The origins of hot plasma in the solar corona

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6013, 2011, Pages 55-58

  De Pontieu, B ^a   McIntosh, S W ^b   Carlsson, M ^c   Hansteen, V H ^a,c   Tarbell, T D ^a   Boerner, P ^a   Martinez Sykora, J ^a,c   Schrijver, C J ^a   Title, A M ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CORONA; HEATING; KELVIN WAVE; PLASMA; THERMAL POWER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSPHERE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID BLUESHIFTED EVENT; SPICULES; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650992714     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197738     Document Type: Article

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