Particle acceleration in an evolving network of unstable current sheets

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 608, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 540-553

  Vlahos, Loukas ^a   Isliker, Heinz ^a   Lepreti, Fabio ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Sun: flares; Sun: particle emission

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142713811     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386364     Document Type: Article

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