Trace observation of damped coronal loop oscillations: Implications for coronal heating

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5429, 1999, Pages 862-864

  Nakariakov, V M ^a   Ofman, L ^b   Deluca, E E ^c   Roberts, B ^a   Davila, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEAT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SUN;

EID: 0033529530     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5429.862     Document Type: Article

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