Gamma radiation from flare-accelerated particles impacting the sun

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 165, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-188

  Share, Gerald H ^a,b   Murphy, Ronald J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 85037086926     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/165GM17     Document Type: Chapter

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