Acceleration of the solar wind as a result of the reconnection of open magnetic flux with coronal loops

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Fisk, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal loops; Reconnection; Solar wind; Solar wind charge states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905344992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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