Initiation of CMEs: The role of magnetic twist

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1437-1448

  Van Driel Gesztelyi, L ^a,b   Manoharan, P K ^c   Demoulin P ^a   Aulanier, G ^d,e   Mandrini, C H ^f   Lopez Fuentes, M ^f   Schmieder, B ^a,g   Orlando, S ^h   Thompson, B ⁱ   Plunkett, S ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b KONKOLY OBSERVATORY   (Hungary)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejections; Magnetic twist

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744271968     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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