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Coronal Structures, Local and Global

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Magnetodynamic Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere

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The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the magnetic topology and physical properties of the sun’s corona, as revealed primarily by X-ray imagery.

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  1. Montana State University, 59717, Bozeman, Montana, USA

    L. W. Acton

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  1. Science University of Tokyo, Japan

    Yutaka Uchida

  2. National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeo Kosugi

  3. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Hugh S. Hudson

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Acton, L.W. (1996). Coronal Structures, Local and Global. In: Uchida, Y., Kosugi, T., Hudson, H.S. (eds) Magnetodynamic Phenomena in the Solar Atmosphere. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0315-9_1

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