Heating and activity of the solar corona 2. Kink instability in a flux tube

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A1, 1997, Pages 219-230

  Galsgaard, Klaus ^a,b   Nordlund, Åke ^a  

^a Physics and Geophysics ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37149027884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA01462     Document Type: Article

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