Magnetic Discontinuities in the Near-Earth Solar Wind: Evidence of In-Transit Turbulence or Remnants of Coronal Structure?

Solar Physics

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Owens, M J ^a,b   Wicks, R T ^b   Horbury, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronal heating; Magnetic discontinuities; Solar wind; Solar wind turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952700248     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9695-0     Document Type: Article

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