Electronic Resource
Springer
Cellular and molecular life sciences
51 (1995), S. 710-720
ISSN:
1420-9071
Keywords:
X-rays
;
astronomy
;
sun
;
corona
;
solar magnetic fields
;
satellites
;
detectors
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract X-ray astronomy began in 1948 with the first detection of X-rays from the Sun. Astronomical X-ray observations need to be performed from high-altitude rockets and satellites because the Earth's atmosphere absorbs X-rays. Currently about 100,000 X-ray sources are known all over the sky. The Sun is by far the strongest source. The outermost solar atmosphere, the corona, emits X-rays due to its high temperature of a few million K. Solar X-ray emission is highly variable. Eruptions lead to variations of the X-ray flux on time scales of minutes. The average X-ray flux varies with the 11-year sunspot cycle by a factor of about 1000. Solar X-rays have a profound influence on the Earth's upper atmosphere.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01941268
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