Analysis of OGO-5 and OSO-7 x-ray data. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4179210
The physical nature of solar flares implied by the data was studied. The empirical results were obtained primarily from the OGO-5 and OSO-7 x-ray data in combination with optical data. The principal conclusions regarding the physics of flares are the following. (1) Flares are produced by magnetic field reconnection. (2) The resulting thermal x-ray plasma is cooled primarily by heat conduction rather than by radiative cooling. (3) The heating and cooling of the thermal x-ray plasma are approximately in balance during the maximum phase of the flare. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-003810
- OSTI ID:
- 4179210
- Report Number(s):
- N--75-17277; NASA-CR--142131
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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