Spatial relationship between twist in active region magnetic fields and solar flares

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 629, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1135-1140

  Hahn, Michael ^a   Gaard, Stacy ^b   Jibben, Patricia ^c   Canfield, Richard C ^c   Nandy, Dibyendu ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MHD; Sun: flares; Sun: magnetic fields; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444433359     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431893     Document Type: Article

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