The role of reconnection in the formation of flux ropes in the solar wind

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 111, Issue , 1999, Pages 205-212

  Gosling, J T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85011302580     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM111p0205     Document Type: Chapter

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