Talk:Inverse Compton X-rays from relativistic flare leptons
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| + | If you have high Lorentz factor (\gamma>100) electrons most of their energy will be lost by synchrotron radiation in a magnetic field of about 100 G. The photon energy density in the photosphere is equivalent to 7 G, so only <1% of the electron energy will go into X-rays requiring a huge energy input. Most of the energy will come out in sub-mm and micron region. I think there are some limits in this wavelength range. | ||
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| + | --[[User:vpetrosian|vpetrosian]] 4, December 2008 Vahe' Petrosian | ||
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Remembering A.A. Korchak
Interesting link about Korchak! I visited him long ago (perhaps 1972?) in Troitsk, aware that he could not travel but not knowing that he was a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki group.
--Hhudson 22:29, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I don't think they were founded until 1975. I heard something similar, that he couldn't travel, from John Brown. I wonder if this is the same man: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Totalistic-Organizations/A-Korchak/e/9780880339940
--Amackinnon 23:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Lorentz factor
If you have high Lorentz factor (\gamma>100) electrons most of their energy will be lost by synchrotron radiation in a magnetic field of about 100 G. The photon energy density in the photosphere is equivalent to 7 G, so only <1% of the electron energy will go into X-rays requiring a huge energy input. Most of the energy will come out in sub-mm and micron region. I think there are some limits in this wavelength range.
--vpetrosian 4, December 2008 Vahe' Petrosian
