The deduction of energy spectra of non-thermal electrons in flares from the observed dynamic spectra of hard X-ray bursts

1971/07/01 by John C. Brown, J. C. Brown · 1,031 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Atomic physics #Bremsstrahlung #Computational physics #Electron #Flare #Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Nuclear physics #Physics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar flare #Spectral line

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00149070

published in Solar Physics 18(3), 489-502 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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