A morphological study of helical coronal magnetic structures

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 589, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 644-657

  Low, B C ^a   Berger, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MHD; Sun: corona; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042232165     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374614     Document Type: Article

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