The snake: A reconnecting coil in a twisted magnetic flux tube

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 548, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Bicknell, Geoffrey V ^a   Li, Jianke ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b and Youth Aff ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxy: center; ISM: kinematics and dynamics; ISM: magnetic fields; MHD; Radio continuum: ISM; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035835541     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318928     Document Type: Article

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