Magnetic coupling of waves and oscillations in the lower solar atmosphere: Can the tail wag the dog?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1839, 2006, Pages 351-381

  Erdélyi, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linear magnetohydrodynamics waves; Magnetohydrodynamics; Random fields; Solar oscillations; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644432967     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1703     Document Type: Review

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