Impulsive heating in coronal loops

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 995-1000

  Mendoza Briceno, César A ^a,c   Sigalotti, Leonardo Di G ^b   Erdélyi, Robert ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS;

SOLAR ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CORONA;

EID: 0242678294     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)80066-2     Document Type: Article

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