Buoyant disruption of magnetic arcades with self-induced shearing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Manchester, Ward ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejection; Instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905352739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009252     Document Type: Article

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