3-D numerical simulations of coronal loops oscillations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3899-3908

  Selwa, M ^a,b   Ofman, L ^a,b,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

And astronomy (Corona and transition region); Astrophysics; Solar physics; Space plasma physics (Kinetic and MHD theory; Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; DAMPING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; PLASMA; STANDING WAVE; SUNSPOT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77949462042     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3899-2009     Document Type: Article

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