Energy release in the solar corona from spatially resolved magnetic braids

Nature

Volumn 493, Issue 7433, 2013, Pages 501-503

  Cirtain, J W ^a   Golub, L ^b   Winebarger, A R ^a   De Pontieu, B ^c   Kobayashi, K ^d   Moore, R L ^a   Walsh, R W ^e   Korreck, K E ^b   Weber, M ^b   McCauley, P ^b   Title, A ^c   Kuzin, S ^f   Deforest, C E ^g  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONA; DISSIPATION; ENERGY; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; HEATING; MAGNETIC BRAID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84872916374     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11772     Document Type: Article

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