On the distribution of magnetic null points above the solar photosphere

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3321-3334

  Longcope, D W ^a   Brown, D S ^b   Priest, E R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; SUN; TOPOLOGY;

MAGNETIC NULL POINTS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 0041976959     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1590983     Document Type: Article

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