Flux tube texture of the solar wind: Strands of the magnetic carpet at 1 AU?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Borovsky, Joseph E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012684     Document Type: Article

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