Magnetohydrodynamic evolution of magnetic skeletons

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

Volumn 463, Issue 2080, 2007, Pages 1097-1115

  Haynes, Andrew L ^a   Parnell, Clare E ^a   Galsgaard, Klaus ^b   Priest, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948897152     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1815     Document Type: Article

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