Signs of magnetic helicity in interplanetary coronal mass ejections and associated prominences: Case study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Ruzmaikin, Alexander ^a   Martin, Sara ^b   Hu, Qiang ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Helio Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

2111 interplanetary physics: Ejecta, driver gases, and magnetic clouds; 2134 interplanetary physics: Interplanetary magnetic fields; 2164 interplanetary physics: Solar wind plasma; 7513 solar physics, astrophysics, and astronomy: Coronal mass ejections

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844395933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009588     Document Type: Article

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