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Solar flare particle measurements with neutron monitors

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We discuss the important parameters of solar neutron and proton emissions that can be determined by measurements with neutron monitors at the Earth. First, the methods of analysis for solar neutron events detected by neutron monitors are presented. Illustrations are given to show how these measurements can be used to understand the physics of the neutron production at the Sun. Second, the analytical methods for high-energy interplanetary solar proton events are presented. We then indicate how these observations of interplanetary solar protons can be used to infer the proton acceleration mechanisms at or near the Sun.

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  1. Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, U.S.A

    J.A. Lockwood

  2. Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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Lockwood, J., Debrunner, H. Solar flare particle measurements with neutron monitors. Space Science Reviews 88, 483–500 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005159816103

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