On the relationship between coronal heating, magnetic flux, and the density of the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Riley, Pete ^a   Mikic, Z ^a   Lionello, R ^a   Linker, J A ^a   Schwadron, N A ^b   McComas, D J ^c,d  

^a Predictive Science   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 77954408409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015131     Document Type: Article

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