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White light flares: Protons or electrons?

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The estimated values of the energy transported by flare accelerated protons and electrons, based on gamma-ray and hard X-ray measurements in space, are compared with the energy emitted in white light from the 1972, August 7, white light event. The aim is to evaluate the relative contribution of protons and electrons in producing the white light enhancement.

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  1. Laboratorio di Fisica Cosmica e Tecnologie, Relative del CNR, Milano, Italy

    Paolo Cortellessa & Constantinos Paizis

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Cortellessa, P., Paizis, C. White light flares: Protons or electrons?. Sol Phys 42, 421–424 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149922

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