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30. The magnetic field in the corona
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2016
Abstract
The shapes of coronal features are discussed, on the basis that they are indicative of the configurations of the magnetic fields. Some considerations about the strength of the fields are advanced, and the forces that must be responsible for streamers and for the quiet corona are discussed. The magnetic fields would seem to dominate over all inertial hydrodynamic forces, leaving only such magnetic configurations as can be set up by variations of the gas pressure.
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- Part IV: Solar and Interplanetary Magnetic Fields
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 6: Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics , 1958 , pp. 275 - 280
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958
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