Hard X-ray emission from the solar corona

Astronomy and Astrophysics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 155-208

  Krucker, S ^a   Battaglia, M ^b   Cargill, P J ^c   Fletcher, L ^d   Hudson, H S ^a   MacKinnon, A L ^d   Masuda, S ^e   Sui, L ^f   Tomczak, M ^g   Veronig, A L ^h   Vlahos, L ⁱ   White, S M ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^j Bldg 142   (United States)

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Author keywords

Corona; Hard x rays; Sun

Indexed keywords

CORONA; DIRECT IMAGING; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; FLARE EMISSION; HARD X RAY; HARD X-RAY EMISSION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW DENSITY; MAGNETIC LOOPS; NONTHERMAL; NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PHYSICAL INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR FLARE; TOTAL ENERGY; X-RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THERMIONIC EMISSION; X RAY SCATTERING;

X RAYS;

EID: 66649134635     PISSN: 09354956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00159-008-0014-9     Document Type: Review

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