A solar flare observed with the SMM and Einstein satellites |
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Authors: | J H M M Schmitt J R Lemen D Zarro |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 8046 Garching, F.R.G.;(2) Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories, U.S.A.;(3) Applied Research Corporation at NASA/GSFC, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | We present X-ray observations of the 21 July, 1980 flare which was observed both with the Einstein Observatory Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) and the X-Ray Polychromator (XRP) and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer onboard the SMM satellite. The Einstein observations were obtained in scattered X-ray light, i.e., in X-rays scattered off the Earth's atmosphere. In this way it is possible to obtain spatially unresolved X-ray data of a solar flare with the same instrument that observed many X-ray flares on other stars. This paper juxtaposes the results and implications of the stellar interpretation to those obtained from the far more detailed SMM observations. The result of this calibration observation is that the basic properties of the flaring plasma can be reliably determined from the stellar data, however, the basic physics issues can only be studied through models. |
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