Hard X-ray footpoint motions in solar flares: Comparing magnetic reconnection models with observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1707-1711

  Krucker, Säm ^a   Fivian, M D ^a   Lin, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic reconnection; Particle acceleration; Solar flares; Solar X ray emission

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; IMAGE SENSORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE RESEARCH; X RAYS;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MICHELSON DOPPLER IMAGER (MDI); PARTICLE ACCELERATION; RHESSI; SOLAR FLARES; SOLAR X-RAY EMISSION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 24944527754     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.054     Document Type: Article

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