Annihilation of magnetic helicity: A new model for solar flare onset

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1931-1936

  Kusano, K ^a   Yokoyama, T ^b   Maeshiro, T ^a   Sakurai, T ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION;

MAGNETIC HELICITY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0347228958     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90628-4     Document Type: Article

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