Formation of current sheets and sigmoidal structure by the kink instability of a magnetic loop

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 413, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Kliem, B ^a   Titov, V S ^b   Torok T ^a,c  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSIENTS; VISCOSITY;

CORONA; CORONAL MASS EJECTION (CMES); INSTABILITIES; MAGNETIC TOPOLOGY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0742321120     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031690     Document Type: Article

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