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On the origin of the flare optical continuum

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We show that the bluish-white emission knots, observed in white-light flares, can be due to the existence of a quite large amount of material at a temperature T e ≈2×104 K in the Lyman-α forming region.

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  1. Observatorio Nacional de Física Cósmica, San Miguel, Argentina

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Machado, M.E. On the origin of the flare optical continuum. Sol Phys 49, 91–94 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221487

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