Theories of solar eruptions: A review

New Astronomy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-84

  Lin, J ^a   Soon, W ^a   Baliunas, S L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eruptions; Magnetic reconnection; MHD models; The sun; Theoretical mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375956     PISSN: 13876473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-6473(02)00271-3     Document Type: Review

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