Magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere
Abstract
This paper describes the magnetic field configurations observed in the solar atmosphere including the corona and the solar wind. The techniques for observing solar magnetic fields are briefly reviewed. The significance of Alfven waves in transporting energy is stressed.
- Publication:
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Environmental Research Papers. Air Force Geophysics Lab.
- Pub Date:
- June 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976erpa.reptQ....B
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Chromosphere;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Waves;
- Solar Wind;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Solar Physics