Simulations of coronal shock acceleration in self-generated turbulence

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 467-474

  Vainio, R ^a   Laitinen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Particle emission; Shock waves; Sun; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUN;

ENERGETIC PARTICLES; SELF-GENERATED TURBULENCE;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 38949133724     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.064     Document Type: Article

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