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Electric fields in the solar atmosphere

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The gross-structure of the force-free currents in the solar atmosphere and their possible dynamics have been discussed as caused by quasi short-circuited electric fields, generated by the motion of the solar magnetic features.

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  1. Zentralinstitut für solar-terrestrische Physik, Sonnenobservatorium Einsteinturm, 15, Potsdam, DDR

    D. T. F. Möhlmann

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Möhlmann, D.T.F. Electric fields in the solar atmosphere. Sol Phys 54, 151–153 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146431

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