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[https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/Novel_X-ray_Spectrograms RHESSI Nugget No. 1], | [https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/Novel_X-ray_Spectrograms RHESSI Nugget No. 1], | ||
a description of the pioneering RHESSI hard X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy. | a description of the pioneering RHESSI hard X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy. | ||
Steven Christe had suggested that RHESSI Nuggets could just continue in the Yohkoh | |||
tradition, a good idea that still has momentum. | |||
A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images | A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images | ||
properly. | properly. | ||
This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither | This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither | ||
with time much as a First Dynasty | with time much as a First Dynasty | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt papyrus might. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt papyrus] might. | ||
But most of | But most of the original RHESSI Nuggets are still available and many have interesting messages; we're | ||
probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's | probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's classic | ||
[https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/A_solar_X-ray_dentist_mirror Dentist Mirror] | [https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/A_solar_X-ray_dentist_mirror Dentist Mirror]. | ||
== Nugget history == | == Nugget history == | ||
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which themselves began as simple | which themselves began as simple | ||
[https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/tohban-reports tohban] reports | [https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/tohban-reports tohban] reports | ||
in which observers report on | in which observers/satellite operators would report on any notable phenomena in near-real-time. | ||
The most memorable [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh] | The most memorable [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh] | ||
Nugget, among many, might have been the | Nugget, among many, might have been the | ||
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as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the | as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumvirate_(ancient_Rome) triumvirate] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumvirate_(ancient_Rome) triumvirate] | ||
supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those ancient times. | supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those ancient times). | ||
== How to do a HelioNugget == | == How to do a HelioNugget == | ||
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To create a new HelioNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send | To create a new HelioNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send | ||
that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk. | that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk. | ||
The text should be in newpaper style, and have minimal academic overhead (not many references needed, | |||
since links will be added in the publication process). | |||
HelioNuggets are published twice a month. | |||
If you are ambitious to write HelioNugget No. 1000, please wait a few years... | |||
As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available | As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available | ||
worldwide! | worldwide! | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 9 July 2025
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| Number: | 500 |
| 1st Author: | Hugh HUDSON |
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| Published: | July 14, 2025 |
| Next Nugget: | TBD |
| Previous Nugget: | Quasiperiodic Pulsations in the Balmer Continuum in an X-class Solar White-light Flare |
Introduction
We've reached a milestone in SolarNuggets with this Nugget No. 500! The SolarNuggets began in 2005 with RHESSI Nugget No. 1, a description of the pioneering RHESSI hard X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy. Steven Christe had suggested that RHESSI Nuggets could just continue in the Yohkoh tradition, a good idea that still has momentum. A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images properly. This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither with time much as a First Dynasty papyrus might. But most of the original RHESSI Nuggets are still available and many have interesting messages; we're probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's classic Dentist Mirror.
Nugget history
These Nuggets arose from the Yohkoh Nuggets which themselves began as simple tohban reports in which observers/satellite operators would report on any notable phenomena in near-real-time. The most memorable Yohkoh Nugget, among many, might have been the triple jet item, a truly remarkable thing that has never been formally published, possibly because it shows actually inexplicable observations. The Yohkoh tohban reports morphed into the more informative Yohkoh Nuggets, which ran from 1997 to 2002; an AGU poster from 2002 describing them is here as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the triumvirate supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those ancient times).
How to do a HelioNugget
These articles are news-and-views opinion pages, not miniature scientific papers. Although, frequently enough, a Nugget-writer just wants to describe a journal article's great breakthrough. But any topic will do, as long as it is scientifically newsworthy, as one can see from the breadth of the topics, as linked by their icons on the home page. Here we see the last few icons...
Nugget future
There are now many Nugget series, plus other science-news sequences:
Yohkoh Nuggets UKSP Nuggets HMI Nuggets CESRA Nuggets Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets ...
These have different objectives, different styles, and different science specializations, but they are all great. The HMI Nuggets may be the most numerous, following the Yohkoh and RHESSI/Helio series.
To create a new HelioNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk. The text should be in newpaper style, and have minimal academic overhead (not many references needed, since links will be added in the publication process). HelioNuggets are published twice a month. If you are ambitious to write HelioNugget No. 1000, please wait a few years...
As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available worldwide!