Linear collapse of spatially linear, three-dimensional, potential null points

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 489-505

  Mellor, C ^a   Titov, V S ^b   Priest, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic Collapse; Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD); Null points

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PLASMA FLOW;

LINEAR COLLAPSE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ASTROPHYSICS; COLLAPSE; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 1342309323     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309192032000141483     Document Type: Article

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