Slow magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar atmosphere

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

Volumn 364, Issue 1839, 2006, Pages 447-460

  Roberts, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal oscillations; Klein Gordon equation; Slow magnetohydrodynamic waves; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644434155     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1709     Document Type: Article

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