Coronal heating and the vertical temperature structure of the quiet corona

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 510-518

  Wheatland, M S ^a   Sturrock, P A ^a   Acton, L W ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Sun: corona; Sun: X rays, gamma rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744431790     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304133     Document Type: Article

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