Dynamics of braided coronal loops: I. Onset of magnetic reconnection

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 516, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Wilmot Smith, A L ^a   Pontin, D I ^a   Hornig, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

magnetic fields; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); plasmas; Sun: corona

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY MOTION; CORONAL LOOPS; CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; CURRENT LAYERS; CURRENT SHEETS; FIELD STRUCTURES; FREE STATE; LONG WAVELENGTH; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RECONNECTION SITES; SOLAR PHYSICS; SUN: CORONA;

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955687678     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014041     Document Type: Article

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