Evidence for a cutoff in the frequency distribution of solar flares from small active regions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 475, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 338-347

  Kucera, T A ^a,c   Dennis, B R ^a   Schwartz, R A ^a,d   Shaw, D ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^d HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043177520     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303532     Document Type: Article

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