Size distributions of solar flares and solar energetic particle events

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 756, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cliver, E W ^a   Ling, A G ^b   Belov, A ^c   Yashiro, S ^d,e  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: flares; Sun: particle emission; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866062820     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/756/2/L29     Document Type: Article

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