Magnetic flux emergence into the solar corona. III. The role of magnetic helicity conservation

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 584, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 479-496

  Zhang, M ^a   Low, B C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD; Sun: corona; Sun: magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041379873     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345615     Document Type: Article

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