The role of lateral magnetic reconnection in solar eruptive events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3941-3948

  Soenen, A ^a,b   Bemporad, A ^c   Jacobs, C ^a,b   Poedts, S ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b Leuven Mathematical Modeling and Computational Science Centre   (Belgium)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrophysics,and astronomy (Corona and transition region; Flares and mass ejections) Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection); Solar physics

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 77949460079     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3941-2009     Document Type: Article

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