Electron acceleration at reconnecting X-points in solar flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 625, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 496-505

  Hamilton, B ^a   Fletcher, L ^a   Mcclements, K G ^b   Thyagaraja, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Plasmas; Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144497451     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430100     Document Type: Article

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