Based on thegeneralobservationsofwhite-lightflarecontinuumemissionsfrom 4000 A to 7000 A, we studied semiempirically the relation between the modelatmospheresand the continuum spectra.
Tellingly, it begins with the image of a sickly, tubercular child, rasping for breath in the night, and then the flare of a light as his older brother reaches for a dime-store paperback, a well-thumbed cowboy yarn he means to read before sleep.