Nonlinear force-free coronal magnetic field extrapolation scheme based on the direct boundary integral formulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  He, Han ^a,b   Wang, Huaning ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 48249088116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012441     Document Type: Article

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