The 4 June 2011 neutron event at Mercury: A defense of the solar origin hypothesis

J Geophys Res Space Phys. 2015 Jul;120(7):5284-5289. doi: 10.1002/2015JA021069. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Abstract

We address claim that neutrons from a 4 June 2011 event at Mercury are nonsolarThe claim is based on an erroneous assumption about instrument singles countsThe best interpretation of the neutron event is that the neutrons have a solar origin.

Keywords: Sun; neutron.