoretical material on solar neutrons and related phenomena published in the scientific literature in 40 years
  • Unique reference work in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 365)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlvi
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  2. Interactions of Charged, Accelerated Particles in the Solar Atmosphere, and the Generation of Secondary Energetic Particles and Radiation: Pioneer Results

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    Pages 1-34

  3. The Events of August 1972 and the Discovery of Solar Gamma-Radiation

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    Pages 35-39

  4. The Events of June 1980 and June 1982, and the Discovery of Solar Neutrons

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    Pages 41-57

  5. Space Probe Observations of Solar Neutron and Gamma Ray Events

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    Pages 59-69

  6. Solar Neutron Propagation in the Earth’s Atmosphere, and the Sensitivity of Neutron Monitors and Other Ground Based Detectors to Solar Neutrons

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    Pages 71-160

  7. Statistical Investigations of Solar Neutron Events on the Basis of Ground Observations

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    Pages 161-183

  8. Observations of Solar Neutron Events by Ground Based Detectors, and Their Interpretation

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    Pages 185-350

  9. The Solar Neutron Decay Phenomenon

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    Pages 351-387

  10. Gamma Rays from Solar Energetic Particle Interactions with the Sun’s Atmosphere

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    Pages 389-614

  11. Positron Generation in the Nuclear Interactions of Flare Energetic Particles in the Solar Atmosphere

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    Pages 615-643

  12. The Development of Models and Simulations for Solar Neutron and Gamma Ray Events

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    Pages 645-820

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 821-873
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Short Historical Overview In the 1940s, two phenomena in the ?eld of cosmic rays (CR) forced scientists to think that the Sun is a powerful source of high-energy particles. One of these was discovered because of the daily solar variation of CR, which the maximum number of CR observed near noon (referring to the existence of continuous ?ux of CR from the direction of the Sun); this became the experimental basis of the theory that CR’s ´ originate from the Sun (or, for that matter, from within the solar system) (Alfven 1954). The second phenomenon was discovered when large ?uxes of high energy particles were detected from several solar ?ares, or solar CR. These are the - called ground level events (GLE), and were ?rst observed by ionization chambers shielded by 10 cm Pb (and detected mainly from the secondary muon-component CR that they caused) during the events of the 28th of February 1942, the 7th of March 1942, the 25th of July 1946, and the 19th of November 1949. The biggest such event was detected on the 23rd of February 1956 (see the detailed description in Chapters X and XI of Dorman, M1957). The ?rst phenomenon was investigated in detail in Dorman (M1957), by ?rst correcting experimental data on muon temperature effects and then by using coupling functions to determine the change in particle energy caused by the solar-diurnal CR variation.

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“This book represents an exhausting monograph on solar neutrons written by an expert who worked about these particles from the Sun since 1965. … The table of contents is a very detailed one, it covers 24 printed pages. … Many observations are given in tables and figures, the corresponding theoretical developments are given in many formulas, and subject index and reference list are carefully developed.”­­­ (Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1196, 2010)

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  • Qazrin, Israel

    Lev Dorman

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