Converging motion of conjugate flaring kernels during two large solar flares

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1195-1201

  Zhou, Tuanhui ^a,b   Ji, Haisheng ^b   Huang, Guangli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hard X ray; Magnetic fields; Solar flares

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FLARING KERNELS; SOLAR FLARES; TRANSITION REGION AND CORONAL EXPLORER (TRACE); TWO-RIBBON FLARES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 40649125552     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.095     Document Type: Article

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