On the linear force-free fields in bounded and unbounded three-dimensional domains

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-393

  Boulmezaoud, Tahar Zamène ^a   Maday, Yvon ^b   Amari, Tahar ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Beltrami flows; Curl operator; Force free fields; Hydromagnetics; Stars: corona, magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033463012     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:1999121     Document Type: Article

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