On the availability of sufficient twist in solar active regions to trigger the kink instability

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 626, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1091-1095

  Leka, K D ^a   Fan, Y ^b   Barnes, G ^b,c  

^a NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NWRA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Sun: activity; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: photosphere; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844532912     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430203     Document Type: Article

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