Coronal heating by the phase mixing of individual pulses propagating in coronal holes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 458, Issue 2026, 2002, Pages 2307-2325

  Hood, A W ^a   Brooks, S J ^a   Wright, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal heating; Magnetic fields; Sun; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012392128     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.0959     Document Type: Article

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