Magnetic helicity and flux tube dynamics in the solar convection zone: Comparisons between observation and theory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Nandy, Dibyendu ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947641031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011882     Document Type: Article

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