Investigation of thickness and electrical resistivity of the current sheets in solar eruptions

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 693, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1666-1677

  Lin, J ^a,b   Li, J ^c   Ko, Y K ^b   Raymond, J C ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: flares; Sun: magnetic fields; turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350452884     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/693/2/1666     Document Type: Article

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