Kink instability of flux ropes anchored at one end and free at the other

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Lapenta, Giovanni ^a,b   Furno, Ivo ^c   Intrator, Thomas ^b   Delzanno, Gian Luca ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33847725753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011932     Document Type: Article

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