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We have to distinguish between the optical flare and what we now tend to call the radio or X-ray flare. Initially flares have been described and defined after their optical appearance. We now realize that in doing this, we may have excluded the most important part. In this chapter we restrict ourselves to the optical flares.
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de Jager, C. (1965). Optical Solar Flares. In: Ortner, J., Maseland, H. (eds) Introduction to Solar Terrestrial Relations. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3590-3_5
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