Solar flare mechanism based on magnetic arcade reconnection and island merging

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 597-604

  Cheng, C Z ^a   Choe, G S ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0242301461     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353277     Document Type: Article

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