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Re-interpretation of OSO-III scintillation counter measurements of hard solar X-ray spectra

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Laboratory tests show that pulse pile-up requires a significant correction to the response of scintillation counters to solar X-ray bursts with steep energy spectra. The interpretation of the OSO-III and other satellite data in view of these corrections indicates that steep solar X-ray spectra with varying emission measure produce an effect similar to that produced by relatively hard spectra with a constant emission measure.

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  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A.

    S. R. Kane

  2. Dept. of Physics, University of California, 92038, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.A.

    H. S. Hudson

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Kane, S.R., Hudson, H.S. Re-interpretation of OSO-III scintillation counter measurements of hard solar X-ray spectra. Sol Phys 14, 414–418 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221327

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