What is the spatial relationship between hard X-ray footpoints and vertical electric currents in solar flares?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 490-497

  Li, Jing ^a   Metcalf, Thomas R ^a   Canfield, Richard C ^a,c   Wülser, Jean Pierre ^a   Kosugi, Takeo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744437870     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304131     Document Type: Article

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