A comparison of spectral element and finite difference methods using statically refined nonconforming grids for the MHD island coalescence instability problem

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 613-625

  Ng, C S ^a   Rosenberg, D ^b   Germaschewski, K ^a   Pouquet, A ^b   Bhattacharjee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Magnetic fields; Methods: numerical; MHD; Sun: corona; Sun: magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449105321     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588139     Document Type: Article

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