Energy partition in two solar flare/CME events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Emslie, A G ^a,k   Kucharek, H ^b   Dennis, B R ^c   Gopalswamy, N ^c   Holman, G D ^c   Share, G H ^d   Vourlidas, A ^d   Forbes, T G ^b   Gallagher, P T ^c,e   Mason, G M ^f   Metcalf, T R ^g   Mewaldt, R A ^h   Murphy, R J ^d   Schwartz, R A ^c,i   Zurbuchen, T H ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Energetics; Gamma rays; Hard X rays; Solar energetic particles; Solar flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749123237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010571     Document Type: Article

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