Are coronae of magnetically active stars heated by flares? III. Analytical distribution of superposed flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 602, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 363-376

  Arzner, Kaspar ^a   Güdel, Manuel ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Stars: activity; Stars: flare; Stars: individual (AD Leonis)

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842431117     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381026     Document Type: Article

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