Spontaneous non-steady magnetic reconnection within the solar environment

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 518, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Bettarini, L ^a   Lapenta, G ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c and Applications   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Methods: numerical; Sun: atmosphere; Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs); Sun: flares

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); METHODS: NUMERICALS; SUN: ATMOSPHERE; SUN: CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (CMES); SUN: FLARES;

ASTROPHYSICS; BIOLOGY; CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; NUMERICAL METHODS; SUN;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956319061     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913652     Document Type: Article

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