INVESTIGADORES
SANCHEZ Federico Andres
artículos
Título:
Re-evaluation of the neutron emission from the solar flare of 2005 september 7 detected by the solar neutron telescope at Sierra Negra
Autor/es:
GONZALEZ, L. X.; VALDES-GALICIA, J. F.; F. SANCHEZ ET AL
Revista:
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Editorial:
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015
ISSN:
0004-637X
Resumen:
The X17.0 solar ␣are of 2005 September 7 released high-energy neutrons that were detected by the Solar Neutron Telescope (SNT) at Sierra Negra, Mexico. In three separate and independent studies of this solar neutron event, several of its unique characteristics were studied; in particular, a power-law energy spectra was estimated. In this paper, we present an alternative analysis, based on improved numerical simulations of the detector using GEANT4, and a different technique for processing the SNT data. The results indicate that the spectral index that best ␣ts the neutron ␣ux is around 3, in agreement with previous works. Based on the numerically calculated neutron energy deposition on the SNT, we con␣rm that the detected neutrons might have reached an energy of 1 GeV, which implies that 10 GeV protons were probably produced; these could not be observed at Earth, as their parent ␣are was an east limb event.
