COMPTEL Solar Flare Table Headings COMPTEL Solar Flare Table Heading Descriptions

    Comptel Flare #
    The naming convention we have chosen is sfYYMMDD_HHMMSS. sf signifies the event is a solar flare. HHMMSS corresponds to the event start time as designated by the Batse flare list at GSFC.
    TJD
    Truncated Julian Day.
    GOES Start Time
    Start time is obtained from online xray solar flare data at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. This time can be of use to people interested in optical and radio data of these flares.
    GOES class
    Flare class is also obtained from online xray solar flare data at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center.
    Batse Flare #
    Flare number is an event numbering convention assigned at the GSFC.
    Batse Trigger #
    If an event is seen by Comptel, then the event most likely triggered Batse as well. Batse trigger numbers are in a database at the University of New Hampshire.
    Comptel Total Counts
    Number of counts collected during the integration time interval.
    Comptel PeakCounts
    Peak Comptel count rate in integration time interval
    Integration Time Time interval over which Comptel counts are analyzed.
    Batse Peak Counts
    Peak Batse counts per 2000 square centimeters per second
    GRO Mass
    CGRO instrument mass through which detected gamma rays pass.
    Figures
    LO energy range: Approximately 0.1 - 0.6 MeV
    HI energy range: Approximately 0.6 - 10.7 MeV
    Light curves are counts per seconds vs. time, with raw data plotted on top, background subtracted data on bottom. Between the two are plots of background 15 orbits before, background 15 orbits after, and the average of these two backgrounds. Energy Spectra are counts per second vs. energy (MeV), raw data on top, average background in the middle, and background subtracted on bottom. Note! this is a count spectrum not a photon spectrum.
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C. Alex Young at ayoung@comptel.sr.unh.edu.

Page created January 28, 1998.
Last modified July 2, 1998.