Detection of a Taylor-like plasma relaxation process in the Sun

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 597, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages

  Nandy, Dibyendu ^a   Hahn, Michael ^b   Canfield, Richard C ^a   Longcope, Dana W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD; Sun: corona; Sun: flares; Sun: magnetic fields; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242635592     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379815     Document Type: Article

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