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On December 15, 1978, an omnidirectional gamma-ray detector for the energy range 0.3 to 10 MeV was flown from São José dos Campos, Brazil at a latitude of about -23°. Around noon time, when the Sun was in the field of view of the detector, various solar flares of importance SN and SF occurred. The 2.2 MeV line flux was monitored during this time. A statistically significant line flux of (1.55 ± 0.50) × 10−2 photons cm−2 s−1 and (9.97 ± 4.85) × 10−3 photons cm−2 s−1 was observed within a few minutes of t maxima of the two long-duration SN flares respectively, whereas during SF flares only upper limits were obtained.
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Rao, K.R., Martin, I.M., Jardim, J.O.D. et al. 2.2 MeV gamma-ray line observed during two SN solar flares. Sol Phys 79, 121–127 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146977
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