The physical nature of the loop-top X-ray sources in the gradual phase of solar flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 552, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 821-832

  Nitta, Nariaki V ^a   Sato, Jun ^b   Hudson, Hugh S ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Solar Physics Research Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plasmas; Sun: flares; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035837690     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320547     Document Type: Article

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