Solar origin of heliospheric magnetic field inversions: Evidence for coronal loop opening within pseudostreamers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1868-1879

  Owens, M J ^a   Crooker, N U ^b   Lockwood, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coronal magnetic field; heliospheric current sheet; heliospheric magnetic field; interchange reconnection; pseudostreamers; slow solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883123151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50259     Document Type: Article

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