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Solar white-light flares (WLFs) are defined as those flares which are visible in optical continuum. Up to now, only less than 100 WLFs have been reported. WLFs are of great importance because they present the most extreme conditions in solar flares and provide a severe challenge to energy transport mechanisms and atmospheric models.
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Fang, C., Ding, M.D., Hu, J., Yin, S.Y. (1996). Are White-Light Flares Related to High-Energy Particles?. In: Uchida, Y., Kosugi, T., Hudson, H.S. (eds) Magnetodynamic Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0315-9_135
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