Coronal mass ejections, magnetic flux ropes, and solar magnetism

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25141-25163

  Low, B C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2000ja004015     Document Type: Article

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