Spheromaks, solar prominences, and Alfvén instability of current sheets

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 495-499

  Bellan, P M ^a   Yee, J ^a   Hansen, J F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0012564463     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353261     Document Type: Article

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