Current sheet formation in uniformly twisted magnetic flux tubes

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-158

  Sneyd, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corona; Current sheets; Photosphere; Solar flare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040026464     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929608213645     Document Type: Article

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