Energy release and particle acceleration in flares: Summary and future prospects

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 421-445

  Lin, R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Sun: acceleration; Sun: energetic particles; Sun: flares; Sun: X rays

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED ELECTRONS; BULK ACCELERATION; COLLISIONLESS; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; CUT-OFF; ELECTRON SPECTRUM; ENERGETIC ION; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY RELEASE; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HARD X RAY; HARD X-RAY EMISSION; HARD X-RAY SOURCES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; ION ACCELERATIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; POWER-LAW; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; RECONNECTION RATE; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SUN: FLARES; SUN: X-RAYS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

ACCELERATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; X RAYS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80054007131     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9801-0     Document Type: Article

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