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Cooling of solar flare plasmas

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A simple model for the cooling of solar flare plasmas is considered. This model predicts that an increase in emission measure with decreasing temperature is a general feature of a cooling flare. The results are compared to solar flare data.

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  1. Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories, 94304, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.A.

    W. T. Zaumen & L. W. Acton

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Zaumen, W.T., Acton, L.W. Cooling of solar flare plasmas. Sol Phys 36, 139–144 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151554

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