Structure and collapse of three-dimensional magnetic neutral points

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 245-271

  Parnell, C E ^a,b   Neukirch, T ^a   Smith, J M ^a   Priest, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic neutral points; Magnetic reconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013178850     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708208979     Document Type: Article

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