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Investigating The Correlation Between Inclination Of Coronal Loops And Solar Flare Activity, John-Paul Mann May 2015

Investigating The Correlation Between Inclination Of Coronal Loops And Solar Flare Activity, John-Paul Mann

Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)

The purpose of this research is to investigate changes in the coronal loop structures during the life cycle of a solar flare. Coronal loops are intricate and complicated magnetic features on the solar surface that are the source of large solar flares. Understanding the dynamics of these coronal loops provides better models for predicting solar flare activity. By obtaining the magnetogram, or magnetic field strength, along with the inclination of these coronal loops, the full structure of the coronal loop can be obtained. Therefore, we studied how the coronal loops inclination angle, as it emerges from the photosphere, changes in …


Instrument Description And Performance Of The Imaging Gamma-Ray Telescope Comptel Aboard The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, V. Schonfelder, H. Aarts, K Bennett, H Deboer, J. Clear, W Collmar, A Connors, A. Deerenberg, R Diehl, A. Von Dordrecht, J W. Den Herder, W Hermsen, R M. Kippen, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, J Lockwood, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, D Morris, R Much, James M. Ryan, G. Simpson, M. Snelling, G Stacy, H Steinle, A W. Strong, B Swanenburg, B G. Taylor, C De Vries, C Winkler Jun 1993

Instrument Description And Performance Of The Imaging Gamma-Ray Telescope Comptel Aboard The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, V. Schonfelder, H. Aarts, K Bennett, H Deboer, J. Clear, W Collmar, A Connors, A. Deerenberg, R Diehl, A. Von Dordrecht, J W. Den Herder, W Hermsen, R M. Kippen, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, J Lockwood, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, D Morris, R Much, James M. Ryan, G. Simpson, M. Snelling, G Stacy, H Steinle, A W. Strong, B Swanenburg, B G. Taylor, C De Vries, C Winkler

Space Science Center

The COMPTEL instrument aboard the COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Observatory and its performance capabilities are described. Calibration data are used to determine the angular and energy response, and the effective detection area. The imaging properties of COMPTEL are demonstrated, and the sensitivity of Comptel to celestial gamma-ray sources are estimated from flight data.


An Overview Of First Results From Comptel, V. Schonfelder, H Aarts, K Bennett, H Bloemen, H Deboer, M Busetta, W Collmar, A Connors, R Diehl, J W. Den Herder, W Hermsen, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, J Lockwood, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, D Morris, R Much, James M. Ryan, G. Simpson, J G. Stacy, H Steinle, A W. Strong, B Swanenburg, B G. Taylor, M Varendorff, C De Vries, W Webber, C Winkler Jan 1993

An Overview Of First Results From Comptel, V. Schonfelder, H Aarts, K Bennett, H Bloemen, H Deboer, M Busetta, W Collmar, A Connors, R Diehl, J W. Den Herder, W Hermsen, L Kuiper, G G. Lichti, J Lockwood, John R. Macri, Mark L. Mcconnell, D Morris, R Much, James M. Ryan, G. Simpson, J G. Stacy, H Steinle, A W. Strong, B Swanenburg, B G. Taylor, M Varendorff, C De Vries, W Webber, C Winkler

Space Science Center

COMPTEL is the first imaging telescope to explore the MeV gamma-ray range (0.7 to 30 MeV). At present, it is performing a complete sky survey. Targets of special interest in the COMPTEL energy range are radio pulsars, X-ray binaries, novae, supernovae, supernova remnants, mulecular clouds, the interstellar medium within the Milky Way, active galactic nuclei, and the diffuse cosmic background radiation. The data from the first half year of the mission have demonstrated that COMPTEL performs as expected. The Crab is clearly seen at its proper position in the first images of the anticenter region of the galaxy. The Crab …