Dynamics of braided coronal loops: II. Cascade to multiple small-scale reconnection events

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 525, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic reconnection; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Sun: corona

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND FIELD; CORONAL LOOPS; CURRENT LAYERS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; FINAL STATE; FLUX TUBES; HELICITIES; MAGNETIC LOOPS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETIC REYNOLDS NUMBER; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (MHD); MHD SIMULATION; NONLINEAR FORCE; SUN: CORONA;

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 79851497448     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014544     Document Type: Article

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