X-ray flare sparks quake inside Sun

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作者
Kosovichev, AG [1 ]
Zharkova, VV
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[1] Stanford Univ, WW Hansen Expt Phys Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Univ Glasgow, Dept Phys & Astron, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
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10.1038/30629
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Solar flares involve a release of the Sun's magnetic energy as X-radiation, particle beams and high-speed plasma flows. But we have discovered, using data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), that these flares also affect the Sun's interior, generating seismic waves similar to earthquakes. For example, a three-kilometre-high seismic wave was caused by a moderate X-ray flare that occurred on 9 July 1996 and propagated at about 50 kilometres per second to a distance 120,000 kilometres from the flare site.
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