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Last month's solar flare created a mysterious p

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Last month's solar flare created a mysterious pulse on Earth


Science | 206902 hits | Jun 01 11:41 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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Neutron monitors all round the world lit up in response to the blast for the first time in six years, despite the fact it was an M-Class, or moderate, flare, say University of New Hampshire scientists.

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:56 pm
    There's a lot of mystery right now as to the mechanism operating here (why do solar flares cause neutron events on Earth?) and also it seems some relationship with what we believed to be the steady decay of radiotion by radioactive elements. It'll be fun to watch this solar cycle!

    http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/augu ... 82310.html

  2. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:00 pm
    This would lend credence to the fringe notion that the sun can produce tachyons. A flare that's otherwise identical to any other flare produces a different effect? It's entirely possible then that this flare was identical to the others in observation...but it also provokes the question that maybe it was different in a way we're not yet able to fully observe.

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:06 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    This would lend credence to the fringe notion that the sun can produce tachyons. A flare that's otherwise identical to any other flare produces a different effect? It's entirely possible then that this flare was identical to the others in observation...but it also provokes the question that maybe it was different in a way we're not yet able to fully observe.


    From the Stanford article:

    On Dec 13, 2006, the sun itself provided a crucial clue, when a solar flare sent a stream of particles and radiation toward Earth. Purdue nuclear engineer Jere Jenkins, while measuring the decay rate of manganese-54, a short-lived isotope used in medical diagnostics, noticed that the rate dropped slightly during the flare, a decrease that started about a day and a half before the flare.

    If this apparent relationship between flares and decay rates proves true, it could lead to a method of predicting solar flares prior to their occurrence, which could help prevent damage to satellites and electric grids, as well as save the lives of astronauts in space.

    . . .

    Going back to take another look at the decay data from the Brookhaven lab, the researchers found a recurring pattern of 33 days. It was a bit of a surprise, given that most solar observations show a pattern of about 28 days � the rotation rate of the surface of the sun.

    The explanation? The core of the sun � where nuclear reactions produce neutrinos � apparently spins more slowly than the surface we see. "It may seem counter-intuitive, but it looks as if the core rotates more slowly than the rest of the sun," Sturrock said.


    The Universe is far more complex than we know! :)

  4. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:17 pm
    Amen.

    It seems that maybe, just maybe, we might be moving past the arrogance that is common to every generation to assume that all that could be known or innovated has already been done.

  5. by avatar sandorski
    Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:18 am
    "BartSimpson" said
    Amen.

    It seems that maybe, just maybe, we might be moving past the arrogance that is common to every generation to assume that all that could be known or innovated has already been done.


    Passed that point generations ago.

  6. by avatar PluggyRug
    Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:36 am
    "sandorski" said
    Amen.

    It seems that maybe, just maybe, we might be moving past the arrogance that is common to every generation to assume that all that could be known or innovated has already been done.


    Passed that point generations ago.

    Your post denotes a singularity.



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