The SMM Atlas of Gamma-Ray flares Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Vestrand W. T.
  2. Share G. H.
  3. Murphy R. J.
  4. Forrest D. J.,Rieger E.
  5. Chupp E. L.
  6. Kanbach G.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a compilation of data for all 258 gamma-ray flares detected above 300 keV by the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) aboard the Solar Maximum Mission satellite. This gamma-ray flare sample was collected during the period from 1980 February to 1989 November; covering the latter half of the 21st solar sunspot cycle and the onset of the 22d solar sunspot cycle. We describe the SMM/GRS instrument, its in-orbit operation, and the principal data reduction methods used to derive the gamma-ray flare properties. Utilizing measurements for 185 flares that were sufficiently intense to allow the derivation of gamma-ray spectra, we present an atlas of time profiles and gamma-ray spectra. The flare parameters derived from the gamma-ray spectra include bremsstrahlung fluence and best-fit power-law parameters, narrow nuclear line fluence, positron annihilation line fluence, neutron capture line fluence, and an indication of whether or not emissions greater than 10 MeV were present. Since a uniform methodology was adopted for deriving the parameters, this atlas should be very useful for future statistical and correlative studies of solar flares.

Keywords
  1. star-atlases
  2. gamma-ray-astronomy
  3. solar-system
Bibliographic source Bibcode
1999ApJS..120..409V
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/120/409
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/120/409
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.21200409

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History

2000-02-28T18:56:36Z
Resource record created
2000-02-28T17:56:46Z
Updated
2000-02-28T18:56:36Z
Created

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