1) You want to observe a "monster" stellar flare on a young star referred to as a megaflare with 10,000 times more energy than the most powerful explosion ever observed on the Sun. Such a powerful eruption heats the plasma to the temperature of 220 million Kelvins, which is more than 10 times hotter than the temperature at the Sun's center. What type of technology (telescope, detector) will you use to observe such an event? Defend your choice.
At such high temperature (220 million kelvin) the matter involved in plasma state. Hence the energy released has shorter wavelength and higher frequencies greater than the visible region. Thats why it cannot be observed with help of telescopes. Energy from this event is in the form of X-Rays or Gamma rays. A detector such as scintillation detector using a cesium Iodide crystal will serve as an excellent X-ray detector.
1) You want to observe a "monster" stellar flare on a young star referred to as a megaflare with 10,000 times more energy than the most powerful explosion ever observed on the Sun. Such a powe...
1) You want to observe a "monster" stellar flare on a young star referred to as a megaflare with 10,000 times more energy than the most powerful explosion ever observed on the Sun. Such a powerful eruption heats the plasma to the temperature of 220 million Kelvins, which is more than 10 times hotter than the temperature at the Sun's center. What type of technology (telescope, detector) will you use to observe such an event? Defend your choice.