A non-uniqueness problem in solar hard x-ray spectroscopy

Inverse Problems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1469-1486

  Piana, M ^a   Barrett, R ^b   Brown, J C ^b   McIntosh, S W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0040951155     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/15/6/306     Document Type: Article

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