Coronal flux rope catastrophe in the presence of solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A5, 2005, Pages

  Sun, S J ^a   Hu, Y Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 33747110212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010905     Document Type: Article

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