Nanoflare statistics from first principles: Fractal geometry and temperature synthesis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 572, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 1048-1071

  Aschwanden, Markus J ^a   Parnell, Clare E ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sun: corona; Sun: flares; Sun: UV radiation; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012969836     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340385     Document Type: Article

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