News from the solar interior

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5462, 2000, Pages 2434-2435

  Gough, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHORT SURVEY; SUN;

EID: 0034737783     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5462.2434     Document Type: Short Survey

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