Charge state distributions of iron in impulsive solar flares: Importance of stripping effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27315-27322

  Ostryakov, V M ^a   Kartavykh, Y Y ^a,b   Ruffolo, D ^b   Kovaltsov, G A ^c   Kocharov, L ^d  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 39449099866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja005083     Document Type: Article

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