Evidence for a downward mass flux in the penumbral region of a sunspot

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6646, 1997, Pages 47-49

  Westendorp Plaza, C ^a   Del Toro Iniesta, J C ^a   Ruiz Cobo, B ^a   Martinez Pillet, V ^a   Lites, B W ^b   Skumanich, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

EID: 0002418499     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37933     Document Type: Article

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