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The effect of flares on total solar irradiance

Schmutz, Werner; de Wit, Thierry Dudok; Mekaoui, Sabri +3 more

Flares are powerful bursts of energy released by relatively poorly understood processes that take place in the atmospheres of stars. However, although solar flares, from our own Sun, are the most energetic events in the solar system, in comparison to the total output of the Sun they are barely noticeable. Consequently, the total amount of radiant …