Alfvénic waves with sufficient energy to power the quiet solar corona and fast solar wind

Nature

Volumn 475, Issue 7357, 2011, Pages 477-480

  McIntosh, Scott W ^a   De Pontieu, Bart ^b   Carlsson, Mats ^c   Hansteen, Viggo ^b,c   Boerner, Paul ^b   Goossens, Marcel ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; ENERGETICS; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE; WIND; WIND POWER;

EID: 79960913879     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10235     Document Type: Article

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