Magnetic helicity analysis of an interplanetary twisted flux tube

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Dasso, S ^a   Mandrini, C H ^a   Demoulin P ^b   Farrugia, C J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections; Interplanetary physics; Magnetic flux ropes; Magnetic helicity; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844444242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009942     Document Type: Article

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