Modeling magnetic flux ropes in the solar atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 24-31

  van Ballegooijen, A A ^a   DeLuca, E E ^a   Squires, K ^b   Mackay, D H ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b Nashoba Regional High School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Solar corona; Solar magnetic fields; Solar prominences

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CORONAL FLUX ROPE; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; PHOTOSPHERIC VECTOR FIELDS; SOLAR CORONA;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 33846404456     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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