Does the compression or the expansion of a simple topology potential magnetic field lead to the development of current sheets?

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 709, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Aly, J J ^a   Amari, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Sun: corona; Sun: magnetic topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949537867     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/709/2/L99     Document Type: Article

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