Global Forces in Eruptive Solar Flares: The Lorentz Force Acting on the Solar Atmosphere and the Solar Interior

Solar Physics

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-76

  Fisher, G H ^a   Bercik, D J ^a   Welsch, B T ^a   Hudson, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active regions, magnetic; Coronal mass ejections, theory; Flares, dynamics; Flares, relation to magnetic field; Helioseismology, theory; Magnetic fields, corona

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856227287     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9907-2     Document Type: Article

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