Hα polarization during a well-observed solar flare: Proton energetics and implications for particle acceleration processes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 542, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 513-520

  Emslie, A Gordon ^a   Miller, James A ^a   Vogt, Etienne ^b   Hénoux, Jean Claude ^b   Sahal Bréchot, Sylvie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Polarization; Sun: chromosphere; Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034633457     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309511     Document Type: Article

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