Evidence for the formation of a large-scale current sheet in a solar flare

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 596, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Sui, Linhui ^a,b   Holman, Gordon D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sun: flares; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242319096     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379343     Document Type: Article

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