Energy release in solar flares. Proceedings of the Workshop on Energy Release in Flares 26 February--March 1979, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

On February 26, 1979, a workshop was convened in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to devise the scientific program and objectives for the Study of Energy Release in Flares (SERF), a program of the Solar Maximum Year (SMY). Most of the workshop was devoted to parallel meetings of three small teams, where theories of thermalization, particle acceleration, and mass motion in flares were discussed. An overview of the major scientific issues identified for the Study of Energy Release in Flares is given in Chapter 1. More specific discussions of the three program areas appear in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. Chapter 5 explains the concepts of Joint Observing Sequences and Collaborative Observing Sequences (COSs) developed by NASA's Solar Maximum Mission investigators. Lists of the specific observations needed for each COS of the SERF also appear in Chapter 5