Continuous heating of a giant X-ray flare on Algol

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6748, 1999, Pages 44-46

  Schmitt, J H M M ^a   Favata, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0033517309     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43389     Document Type: Article

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