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Multiscale self-organized criticality and powerful X-ray flares

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A combination of spectral and moments analysis of the continuous X-ray flux data is used to show consistency of statistical properties of the powerful solar flares with 2D BTW prototype model of self-organized criticality.

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  1. ICAR, PO Box 31155, 91000, Jerusalem, Israel

    A. Bershadskii

  2. ICTP, Strada Costiera 11, 34100, Trieste, Italy

    A. Bershadskii & K. R. Sreenivasan

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Received: 25 June 2003, Published online: 24 October 2003

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05.65. + b Self-organized systems - 05.45.Tp Time series analysis - 96.60.Rd Flares, bursts, and related phenomena

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Bershadskii, A., Sreenivasan, K.R. Multiscale self-organized criticality and powerful X-ray flares. Eur. Phys. J. B 35, 513–515 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00304-3

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