Role of photospheric footpoint shear in the impulsive dynamics of the solar corona

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2955-2958

  Ma, Z W ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; PILES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CORONAL LOOPS; CURRENT SHEETS; IMPULSIVE PHASE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION MODEL; SHEAR PROFILE; SHEARING MOTION; SOLAR CORONA; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

DYNAMICS; SUN;

IMPULSIVE DYNAMICS; PHOTOSPHERIC FOOTPOINT SHEAR; SOLAR CORONA;

EID: 0030262179     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02571     Document Type: Article

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