Avalanches and the distribution of solar flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 380, Issue 2 PART 2, 1991, Pages

  Lu, Edward T ^a,c   Hamilton, Russell J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Stars: flare; Sun: activity; Sun: corona; Sun: flares; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002965178     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/186180     Document Type: Article

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