Phase mixing of Alfvén pulses and wavetrains propagating in coronal holes

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2053, 2005, Pages 237-252

  Hood, A W ^a   Brooks, S J ^a   Wright, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal heating; Magnetic fields; Sun; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALVEN PULSE; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; PRESSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 17144409116     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1384     Document Type: Article

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