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Prominence Current Sheets

Prominence Current Sheets is a theoretical construct in solar physics denoting a thin, localized layer of intense electric current that develops within the magnetic field topology of a solar prominence, distinguishing itself by facilitating the dissipation of magnetic energy and enabling plasma instabilities critical to prominence dynamics and eruption mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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Magnetostatic structures of the solar corona. 2: The magnetic topology of quiescent prominences

B. C. Low, Joan R. Hundhausen · The Astrophysical Journal · 1995 · 273 citations

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RESONANT ABSORPTION OF TRANSVERSE OSCILLATIONS AND ASSOCIATED HEATING IN A SOLAR PROMINENCE. I. OBSERVATIONAL ASPECTS

Takenori J. Okamoto, Patrick Antolin, Bart De Pontieu et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2015 · 124 citations · Full text

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Current Sheet Magnetic Model for the Solar Corona

Kenneth H. Schatten · NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 1971 · 106 citations · Full text

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Volumetric heating in coronal streamers

S. T. Suess, A.-H. Wang, S. T. Wu · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1996 · 95 citations

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Current Sheets in the Earth Magnetotail: Plasma and Magnetic Field Structure with Cluster Project Observations

Anton Artemyev, I. Y. Vasko, R. Nakamura · Space Science Reviews · 2015 · 91 citations

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Authors

128

  1. BC
    B. C. Low

    NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory, United States

    5 publications · 443 citations

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  2. ER
    E. R. Priest

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 195 citations

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  3. АG
    А. G. Frank

    Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russia

    3 publications · 115 citations

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  4. TG
    T. G. Forbes

    University of New Hampshire, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. IM
    I. M. Podgorny

    P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

78

  1. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    369 citations

  2. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    909 citations

  3. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    395 citations

  4. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    395 citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    116 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    219 citations

  8. U.S. National Science Foundation

    Alexandria, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    286 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 11 publications · 665 citations

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  2. Solar Physics

    9 publications · 297 citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    5 publications · 202 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 316 citations

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  5. Space Science Reviews

    2 publications · 146 citations

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