Dynamical evolution of magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-299

  Nakwacki, M S ^a   Dasso, S ^a   Demoulin P ^b   Mandrini, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Disturbances; Interplanetary; Magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; Observational signatures; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 55349126782     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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