SH22A-07
Energy Deposition in the Photosphere by Charged and Neutral Flare Particles
Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 11:50
2011 (Moscone West)
James M Ryan, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
Abstract:
One by-product of flares is an abundance of energetic particles that one witnesses through X and gamma-ray emission. Long Duration Gamma Ray Flares produce great numbers of particles above 300 MeV. Particles of this energy can escape the Sun or penetrate deeply into the photosphere. They are primarily pions and neutrons with a host of secondaries, including muons, electrons and gamma rays. We estimate the energy deposition in magnitude and depth profile in the photosphere from these particles during a large LDGRF.
