Solar Neutrons and Related Phenomena

• Main Author: Dorman, Lev. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 365
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical geography.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Geophysics/Geodesy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3737-4

This book presents the first comprehensive compilation and review of the extensive body of experimental and theoretical material on solar neutrons and related phenomena published in the scientific literature over the last sixty years. Phenomena related to solar neutrons are more specifically: the de...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Frequently used Abbreviations and Notations
• Chapter 1. Charged, Accelerated Particle Interactions in the Solar Atmosphere, and the Generation of Secondary Energetic Particles and Radiations: Pioneer Results
• Chapter 2. The Events of August 1972 and the Discovery of Solar Gamma-Radiation
• Chapter 3. The Events of the June 1980 and June 1982, and the Discovery of Solar Neutrons
• Chapter 4. Space Probe Observations of Solar Neutron Events
• Chapter 5. Solar Neutron Propagation in the Earth's Atmosphere, and the Sensitivity of Neutron Monitors and other Ground Based Detectors to Solar Neutrons
• Chapter 6. Statistical Investigations of Solar Neutron Events on the Basis of Ground Observations
• Chapter 7. Observations of Solar Neutron Events by Neutron Monitors, Solar Neutron Telescopes and Muon Detectors, and their Interpretation
• Chapter 8. The Solar Neutron Decay Phenomenon
• Chapter 9. Gamma Rays from Solar Energetic Particle Interactions with the Sun's Atmosphere
• Chapter 10. Positron Generation in the Nuclear Interactions of Flare Energetic Particles in the Solar Atmosphere
• Chapter 11. The Development of Models and Simulations for Solar Neutron and Gamma Ray Events
• Appendix
• Conclusions and Problems
• General Conclusion
• Main Conclusions for Different Chapters
• Actual Problems for Solving in near Future
• References
• References for Monographs and Books
• Object Index
• Author Index.