Heating the solar corona by magnetic reconnection

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 77-100

  Priest, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008546058     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002440524834     Document Type: Article

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