Hot spots for solar flares persisting for decades: Longitude distributions of flares of cycles 19-23

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 585, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1114-1123

  Bai, T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sun: activity; Sun: flares; Sun: interior; Sun: rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041379524     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346152     Document Type: Review

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