Fine structure in sunspots

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2004, Pages 517-548

  Thomas, John H ^a   Weiss, Nigel O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evershed flow; Magnetic fields; Magnetoconvection; MHD; Penumbral filaments; Sun; Umbral dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344262958     PISSN: 00664146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.astro.42.010803.115226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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